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In the 1870s, Will Andrews, inspired by Emerson to pursue a genuine connection with nature, abandons Harvard for the rugged plains of Kansas. He lands in Butcher's Crossing, a town populated by men chasing fortune and frittering it away. A local tells Will of vast buffalo herds in the Colorado Rockies, convincing him to join an expedition to chase them. The journey is grueling and takes the men to a bountiful wilderness where relentless slaughter ensues. Battling winter’s chill and their own madness, the men are forced to return to a Butcher's Crossing forever altered by their exploits.
First publish date: 1960
Genre: Western Fiction/Historical Western
Authors: John Williams
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