RIP Gary Cartwright

[lcjjdnh]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/...wright-dead-texas-writer.html?ref=todayspaper

 

[Moderator1]

Damn. One of the greats

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I have his '60s novel on the Cowboys, "The Hundred-Yard War." An excellent read. Fun to compare and contrast with the better known "North Dallas Forty."

 

[Moderator1]

I just went to Amazon and ordered a couple of his books I didn't already have. And damn, he fell and couldn't get to a phone. Something like that is a fear of mine as I get older and continue to live alone.

 

[Bronco77]

I've always put him on my Mount Rushmore of outstanding Texas sportswriters of that era, alongside Blackie Sherrod, Bud Shrake and Dan Jenkins.