The Track of the Cat: A Novel

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University of Nevada Press, 1993 - 409 pagine
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Clark's classic novel is a compelling tale of four men who fear a marauding mountain lion but swear to conquer it. It is also a story of violent human emotions--love and hate, hope and despair--and of the perpetual conflict between good and evil.
 

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This 1949 western novel, laid in Nevada, concerns an angst-ridden dysfunctional ranching family consisting of a dour mother, a drunken father, three brothers, and a sister. A panther kills some of the ... Leggi recensione completa

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Informazioni sull'autore (1993)

Walter Van Tilburg Clark, author of The Ox-box Incident , The City of Trembling Leaves, The Watchful Gods and Other Stories & The Track of the Cat, lived in Virginia City and is considered one of Nevada's most distinguished novelists. Born in 1909, he ranks as one of Nevada's most distinguished literary figures in the twentieth century, as well as a leading interpreter of the American West. Clark died in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1971.

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TitoloThe Track of the Cat: A Novel
Western literature series
AutoreWalter Van Tilburg Clark
Edizioneristampa
EditoreUniversity of Nevada Press, 1993
ISBN0874172306, 9780874172300
Lunghezza409 pagine
  
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