The Violent Land

Overview:

• Title: The Violent Land
• Author: Wayne D. Overholser
• Year: 1954
• Type: Novel

Synopsis:

An eighteen-year-old settler, newly arrived to the frontier region of southeastern Oregon, must decide between his friendship of a greedy rancher and the settlers who had lost their lands.

Notes:

This novel won the 1954 Spur Award for best western novel of the year.

Editions/Publications:

• 1954. The Violent Land (1954, Wayne D. Overholser MacMillan and Dorchester Publishing (paperback), $3.50 (paperback, 222 pages (paper pages, Paperback, Novel)

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