The Ox-Bow Incident (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Walter Van Tilburg Clark
- First Published: 1940
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional
- Time of Work: 1885
- Setting: Nevada
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Social realism, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Justice, Suicide, Nineteenth century, Mistaken or secret identity, Capital punishment, Emotions, Law or legislation, Death or dying, Revenge, Lynching, Theft, Cowboys or cowgirls, Westerns, Decision making, Reason or reasoning
- Locales: Nevada
Characters Discussed
Gil Carter, a wandering ranch hand who drifts into Bridger’s Wells looking for a girl. When she returns to the town, after having reportedly gone to San Francisco with a husband, Gil is furious. He joins a posse, but thinks more of his disappointment in love than of the hanging of three innocent men.
Art Croft, Gil’s friend and companion. Though wounded by mistake by a stage driver, he goes on with the posse in search of rustlers.
Rose Mapen, the girl Gil loves and who disappoints him by marrying another man while gone from Bridger’s...
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