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(0)Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. The result is an emotionally powerful, vivid, and unforgettable re-creation of the Western novel, which Clark transmuted into a universal story about good and evil, individual and community,...
Series
Library of America volume 331
Language
English
Description
"The golden age of the Western: four unforgettable novels of honor, adventure, and violence set against the magnificent landscapes of the American West"--
"In the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Ox-Bow Incident, Walter van Tilburg Clark explores the thin line between civilization and barbarism through the story of a lynch mob that targets three innocent men, exposing a dark authoritarian impulse at work the American frontier. Set in Wyoming in 1889, a...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Gil Carter and Art Croft ride into a town frustrated by the prevalence of cattle rustlers. Suddenly, word comes that a popular rancher has been murdered, which puts the already enraged town of Ox-Bow over the edge. When the spiteful mayor forms a posse, Gil and Croft are swept up in their mission--to seek vengeance--even upon those innocent of any wrong-doing.
