The Ox-Bow Incident (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375757020)

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.

Author: Walter Van Tilburg Clark
ISBN-10: 0375757023
ISBN-13: 9780375757020
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 03/13/2001
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 542 / Ox-Bow Incident


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2001 pg. 625