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A cowboy takes on the forces of twentieth century tyranny in a tale by âthe Thoreau of the American Westâ that became the classic film Lonely Are the Brave (Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prizeâwinning author of Lonesome Dove). Â A rugged individualist and sometime ranch hand, Jack Burns has no love for the modern world. He is a man out of time, riding his horse through a Southwestern landscape corrupted by concrete, shopping centers, and superhighways. A stubborn loner, he lives by a personal moral code that often sets him at odds with contemporary society. And he wouldnât have it any other way. Â When Jackâs brazen attempt to free a jailed friend fails, the âanarchist cowboyâ becomes an outlaw overnight. Suddenly he and his chestnut mare are racing toward the New Mexican high country with the state police, the military, and the FBI in hot pursuit. His private war against authority has reached a dangerous new level. But if the powerful forces aligning against him think that Jack is going to go quietly, theyâve got another think coming. Â The Houston Chronicle called Edward Abbey âa fresh breath from the farther reaches and canyons of the diminishing frontier.â The bestselling author of The Monkey Wrench Gang delivers a stirring tribute to individualism and the vanishing American hero. Brought to the big screen in 1962 as Lonely Are the Braveâa major motion picture starring Kirk Douglas and Walter MatthauâThe Brave Cowboy is a moving and thought-provoking fable of the modern American West. |
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