The Ox-bow incident
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement | [W] Clark | Checked Out | April 5, 2024 |
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309 pages
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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
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Clark, W. V. T. (1940). The Ox-bow incident . Peter Smith.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clark, Walter Van Tilburg, 1909-1971. 1940. The Ox-bow Incident. Peter Smith.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clark, Walter Van Tilburg, 1909-1971. The Ox-bow Incident Peter Smith, 1940.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Clark, Walter Van Tilburg. The Ox-bow Incident Peter Smith, 1940.
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