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    The Ox-Bow incident / Walter Van Tilburg Clark ; introduction by Wallace Stegner.

    • Title:The Ox-Bow incident / Walter Van Tilburg Clark ; introduction by Wallace Stegner.
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    • Author/Creator:Clark, Walter Van Tilburg, 1909-1971, author.
    • Published/Created:New York : Modern Library, 2004.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Lynching--Fiction.
      Mobs--Fiction.
      Nevada--Fiction.
    • Genre/Form:Western fiction.
    • Description:xxi, 247 pages ; 18 cm
    • Series:Modern Library classics.
    • Summary: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.
    • Notes:Originally published: New York : Random House, 1940.
      Includes excerpts of published reviews by Clifton Fadiman and L.L. Lee and a reading group guide.
    • ISBN:0812972589 (pbk.)
      9780812972580 (pbk.)
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