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Title: The Ox-Bow Incident by Wallace Stegner, Walter Van Tilburg Clark ISBN: 0-375-75702-3 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 13 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.73 (37 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Mob justice in the Old West
Comment: Walter Van Tilburg Clark's classic novel begins like many Westerns: two ranchers, Art Croft and Gil Carter, ride into the town of Bridger's Wells. They stop at the saloon, have a few drinks after which a poker game begins followed by a fight. Things change quickly when a young man storms into town with a tale of murder and cattle rustling. Though he hasn't actually seen any of the events he's describing, the young man's tale is strong enough to insense the men in the bar. They form a lynch mob and go after the murderers and rustlers.
"The Ox-Bow Incident" is told through the eyes of Art Croft. From him, we see and hear Farnley who is dead set on forming the mob to exact justice; of Osgood and Davies, who both try to convince the group that justice can only be handled properly by the law; and Art himself who has doubts about the lynch mob but goes along, like every other man.
This is a story about who determines what is right and wrong and how justice should be determined with all the facts instead of partial truths and one-sided ideals. It deals with the mob mentality and its consequences. Not your typical fare with a Western. Clark expertly handles the subject matter, and as I was reading, I felt as though I were part of the mob, knowing the mob is not right but powerless to do anything to stop it, swept along for the ride and the outcome. A definite classic.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thoughtful western about results of mob justice.
Comment: I am an English teacher. I came across reviews of The Ox-Bow Incident while doing a search for a student. I have always regarded this as a book which should be required reading, both for its literary and social value; and when teaching 11th grade, I have used it as a class assignment. The first part of the book which some readers found slow is really quite necessary; it provides the background that shows the reader that these are quite ordinary people - people that one would meet everyday. It contrasts with the violence in which they later become involved. The lynching of three innocent men is really not the crux of the story but rather the pivotal incident which allows the author to lead the reader to see what happens when one abandons law and order and then, when there are tragic results, must come to terms with his own conscience. I would also recommend the film with Henry Fonda and Anthony Quinn which is well acted and true to the novel. I have generally found that once students get into the novel, the book generates a good deal of thoughtful writing and discussion.
Rating: 3
Summary: The Ox-Bow Incident
Comment: This book was overall and okay book. In a way it reminded me of a book called Mice and Men, there was alot of scenery in this book and the author had the same writing style. I though that this type of book was already covered in literature in high school because of the kind of book it was so i would not agree with it being put on the list
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Title: The Virginian by Owen Wister ISBN: 0812580400 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 15 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Shane by Jack Schaefer ISBN: 0553271105 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 September, 1983 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Cliffsnotes Ox-Bow Incident by Clyde Burkholder ISBN: 0822009714 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Track of the Cat: A Novel (Western Literature) by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Walter Van Tilburg Clark ISBN: 0874172306 Publisher: Univ of Nevada Pr Pub. Date: October, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane ISBN: 0812504798 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 15 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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