The Way West

The Way West

infobox Book |
name = The Way West
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = First edition cover
author = A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
illustrator =
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Western
publisher = William Sloane Associates
release_date = 1949
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages =
isbn = NA
preceded_by = The Big Sky
followed_by = These Thousand Hills

"The Way West" is a western novel by A. B. Guthrie, Jr., published in 1949. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1950. The book became the basis for a film starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark.

Plot introduction

Former senator William Tadlock leads a wagon train from along the Oregon Trail from Missouri with the help of hired guide Dick Summers. After several accidents which cost settlers lives, a mutiny of sorts develops and his position is overtaken by Lije Evans. Soon, different factions develop amongst the people of the train as they try to survive their trek to Oregon.

Release details

*1949, USA, W. Sloane (ISBN NA), Pub date ? ? 1949, hardback (First edition)
*2002, USA, Mariner Books (ISBN 0-618-15462-0), Pub date ? January 2002, paperback

External links

* [http://www.pprize.com/BookDetail.php?bk=32 Photos of the first edition of The Way West]


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