The Big Sky

GUTHRIE, JR., A.B

Publication: William Sloan Associates, 1947, New York

First edition. Cloth. 386pp. Author's second book. Guthrie's classic story of a Mountain Man in the American West. A Jeff Dykes Western High Spot and a 1948 Pulitzer Prize nominee. The 1952 film adaptation directed by Howard Hawks received two Academy Award nominations. First in Guthrie's series about the American frontier. Follows Boone Caudill as he leaves Kentucky to become a mountain man in the 1830s West. He, along with Jim Deakins, a good-natured wanderer, and the seasoned mountain man Dick Summers, travel up the Missouri River on a keelboat expedition, encountering Native American tribes, fur traders, rival trappers, and the stark dangers of frontier life. The book is known for its realistic portrayal of the era, focusing on the lives of fur trappers and explorers, and is considered a classic of the Western genre. A. B. Guthrie gives us an unforgettable portrait of a spacious land and a unique way of life. Light bump to upper fore-corners, else a clean, bright, fine copy. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed with 1" gouge on upper rear panel, crease across lower portion of front panel, and a few 1/4" closed tears to edges.