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Violence
A lot
Three innocent men are lynched; depicted with unflinching detail
Language
Some
Period Western vernacular with some coarse language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Some
Heavy drinking throughout the Western setting
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Mob psychology, collective guilt, the horror of complicity in murder
What this book is about
Same content as The Ox-Bow Incident. Clark's 1940 Western moral masterpiece about the lynching of three innocent men. Disturbing, essential. Appropriate for high school and above.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Lynching depicted in detail
Mob violence
Innocent men killed
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