A. B. Guthrie

The Big Sky

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Originally published more than fifty years ago, THE BIG SKY is the first of A. B. Guthrie, Jr.'s, epic adventure novels of America's vast frontier. THE BIG SKY introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers, three of the most memorable characters in Western American literature. Traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as trappers, traders, guides, and explorers. The story centers on Caudill, a young Kentuckian driven by a raging hunger for life and a longing for the blue sky and brown earth of big, wild places. Caught up in the freedom and savagery of the wilderness, Caudill becomes an untam… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-618-15463-0
EAN: 9780618154630
Produktnummer: 34346970
Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 400 S.
Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.4 cm 327 g
Abbildungen: Trade Paperback
Gewicht: 327

Über den Autor

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.