Fair Land Fair Land - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0553234234 ISBN 13: 9780553234237

Synopsis

With his revered classics The Big Sky and The Way West, A. B. Guthrie, Jr., claimed his preeminent post as the father of the western epic. Fair Land, Fair Land, first published in 1982, marks the sequel to his two masterworks and rounds out a chronological gap, the mid-nineteenth century, in Guthrie's Big Sky series. Reappearing here is Dick Summers, of the earlier sagas, now a wizened conservationist who seeks retribution from his former compatriot Boone Caudill and renewed companionship with the self-reliant Teal Eye. Imbued with a rich sense for the impermanence of the idyllic plains, this tour de force offers a stirring commentary on a country's physical and spiritual erosion, as relevant today as it was a decade ago.

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Review:

"A.B. Guthrie, Jr. has long been regarded as perhaps America's premiere Western historical novelist. Mr. Guthrie was one of the first to depict Western characters not as stock figures in shoot-'em-ups but as believable human beings struggling with historical forces." The New York Times

About the Author:

A. B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901 1991), was the author of numerous books, including six Big Sky novels, as well as the Academy Award winning screenplay for the classic film Shane. He received the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Way West. Guthrie was honored for his contribution to literature and his portrayal of the American West.

About this edition

• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0553234234
• ISBN 13: 9780553234237
• Binding: Paperback