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Larry McMurtry, a Rare card
Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 440,000
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Larry McMurtry quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Larry McMurtry card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
During a ______ spanning six decades, he wrote more than thirty novels, numerous essays and memoirs, and approximately fifty screenplays.
Answer
career. During a career spanning six decades, he wrote more than thirty novels, numerous essays and memoirs, and approximately fifty screenplays. From the Larry McMurtry article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bordeaux. Bordeaux 88 · Matt Stone 83 · Larry McMurtry 78 · Aardvark 73 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- During a career spanning six decades, he wrote more than thirty novels, numerous essays and memoirs, and approximately fifty screenplays.
- Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Academy Award nominations with 13 wins, and his novels were the basis for several television miniseries.
- McMurtry's early novels, including Horseman, Pass By, The Last Picture Show, and Terms of Endearment, examined the decline of small-town and rural Texas life, all three were adapted into major films.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Larry McMurtry article was read about 440,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get Larry McMurtry
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Larry McMurtry (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Douglas Peel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
