THE WAY WEST

'''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. It was made into a film starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum and Richard Widmark.

Contents

Plot introduction

Release details

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Plot introduction

Former senator William Tudlock 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

★ Photos of the first edition of The Way West