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Copyright © 1970 by Larry McMurtry
Preface copyright © 1987 by Larry McMurtry

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the Touchstone edition
as follows:
McMurtry, Larry.
Moving on.
(A Touchstone Book)
I. Title.
PS3563.A319M6 1987
813′.54 86-31587
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-20604-8
ISBN-10: 0-671-20604-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-684-85388-8 (Pbk)
ISBN-10: 0-684-85388-4 (Pbk)
eISBN-13: 978-1-4391-2892-3

The verse quoted on page 7 is from “Old Showboat,”
by Marijohn Wilkin and Fred Burch, copyright © 1962 by
Cedarwood Publishing Co., a division of Musiplex Group, Inc.
Used with permission.