01612nam a22002537i 450000500170000000800410001703500220005804000310008008200150011110000310012624500530015730000130021033600260022333700280024933800270027750000340030452008910033865000130122965000120124265000090125465000200126365000220128365000530130520261016202633.0261016s||||    xx ||||| |||||||| 1|eng d  a(KOHALIB)row-0648  aKOHALIBbengerdacKOHALIB04a813.522231 aClark, Walter Van Tilburg.14aThe Ox-Bow Incident /cWalter Van Tilburg Clark.  a1 volume  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aWork first published in 1940.  aThis is a searing study of mob justice. The story takes place in the Old West, but it could happen anywhere, anytime that men of action let their anger goad them into taking the law into their own hands. Published in 1940, this powerful narrative was immediately hailed as a work of art. "The Ox-Bow Incident is a triumph of restraint and workmanship. . . . The tenseness that builds and eddies and comes back stronger is beautifully geared to the temper of each central character and the shifting emotions of the mob, as doubt, anger, stubbornness, physical cold, pity and revulsion hold them in turn," said Max Gissen in the New Republic. Ben Ray Redman described it in The Saturday Review as "A sinewy, masculine tale that progressively tightens its grip on the reader." And Clifton Fadiman summed up the verdict of all the critics when he called this modern classic "a masterpiece." 4aLynching 4aFiction 4aMobs 4aNevada, Fiction 4aFiction, Westerns 4aAmerican Fiction (Fictional Works by One Author)