The Homesman: A Novel - Movie Tie-In Fiction Bestseller

Brief Description: "Originally published in 1988 by Weidenfield & Nicolson"--T.p. verso. Brief Description: Four women in the isolated frontier territory go mad, and it is up to the unlikely combination of homesteader Mary Bee Cuddy and ne'er-do-well Briggs to escort them east to safety. Publisher Marketing: IN PIONEER NEBRASKA, A WOMAN LEADS WHERE NO MAN WILL GO Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Tommy Lee Jones, "The Homesman" is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s American West. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of: the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by a life of bitter hardship. A "homesman" must be found to escort a handful of them back East to a sanitarium. When none of the county's men steps up, the job falls to Mary Bee Cuddy--ex-teacher, spinster, indomitable and resourceful. Brave as she is, Mary Bee knows she cannot succeed alone. The only companion she can find is the low-life claim jumper George Briggs. Thus begins a trek east, against the tide of colonization, against hardship, Indian attacks, ice storms, and loneliness--a timeless classic told in a series of tough, fast-paced adventures. In an unprecedented sweep, Glendon Swarthout's novel won both the Western Writers of America's Spur Award and the Western Heritage Wrangler Award. A new afterword by the author's son Miles Swarthout tells of his parents Glendon and Kathryn's discovery of and research into the lives of the oft-forgotten frontier women who make "The Homesman" as moving and believable as it is unforgettable. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 07/08/1988 (EAN 9781555842352, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 02/16/1990 (EAN 9780451164292, Mass Market Paperbound)

Contributor Bio:  Swarthout, Glendon Glendon Swarthout wrote sixteen novels, many of which were bestsellers and were made into films, among them "Seventh Cavalry", "They Came to Cordura", "Where the Boys Are", "Bless the Beasts & Children", and "A Christmas to Remember". He was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction and won a number of other awards, including the Western Writers Award for Lifetime Achievement.