Glendon Swarthout's Books
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Bless The Beasts And ChildrenEnriched with detailed notes and commentary, Glendon Swarthout’s classic tale of adolescent "misfits" at a boy’s camp on a mission to save...Read More
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American Cowboy, June 7, 2013
...sometimes violence is the only answer. More must-reads by Jack Schaeffer: • Monte Walsh • The Plainsmen 7) Glendon Swarthout: The Shootist (1975) A winner of the Spur Award, The Shootist explores the mindset of a terminally ill gunman...
Kirkus Reviews, April 10, 2013
...talk about is Bless The Beasts And Children. This was a somber film based on a book by Glendon Swarthout, about a group of teenagers who are bullied and mocked at a summer camp. Each one of them is a social misfit, but together they find companionship,...
American Cowboy, June 7, 2013
...sometimes violence is the only answer. More must-reads by Jack Schaeffer: • Monte Walsh • The Plainsmen 7) Glendon Swarthout: The Shootist (1975) A winner of the Spur Award, The Shootist explores the mindset of a terminally ill gunman...
Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 24, 2013
...directed by Tommy Lee Jones who, along with Wesley Oliver and Kieran Fitzgerald, wrote the screenplay adaptation of Glendon Swarthout’s western novel of the same title, set around 1855. “I was on the prairie for the last 60 days,” Hilary...
Rotten Tomatoes, September 28, 2012
...title of a historical drama to be adapted and directed by Tommy Lee Jones, from a novel by Glendon Swarthout. This week, it was revealed that Meryl Streep and Hilary Swank are also attached to costar along with Tommy Lee Jones. The 19th century drama...
