As a writer, he taught himself to use the familiar materials of the western saga to explore the human psyche and to raise deep philosophical issues. He ranks as one of Nevada’s most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century and is known primarily for his novels, his one volume of stories, as well as his uncollected short stories. Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American novelist, short story writer, and educator. Copyright 1940 and copyright renewed 1968 by. Movie Trailer for the ox-bow incident (1943) 2004 Modern Library Mass-Market Paperback Edition Biographical note copyright 2001 by Random House, Inc. Most men are more afraid of being thought cowards than of anything else, and a lot more afraid of being thought physical cowards than moral ones. As Wallace Stegner writes, theme was civilization, and he recorded, indelibly, its first steps in a new country. 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. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West.
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