<p>Set in 1885, <b>The Ox-Bow Incident</b> 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, justice and human nature. As Wallace Stegner writes, [Clark's] theme was civilization, and he recorded, indelibly, its first steps in a new country.</p>

The Ox-Bow Incident (Modern Library Classics)

Clark, Walter Van Tilburg

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The Ox-Bow Incident

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Signet

The Track of the Cat

Novel about the lynching of three innocent men on the western frontier.

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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, justice and human nature. As Wallace Stegner writes, [Clark's] theme was civilization, and he recorded, indelibly, its first steps in a new country.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The murder of a cowboy sends a vigilante group on a frenzied hunt to track down the killer.

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The Ox-Bow Incident (Modern Library Classics)

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Track of the Cat

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident