A B Guthrie
A. B. GUTHRIE, JR. (1901-1991), was the author of numerous books, including six Big Sky novels, as well as the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for the classic film Shane . He received the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Way West. Guthrie was honored for his contribution to literature and his portrayal of the American West.
A. B. GUTHRIE, JR. (1901-1991), was the author of numerous books, including six Big Sky novels, as well as the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for the classic film Shane . He received the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Way West. Guthrie was honored for his contribution to literature and his portrayal of the American West. See less
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A B Guthrie book reviews
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The way West
On To Oregon
A.B. Guthrie's "The Way West" (1949) is a western historical novel that describes a journey on the Oregon Trail in 1845. In 1950, the book received the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1968 it was made into a ... Read More
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The big sky
Loneliness And Freedom In The Old West
The genre of the American Western has had a long history through dime and pulp novels and magazines, radio, television, and film, and novels and stories. Although much of the genre deals in ... Read More
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These Thousand Hills
These Thousand Hills
Our book group read A.B. Guthrie's 1947 novel "The Big Sky" over the summer. Westerns are not the group's usual fare. I felt the novel made little impression with the group. Then, one of the ... Read More
