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Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Born

in East Orland, Maine, The United States

August 03, 1909

Died

November 10, 1971

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Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American novelist, short story writer, and educator. He ranks as one of Nevada's most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century and is known primarily for his novels, his one volume of stories, as well as his uncollected short stories. As a writer, he taught himself to use the familiar materials of the western saga to explore the human psyche and to raise deep philosophical issues. ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 7,917 ratings · 899 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Wallace Stegner (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 6,734 ratings — published 1940 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Track Of The Cat (Western Literature and Fiction Series) 4.09 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1949 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City of Trembling Leaves (Western Literature and Fiction Series) 4.30 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1945 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Western: Four Classic Novels of the 1940s & 50s: The Ox-Bow Incident / Shane / The Searchers / Warlock by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Jack Schaefer, Alan Le May 4.44 avg rating — 79 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Phonograph 3.36 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1950	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Watchful Gods And Other Stories (Western Literature and Fiction Series) by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Ann Ronald (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1950 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oxbow Incident 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wind and the Snow of Winter 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hook it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Indian Well 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“True law, the code of justice, the essence of our sensations of right and wrong, is the conscience of society. It has taken thousands of years to develop, and it is the greatest, the most distinguishing quality which has developed with mankind ... If we can touch God at all, where do we touch him save in the conscience? And what is the conscience of any man save his little fragment of the conscience of all men in all time?”
― Walter Van Tilburg Clark, The Ox-Bow Incident

tags: conscience, justice, law, right-and-wrong

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“Most men are more afraid of being thought cowards than of anything else, and a lot more afraid of being thought physical cowards than moral ones.”
― Walter Van Tilburg Clark, The Ox-Bow Incident

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“Places, like people, have their beginnings and have also their endings.”
― Walter Van Tilburg Clark, The City of Trembling Leaves

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July 2019 New School Poll

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, 224 pages, 1989

71 votes, 25.0%

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, 359 pages, 1950

68 votes, 23.9%

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, 416 pages, 1968

46 votes, 16.2%

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, 249 pages, 1961

45 votes, 15.8%

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, 216 pages, 1940

32 votes, 11.3%

The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, 247 pages, 1940

22 votes, 7.7%

284 total votes

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