The Ox-Bow Incident David Freeman Hawke Once in a Promised Land

Once in a Promised Land is the story of Jassim and Salwa

middle-aged door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products

challenging institutions of power that have already shown their fragility

Gates [has a] pitch-perfect ear for contemporary speech

and what their quirks and foibles are

The Ox-Bow Incident David Freeman Hawke Once in a Promised LandAuthor Contributor(s): Clark, Walter Van Tilburg; Stegner, Wallace Publisher: Modern Library Date: 3 13 2001 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Set in 1885, The Ox Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. The result is an emotionally powerful, vivid, and