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<p><P>Set in 1885, <b>The Ox-Bow Incident</b> 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.</p><h3>Kirkus Reviews</h3><p>Since it first appeared in 1940, Clark's psychological western has steadily gained admirers, both in its original form, and as a popular film. This new edition adds much supplementary material in its effort to confirm the novel's status as a modern masterpiece. There's a reading-group guide, a few contemporary raves, and an article from 1973 by Wallace Stegner that argues for Clark's genius, more in the vein of Henry James than Owen Wister. Stegner contends that Clark wanted to undermine the extreme masculinity in the book, and that he parodies the ge

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Author

Walter Van Tilburg Clark; Wallace Stegner

Publisher

New York: Modern Library

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307807403

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Western, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (3,723 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14