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Paperback Under the Big Sky: A Biography of A. B. Guthrie Jr. Book

ISBN: 0803243588

ISBN13: 9780803243583

Under the Big Sky: A Biography of A. B. Guthrie Jr.

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Author of The Big Sky series, The Way West , and the screenplay for the classic film Shane , among other timeless stories of frontier mountain men, icon of Western literature A. B. "Bud" Guthrie Jr. brought 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 Jackson J. Benson details the life and work of this true giant on the Western literary landscape. Benson illuminates the critical details of Guthrie's upbringing and education, the influence his intellectually inclined father had on him, 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.

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