← Walter Van Tilburg ClarkThe Ox-Bow Incidentby Walter Van Tilburg ClarkWestern novel about frontier justice and mob lynchingFind on Amazon↗About the authorWalter Van Tilburg ClarkWalter Van Tilburg Clark wrote The Ox-Bow Incident, a Western moral allegory about a lynching that transcends the genre. His work brought philosophical seriousness to the frontier narrative.More by Walter Van Tilburg ClarkThe Track of the CatNovel of hunters tracking a mountain lion through California wilderness→The City of Trembling LeavesNovel set in Nevada mining town during America's transformation→The Watchful Gods and Other StoriesStory collection depicting rural life and spiritual struggles→