Butcher's Crossing
by John Williams
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams
A young man’s search for renewal in the American West becomes a harsh encounter with nature and commerce. Seeking a more direct relationship with nature, Will Andrews leaves Harvard and joins a buffalo-hunting expedition from a Kansas settlement. The journey challenges his romantic expectations as pursuit gives way to violence and hardship. Williams examines the difference between imagined wilderness and the economic appetites carried into it.
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Butcher's Crossing
Seeking a more direct relationship with nature, Will Andrews leaves Harvard and joins a buffalo-hunting expedition from a Kansas settlement. The journey challenges his romantic expectations as pursuit gives way to violence and hardship. Williams examines the difference between imagined wilderness and the economic appetites carried into it.
Why read it?
A young man’s search for renewal in the American West becomes a harsh encounter with nature and commerce. Explore Wilderness, Disillusionment and Commerce in this book.
Edition details
- Author / creators: John Williams
- Publisher: NYRB Classics
- Language: English
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 296
- Edition publication year: 2007
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Book Details
- Author
- John Williams
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 296
- Publication year
- 2007
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