A discussion of the painting Woman with a Parrot occurs early in this novel, which includes minor characters like the beefy guard Jimmy Carnes, the drunken Alec Small, and the flirtatious Rose Mapen.
A discussion of the painting Woman with a Parrot occurs early in this novel, which includes minor characters like the beefy guard Jimmy Carnes, the drunken Alec Small, and the flirtatious Rose Mapen. The narrator rides a horse named Blue Boy on an expedition he undertakes with companions like Ma Grier, Bill Winder, and the black man Sparks. Canby the bartender and Judge Tyler figure prominently in the opening chapter and conclusion. Arthur Davies and Bill Tetley hold opposing views as to how to avenge the death of Kinkaid and the theft of cattle at the hands of some rustlers, but the narrator's friend Gil just likes to get drunk and fight. FTP, name this novel in which a lynching party hangs three innocent men at the title locale, the most famous work by Walter Van Tilburg Clark.
A discussion of the painting Woman with a Parrot occurs early in this novel, which includes minor characters like the beefy guard Jimmy Carnes, the drunken Alec Small, and the flirtatious Rose Mapen.
The {Ox-Bow Incident}