The Big Sky
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (904 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005WXWRMO |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 468 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Robin Friedman said 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 stereotypes, many Westerns are thoughtful and imaginative, including A.B. Guthrie's 19Loneliness And Freedom In The Old West Robin Friedman 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 stereotypes, many Westerns are thoughtful and imaginative, including A.B. Guthrie's 1947 novel, "The Big Sky". Guthrie (1901 -- 1991) wrote a series of six novels on the settlement of the Montana territory of which "The Big Sky" is the first chronologically and in the order of . 7 novel, "The Big Sky". Guthrie (1901 -- 1991) wrote a series of six novels on the settlement of the Montana territory of which "The Big Sky" is the first chronologically and in the order of . Buck Sawyer said Wonderful Writer and Book. Wonderful writer and wonderful book. I enjoy historical fiction that is written as closely to the time and subject (Winds of War.War and Rembrance) as possible. It only makes sense that a more accurate protrayal would be written by someone that had lived through the period. Though AB Guthrie didn't live exactly in the period he would have been able to know people that pretty much had and he lived in the areas where this was played out. The writing is first class, . "Masterpiece of Western fiction." according to RGMac. The Big Sky is not just a masterpiece, it's probably THE masterpiece of the genre of western frontier fiction. This is unusual because it deals with a moment in time that isn't really dealt with that much - the Rocky Mountain fur trade during its golden age of about 1820 - 1850. The cowboy era has been responsible for most of western film and literature, partly because the images and events that happen in that world are recognizable to us: the economic and social
"This book is so extraordinary that I find it hard to express the full measure of my admiration without being extravagant." -- Bernard De Voto