num_pages: 330
description: Writers, historians, and public intellectuals from James Welch and Mary Clearman Blew to Dan Flores, William W. Bevis, and Daniel Kemmis explore A. B. Guthrie's life and legacy in Fifty Years after The Big Sky: New Perspectives on the Fiction and Films of A. B. Guthrie, Jr. Best known for his novels, The Big Sky and The Way West, and as the author of the screenplay for the movie classic Shane, A. B. Guthrie is a much-loved but understudied Montana author. There has been almost no serious examination of Guthrie's work, until now. This wide-ranging anthology looks at this beloved western author in multiple contexts. Essays examine Guthrie's relationship with the movie industry; how the Cold War influenced Guthrie's work; how people in his home-town of Choteau, Montana, and others chose to him remember the man; and how the myths that lie at the core of Guthrie's fiction haunt today's Montanans.
language: English
title: Fifty Years after The Big Sky: New Perspectives on the Fiction and Films of A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
titlecomplete: Fifty Years after The Big Sky: New Perspectives on the Fiction and Films of A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Montana Historical Society Press