{"product_id":"ox-bow-incident","title":"The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-1 mt-2 whitespace-pre-line leading-relaxed first:mt-0\" data-sentry-component=\"P\" data-sentry-source-file=\"p.tsx\"\u003eWalter Van Tilburg Clark's \u003cem\u003eThe Ox-Bow Incident\u003c\/em\u003e is a Western examining mob justice when a posse lynches three men suspected of cattle rustling and murder. Through the narrator's account of the rushed judgment and its aftermath, Clark explores justice, morality, and how easily civilized people become a mob. The novel becomes both Western and moral allegory, proving that Clark subverted the genre to explore dark truths about human nature and that some Westerns are really about justice and conscience.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-1 mt-2 whitespace-pre-line leading-relaxed first:mt-0\" data-sentry-component=\"P\" data-sentry-source-file=\"p.tsx\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWHY WE PICKED IT:\u003c\/strong\u003e Because Clark wrote the anti-Western that questions frontier justice and mob mentality, showing how quickly people abandon law for vengeance. This powerful novel reminds us that the lynching haunts everyone involved, that doubt comes too late, and that Clark's spare prose makes the tragedy more devastating.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-1 mt-2 whitespace-pre-line leading-relaxed first:mt-0\" data-sentry-component=\"P\" data-sentry-source-file=\"p.tsx\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS:\u003c\/strong\u003e • Author: Walter Van Tilburg Clark • Publisher: Modern Library • Format: Paperback • Publication Date: March 13, 2001 • ISBN: 9780375757020 • Ships direct from distributor in 3–7 business days\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cedar Leaf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44961602240556,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/2234\/1420\/files\/Screenshot2025-11-13at17.12.48.png?v=1763071976","url":"https:\/\/cedarleafbooks.com\/products\/ox-bow-incident","provider":"Cedar Leaf Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}