Jack Schaefer

Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Oakley Hall

Alan Le May

Rediscover the golden age of the Western with this collection of four unforgettable novels of honor, adventure, and violence set against the magnificent landscapes of the American frontier The heroic exploits and violent struggles of the Old West come alive once more through this one-of-a-kind collection of four thrilling novels. Edited by Ron Hansen, this deluxe hardcover edition shows that the 1940s and 1950s was a golden age for the Western novel. In the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Ox-Bow Incident, Walter van Tilburg Clark explores the thin line between civilization and barbarism through the story of a lynch mob that targets three innocent men, exposing a dark authoritarian impulse at work the American frontier. Set in Wyoming in 1889, a time when ranchers and cattle companies waged war with each other, Jack Schaefer's iconic Shane deploys many of the genre's most essential elements, brilliantly filtered through a boy's perceptions. Alan Le May's The Searchers, the basis for John Ford's cinematic masterpiece starring John Wayne, follows the dogged quest of two men to rescue a young girl taken prisoner by Comanche warriors. And Oakley Hall's Warlock, a novel that anticipates the later books of Cormac McCarthy and Larry McMurtry, casts the battle for control of a southwestern outpost as a bloody saga pitting a marauding gang of cowboys and rustlers against the town's defenders, led by the legendary gunslinger Clay Blaisedell. All four novels were memorably adapted for the screen, and their gripping stories--told with brisk narrative energy, psychological depth, and laconic humor--have contributed unforgettably to the Western's enduring legacy in American culture.

The Ox-Bow Incident / Shane / The Searchers / Warlock

The Western: Four Classic Novels of the 1940s & 50s (LOA #331)

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Unforgiven" by Alan Le May. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Unforgiven

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Searchers" by Alan Le May. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Searchers

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "One of us is a Murderer" by Alan Le May. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

One of us is a Murderer

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Bells of San Juan" by Alan Le May. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Bells of San Juan

"One of us is a Murderer" by Alan Le May. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The Unforgiven tells the story of a woman taken from her Native American tribe and raised by a white family. She struggles with her allegiance towards her adoptive family and her feelings towards another white man, and a bloody battle ensues between the two communities. The 1960 film of the same name, directed by John Huston and featuring Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn, is based on this novel. This edition of The Unforgiven includes a new introduction and a special bonus: a rare, never-before-reprinted Alaln Le May story from 1931.“The Biscuit Shooter” originally appeared in the June 6, 1931 issue of Collier’s Weekly. It’s a terrific western and a terrific murder mystery, too.

The Unforgiven: Bonus Edition

Painted Ponies

In the 1870s, war breaks out in the Texas Panhandle between the Kiowa and white settlers, violence that leaves Ben, his brothers, sister, and mother without a father. Reissue.

After a Texas frontier family is massacred by Comanches, Amos Edwards and his nephew, Martin Pauley, search for the Edwards' young niece, who was taken captive during the raid. Reissue. Movie tie-in.

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