Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Paperback | Pages: 247 pages Rating: 3.83 | 4889 Users | 440 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Ox-Bow Incident |
| Author | : | Walter Van Tilburg Clark |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 247 pages |
| Published | : | April 27th 2004 by Modern Library (first published 1940) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Westerns. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature. Novels. American |
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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.Describe Books Toward The Ox-Bow Incident
| Original Title: | The Ox-Bow Incident |
| ISBN: | 0812972589 (ISBN13: 9780812972580) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | United States of America Nevada(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 4889 Users | 440 ReviewsWeigh Up Regarding Books The Ox-Bow Incident
Remember reading this in high school. Think I reread it again sometime later. Would love to reread it again.Ok, honestly, I can't remember one damn thing about this book except that Sister Marie Renee made us read this in Jr. High and I hated it and wouldn't read it. Then, the night before we had to be done with it, I had a major 12-year-old nervous breakdown because I knew I could never finish it in time and was afraid of incurring nun-wrath.
I read this at the suggestion of my Dad and I really enjoyed it. The book takes place in the Old West and it is about the dangers of mob law and a lesson I think we could all benefit from even in today's world when the media often decides people are guilty of crimes before they have a chance to state their case in a court of law. It was beautifully written and I highly recommend it.
Assuming you had some reason for doing so, you could dig up all kinds of critical commentary claiming that Walter Van Tilburg Clark's Western classic "The Ox-Bow Incident" transcends the genre. "Transcends the genre." What does that mean? That's one of those dumb things critics like to say when they accidentally like something they're not supposed to. "Wait a minute, this is really good. It can't be Western/scifi/horror/etc.; therefore, it (music swells) TRANSCENDS THE GENRE!!!!" Nonsense. "The
I had seen "The Ox-Bow Incident" movie (1943) several times and it had such an effect on me that has not been forgotten over the years and never will be, it is that kind of movie. I think this was Henry Fonda best performance IMO, I am not a big fan of his but he was perfect in this role. So when I was looking for books that I had seen the movie, I had to put Ox-Bow on my list and when listening to an OTR, quiz show last week, "Information Please", this book was mentioned in all its greatness
If you have read To Kill a Mockingbird, this book is just as great on a similar topic at a different place and time.Western but not "a western" by what we expect now of that genre. It is a study of men and how they relate to each other and what the "pack mentality" can accomplish.Relentless in its momentum, it takes us through 24 hours from the point where two young "cow punchers" come into town after a long isolated winter. They learn that a murder has taken place out on the range and that
Necktie Party on the Road to BaghdadSometimes books and authors slip right off the charts. I don't know why. Plenty of unworthy works are discussed years after the demise of the writers or after their comet-like flash across the skies of pop fiction. For example, Walter Van Tilburg Clark's THE OX-BOW INCIDENT is hardly ever mentioned anymore. If you draw up your list of the top one hundred American novels, it's pretty much guaranteed that this work won't be on there. Yet, I do feel it is a
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