Willard Goodwin wrote: [snip] > A much older Sheri (weirdly veiled and mysterious, as witnessed in Orono > some years ago) is the model for a character in Larry McMurtry's _Dead > Man's Walk_ (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995). McMurtry's book is one of a > quartet of novels about nineteenth century Texas, a Great Western, begun in > 1985 with the Pulitzer Prize winning _Lonesome Dove_. I once had the very > good fortune to ride with McMurtry over that Jornada del Muerta from Los > Angeles to Austin. I recognized him in the airport; we sat together on the > flight and talked about the novels, the subsequent TV mini-series, and > about the antiquarian book trade (McMurtry has been an antiquarian book > dealer for many years, proprietor of the Washington D.C. shop Booked-Up). I > must have mentioned Pound, because McMurtry then described to me how Sheri > arrived at his shop in Washington one day, in a Winnebago camper, wanting > to sell Pound manuscripts, letters, etc. Apparently she was rather > eccentric, covered in black veils and such; and that apparition stayed with > McMurtry until he reconstructed her in the character of Lady Carey, and > English noblewoman in _Dead Man's Walk_. McMurtry supposedly has a *huge* bookstore in Archer City, TX (a little SW of Wichita Falls). I hope to visit the store soon. I'll try to note its Pound collection.