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Under the big sky : a biography of A.B. Guthrie Jr. / Jackson J. Benson.
Van Pelt Library PS3513.U855 Z53 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benson, Jackson J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guthrie, A. B., Jr. (Alfred Bertram), 1901-1991.
- Guthrie, A. B.
- Guthrie, A. B., Jr. (Alfred Bertram), 1901-1991--Homes and haunts--Montana.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Montana.
- Western stories--Authorship.
- Western stories.
- West (U.S.)--In literature.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Civilization--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 322 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- "By George, I'm free!"
- A smart aleck and a wise guy
- Alone in a small and self-contained city
- Marriage, family, and separation
- The first novel and plans for the big one
- The big break : the Nieman Fellowship
- The big sky triumph and tracking The way West
- To Hollywood and Shane and the move to Montana
- Bucking the myth : These thousand hills
- Down in the dumps : drink and divorce
- Living with Janie and courting Carol
- The old man and the young woman wed
- Arfive, and speaking to the young : Earth Day
- The Twin Lakes imbroglio and building the "barn"
- "What happened to Boone?"
- Fair land, fair land : the end of the trail
- Afterword : fishing the Pishkun.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-314) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780803222861
- 0803222866
- OCLC:
- 268789873
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