The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1942) (R74d4) Random House, Reader Club HC

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 two cowboys who reluctantly join a hunt for murderous cattle rustlers, 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, justice and human nature. As Wallace Stegner writes, [Clark's] theme was civilization, and he recorded, indelibly, its first steps in a new country.

The Ox-Bow Incident, novel by Walter van Tilburg Clark, published in 1940. This psychological study of corrupt leadership and mob rule was read as a parable about fascism when it first appeared. Set in Nevada in 1885, the story concerns the brutal lynching of three characters falsely accused of murder and theft.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 287
Book Condition: Good
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Copyright: 1940 by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Publisher: Random House / The Readers Club
Edition: The Readers Club

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