A B Guthrie
A. B. Guthrie, Jr., lived much of his life in Montana. He is the author of numerous books, including six Big Sky novels, as well as the screenplay for the Academy Award-winning film Shane. He received the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Way West. Guthrie, who died in 1991, is honored for his contribution to literature and his timeless portrayal of the American West.
A. B. Guthrie, Jr., lived much of his life in Montana. He is the author of numerous books, including six Big Sky novels, as well as the screenplay for the Academy Award-winning film Shane. He received the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Way West. Guthrie, who died in 1991, is honored for his contribution to literature and his timeless portrayal of the American West. See less
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A B Guthrie book reviews
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The way West
On To Oregon
A.B. Guthrie's "The Way West" (1949) is a western historical novel that describes a journey on the Oregon Trail in 1845. In 1950, the book received the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1968 it was made into a ... Read More
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These Thousand Hills
These Thousand Hills
Our book group read A.B. Guthrie's 1947 novel "The Big Sky" over the summer. Westerns are not the group's usual fare. I felt the novel made little impression with the group. Then, one of the ... Read More
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The way West
one of the greatest western stories
by calvin, May 6, 2010
I deal in western literature both fiction and non fiction which I sell in my western antique business. When people ask me for a recommended wetern book I ALWAYS point them to the Way West. It won a ... Read More
