Murders at Moon Dance - Softcover

Guthrie Jr., A. B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803270399 ISBN 13: 9780803270398

Publisher: Bison Books, 1993

Synopsis

At a difficult and sad time in his family life, A. B. Guthrie, Jr., turned for surcease to reading western and whodunit novels. In his autobiography, The Blue Hen's Chick (also a Bison Book), he touches on that moment when he realized he could write as well as or better than the published plot-spinners. "What about a mystery and cow-country myth in combination?" he mused, "So far as I could recall, the two had never been blended. All right. I'd blend them."

The result was his first novel, Murders at Moon Dance, appearing in 1943. It was an audacious debut with bold characterizations and a sharply etched, atmospheric setting The dusty town of Moon Dance, smacked down between barren mountains and a badland named the Freezeout, would also be a back-drop for The Big It and Other Stories (1960). In Guthrie's hand, raw vitality replaces the woodenness of much writing in the genre, and unexpected grace notes in the verbal rhythms suggest the author of The Big Sky (1947) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Way West (1949).

About this title

About the Author:

Introducing Murders at Moon Dance is the celebrated Montana writer William Kittredge, the author of such books as We Are Not in This Together (1984), Owning It All (1990), and Hole in the Sly (1992).

From Publishers Weekly:

Guthrie pioneered the cross-genre mystery with this 1943 whodunit set among cowboys. (June) Also in June, Nebraska will republish Guthrie's autobiography, The Blue Hen's Chick ($11.95 *
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About this edition

• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0803270399
• ISBN 13: 9780803270398
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 279