The Ox-Bow Incident
Download or Read eBook The Ox-Bow Incident PDF written by Walter Van Tilburg Clark and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2011-10-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Walter Van Tilburg Clark |
| Publisher | : Modern Library |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2011-10-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780307807403 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0307807401 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Ox-Bow Incident by : Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Book excerpt: 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.
