Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Walter Van Tilburg Clark wrote several books, including "The Ox-Bow Incident", "The City of Trembling Leaves", "The Track of the Cat", and "The Watchful Gods and Other Stories".

Walter Van Tilburg Clark was born on August 3, 1909 in East Orland, Maine.

"The Ox-Bow Incident" is a novel written by Walter Van Tilburg Clark that tells the story of a lynching incident in the American West. It explores themes of justice, morality, and mob mentality.

Yes, Walter Van Tilburg Clark received numerous awards for his literary work. He won the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship for "The Ox-Bow Incident" in 1940 and the National Book Award for Fiction for the same novel in 1940.

Walter Van Tilburg Clark was a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1947 until his retirement in 1979.