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The Ox-Bow Incident

by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Justice and mob violence on the frontier

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Justice and mob violence on the frontier

Set in the American West in 1885, Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s novel centers on the lynching of three men and the consequences of abandoning law and order. Its frontier setting frames questions about how justice can break down when a community acts outside legal authority. The book’s stated concerns reach beyond the incident itself, placing individual responsibility alongside the pressures of community life and examining the relationship between civilization and violence. First published in 1940, it brings the Western setting together with questions of good and evil, human nature, and the limits of collective judgment.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in classic American Western fiction and frontier settings.
  • Readers seeking fiction that examines mob violence, justice, and individual responsibility.

Themes

Mob violence and lawlessnessJustice and collective judgmentIndividual and communityCivilization and violenceGood and evil

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Book overview

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.
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