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A book that immersed me into the gruelling life of hunting buffalo hides in 1870's kansas. Will Andrews is a harvard graduate who seeks to live life in the tough Western landscape. His experience is harsh + vividly described with astonishing prose in this excellent story. The writing, as with the wonderful Stoner, is incredible to the extent that I had to get a glass of water as they crossed the desert+ put on a jumper as they hit snow. Great read

Like Melville in Moby Dick, Williams harnesses all of his epic/narrative powers in this condemnation of capitalism and the extermination of species for speculative profits.

My reading view just got exponentially more enjoyable! 🎄✨

5 ⭐️It‘s the 1870‘s , & Andrews, at 23 , leaves Harvard to travel west & discover his country. He arrives in Butchers Crossing & the story moves quickly to the buffalo hunt.
The opposite of Stoner & yet echoes of Stoner in the end “ and then maybe when your ready to die it comes to you .... “
Images haunting & brutal & beautiful & of the buffalo
A powerful book , that like Stoner, will stay with me

#AnimalonCover

“ There was a quiet, slow fluidity to the scene which was strange to Andrews, and it absorbed him so that for a moment he did not remember why he had come here “

Which describes my own experience of reading this book so far 👌🏻... reading for #AnimalonCover #Booked2020

Williams is a masterful writer. I loved this tale of adventure and greed as four men set out to make their fortune hunting Buffalo in mid-1800s America. #nyrb

Starting my third book by John Williams. He must be one of the most underrated American authors. #nyrb

5⭐️ This book is not just about buffalo hunting. Deeper within the story, there is a familiar sense of human ignorance. Motivated by greed, we grit our teeth and endure the worst; we often expect too much and self-destruct when things don‘t work out. Right?!

This is my second Williams after Stoner. It‘s wonderfully written with vivid imagery. I highly recommend this, even to those who are not fans of western 👍🏻

It‘s been a busy week!! All the time that I have is for work and gym 😞 I hope that I have a peaceful weekend so that I can finish reading this wonderful story 🤞🏻

Fangirling over John Williams now 😍 He wrote with such poise. Gawwwdd!! ❤️❤️❤️

Just started this this morning, and am loving it 😍

So it's just a fact. If a book has many scenes of people trying to survive in the wilderness during cold weather conditions, I'm going to love it. Bonus points for being set in the 1800's. 5⭐

For me, Butcher‘s Crossing is the ultimate #wildwildwest village. John Williams describes it in such a way (the heat, the dust, the men, the streets) that I can completely visualize it, even years after reading the book. For me the chapters about this village are even better than those regarding the buffalo hunt. #heatofjuly

Will Andrews get‘s into #deepwater when he joins a team of buffalo hunters on a dangerous journey to the Colorado Valley. #marchintooz

This unsentimental story of a man drawn to the West and a buffalo hunt is well written & bleak. Idealism & mythology about the American West fall away as the harshness and brutality of slaughter and survival overwhelm the beauty of the land & the young man‘s innocent hopes. The tale stings; I‘m horrified & saddened by this glimpse into a sad truth of white men in the West. Thanks to the NY Review of Books for publishing this neglected story.

4 out of 5
This couldn't be more different than Stoner. At first I didn't know if I liked it, but I wanted to pick it up, I wanted to find out what was going to happen. It slowly creeped its way in, I know I won't forget the story.

My currently reading stack. I finished Housekeeping last night, and started Butcher's Crossing tonight. I'll do a quick review on my next post. I'm excited to read John William's BC tonight, I loved Stoner! #book #bookstack #currentlyreading

I think this might be the closest I can get for today's #cowboyDan prompt. I don't really read westerns, and I am just not that fascinated by cowboys. 😄

I love Williams' writing style, but the subject matter in this one wasn't for me.

#90sinJuly

A story unlike any other. A real cowboy book I think. Plus Williams can make me picture all scenery and the village. Very good.

I remember a part of this book, where Williams quite vividly describe an episode with a lot of #dustinthewind which cause a lot of trouble for the characters. Okay, it might have been sand, but same same. 💨

#RockinMay

Mans romantic views of nature clashes with the harsh reality of nature. Very well written and a hell of an ending. If you like Westerns, philosophical fiction, or adventure, check it out.

It's a crisp and lovely Autumn day in Denmark, so I took my book with me when I went for a walk and finished the last 50 pages. 🍁🍂

It's an okay book. I didn't love it as much as Stoner, but it was still a good read. John Williams does quiet and slow books in an amazing way.

I am slowly getting over the #readathon this weekend. 😴
I started this today, but so far I am not completely hooked.

Is it worth the read?