Butcher's Crossing (New York Review Books Classics)

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  • The last kill  

    Butcher's Crossing (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback)
    "Butcher's Crossing" is an unconventional Western. Late obituary of the myth of the Wild West, to the endless prairies with millions of bison and their miserable end as a raw material for the leather industry. The novel will be introduced at a t
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  • No heroic Western Romance  

    Butcher's Crossing (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback)
    Four men go on bison hunting in the Wild West: the experienced Miller, who wants to do the deed of his life and become rich, the bigots Charley Hoge, the Miller in doglike devotion follows, not least because Miller ensures the incessant flow of whisk
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  • Review of a gripping story  

    Butcher's Crossing (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback)
    This book is excellent reading, a true reflection of how the West was really conquered. It tells a gripping story
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  • You can almost smell the mountain air in Butcher's Crossing  

    Butcher's Crossing (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback)
    After really enjoying "Stoner" I hesitated before picking up Williams' other classic. The title and picture of a buffalo stuck in a blizzard did not arouse me Exactly. But while "Butcher's Crossing" centers on buffalo hunting it's abou
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  • Just about worth reading  

    Butcher's Crossing (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback)
    This is Not exactly `literature '. And it is only just educative and entertaining. I was and it certainly is underawed Certainly not a book I intend to read again.
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