The frontier of the old west has rarely been evoked as a more miserable, barren land than it is in this melancholy novel by the author of the shootist. Some of his best known novels were made into films of the same title, where the boys are, the shootist and they came to cordura. Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independentminded mary bee cuddy, who in turn employs lowlife drifter george. The homesman aims for a story thats poignant and told sparely.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the homesman. The shootist by glendon swarthout by glendon swarthout. It doesnt matter if the kid hates the sight of horses. Miles swarthout is the author of the sergeants lady and the editor of glendon swarthout s short story collection, easterns and westerns. As word spreads that the famous assassin has reached the end, an assortment of vultures gather to feast upon his corpse. The homesman by glendon swarthout overdrive rakuten. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2. Nov, 2014 in the homesman, a most unromantic american west hilary swank and tommy lee jones play two very different people taking a dangerous trip across the arid plains in a beautifully photographed film. Tell us what you like and well recommend books youll love. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
The homesman opens in the 1850s, when early pioneers are doing anything they can to survive dreadful conditions. Soon to be a major film directed by and starring tommy lee jones and costarring meryl streep, hilary swank, and john lithgow, this classic western novel captures the devastating realities of early pioneers in the american west through the eyes of one extraordinary woman. Cadburys coffin resembles an american version of the famed bbc tv series upstairs, downstairs, with a strong flavoring of charles dickens. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Where the boys are, and the shootist which was john waynes last work, are probably the best known.
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The screenplay by jones, kieran fitzgerald and wesley oliver is based on the 1988 novel of the same name by glendon swarthout. He immediately casts doubt on the job and insists he be free to abandon her at any time. The climatic gunfight itself is an incredible performance by an incredible man, and by his creator, glendon swarthout. Glendon and kathryn swarthout wrote 6 young adult novels over the decades into the 1980s together, and whichaway is their bestknown title, having been published in 3 different editions by 3 different publishers over the decades, making this same story aptly classified as a classic. Oct 01, 2011 buy the paperback book the shootist by glendon swarthout at indigo. It took him 8 years to work out this complicated, multitime level, historicallybackdropped plot, and he said it was so mentally exhausting, hed never attempt another mystery. Whichaway by glendon swarthout, kathryn swarthout nook. They had seen it from the pickup early yesterday morning while headed back to box canyon boys camp after an overnight campout in the petrified forest. The film stars jones and hilary swank and also features meryl streep, grace gummer, miranda otto, hailee steinfeld, john lithgow, and james spader. The shootist is john bernard books, a gunfighter at the turn of the twentieth century who must confront the greatest shootist of all. The homesman 2014 imdb directed by tommy lee jones. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet.