The Way West
The Way West by Alfred Bertram Guthrie (Jr.) is a notable work published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2002. This edition spans 340 pages and is presented in English. The novel serves as a sequel to The Big Sky and explores the adventure of the American West, focusing on the journey of a frontiersman returning to the untamed landscape in 1846.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of the challenges and triumphs faced by pioneers, as Dick Summers, the pilot of a wagon train, leads settlers from Missouri to Oregon. The narrative captures the essence of pioneer life through sensitive yet unsentimental prose, highlighting the grandeur of the western wilderness and the extraordinary individuals who inhabit it. With themes of action, adventure, and romance, The Way West offers an engaging exploration of the historical context of westward expansion.
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The sequel to The Big Sky, The Way West is the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the American West by A. B. Guthrie, the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Shane.
This enormously entertaining classic brings to life the adventure of the western passage and the pioneer spirit, charting a frontiersman’s return to the untamed West in 1846.
Dick Summers, as pilot of a wagon train, guides a group of settlers on the difficult journey from Missouri to Oregon. In sensitive but unsentimental prose, Guthrie illuminates the harsh trials and resounding triumphs of pioneer life.
A celebrated novel, The Way West pays homage to the grandeur of the western wilderness, its stark and beautiful scenery, and its extraordinary people.
“With A. B. Guthrie, the pioneer West has found its novelist at last.”–Bernard DeVoto, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
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