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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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