The Way West

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Author: Alfred Bertram Guthrie (Jr.)

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780618154623

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An enormously entertaining classic, THE WAY WEST brings to life the adventure of the western passage and the pioneer spirit. The sequel to THE BIG SKY, this celebrated novel charts a frontiersman's return to the untamed West in 1846. Dick Summers, as pilot of a wagon train, guides a group of settlers on the difficult journey from Missouri to Oregon. In sensitive but unsentimental prose, Guthrie illuminates the harsh trials and resounding triumphs of pioneer life. With THE WAY WEST, he pays homage to the grandeur of the western wilderness, its stark and beautiful scenery, and its extraordinary people.

Fair Land, Fair Land

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Author: A. B. Guthrie

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1995-08-21

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780395755198

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A novel of the early-day West in the period between 1845 and 1870 in which Dick Summers, a conservationist, seeks retribution from his former countryman Boone Caudill and companionship with Teal Eye.

The Big Sky

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Author: Alfred Bertram Guthrie

Publisher:

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780395083932

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The West of the 1840's and its mountain men are depicted in a tale of adventure having to do with fur trapping, Indian fighting and the development of the land.

Under the Big Sky

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Author: Jackson J. Benson

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 0803224648

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Author of The Big Sky series, The Way West, and the screenplay for the classic Shane, among many other timeless stories of frontier mountain men, icon of Western literature A. B. Bud Guthrie Jr. brought a blazing realism to the story of the West. That realism, which astounded and even shocked some readers, came out of the depth of Guthrie s historical research and an acuity that had seldom been seen in the work of Western novelists. In Under the Big Sky, the latest in his celebrated series of biographies of Western writers, Jackson J. Benson details the life and work of this true giant on the Western literary landscape. The small Montana town that figures in several of Guthrie s books is clearly patterned after the town where he grew up, Choteau, on the eastern front of the Rocky Mountains. Benson illuminates the critical details of Guthrie s upbringing and education, the influence of his intellectually inclined father, his work as a newspaperman in Kentucky, and his time at Harvard University. Animated by the observations of friends, family, and fellow authors, this intimate account offers rare insight into the life and work of a remarkable writer and into the making of the literary West.

The Last Valley

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Author: Alfred Bertram Guthrie (Jr.)

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Recreates life in Montana between the World Wars.

These Thousand Hills

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Author: Alfred Bertram Guthrie

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780395755204

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Sequel to The big sky and The way west--Cover.

A Lady's Experiences in the Wild West in 1883

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Author: Rose Pender

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1985-03-01

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780803287921

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The aristocratic Rose Pender and her husband, James, were among the thousands of English travelers in the American West during the latter half of the nineteenth century. This is Pender's lively account of a grand tour in 1883 of Texas, California, Salt Lake City, Wyoming, Dakota Territory, and far-flung points. ø A. B. Guthrie Jr. in his foreword writes that "all students and collectors will want" A Lady's Experiences in the Wild West in 1883. "It deals with a West in transition from frontier to the glimmer of modern times, from open range to fenced pastures, from trails to trains, from makeshift and made-do to more convenient and easier ways. We see it through the eyes and from the sensibilities of a gentlewoman and a Britisher to boot. The woman was indeed a Lady. She brought to America her highborn prejudices and standards. . .and with them a sharp eye, a chatty pen, and a game spirit. . . . She adds to our knowledge of a time no one is old enough to remember."

Murder in the Cotswolds

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Author: A. B. Guthrie, Jr.

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780816149773

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"Montana sheriff Chick Charleston confronts an English crime"--cover.

Playing Catch-Up

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Author: A. B. Guthrie

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2015-05-26

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1497652693

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A ruthless killer preys on the young women of Montana in this tale of suspense from a pioneer of Western fiction Madame Simone runs a brothel on the outskirts of Overthrust, Montana, an oil town just down the road from the ranching community of Midbury. Her business is serene, discreet, and profitable—until one of her girls is murdered. When his other deputies fail to turn up any leads, Sheriff Chick Charleston asks his college-educated colleague Jason Beard to look into the case. Jase immediately uncovers two vital clues: a mysterious stranger who publicly threatened Laura Jane on the night she was killed and a beloved piece of jewelry missing from her personal effects. Just when Charleston and Jase begin to think they are making progress, however, a teenage girl dies under frighteningly similar circumstances. To find the culprit, the sheriff and his deputy must be patient, cunning, and resourceful. Set against the backdrop of a land whose rugged beauty and vast open spaces attract dreamers and criminals alike, Playing Catch-Up is an engrossing detective story and a tribute to the unique adventure of small-town life in the West.