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John Edward Williams (August 29, 1922 – March 3, 1994) was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and Augustus (1972), which won a U.S. National Book Award.
Jan 11, 2019 · The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel — John Williams and Stoner. An exemplary biography of one of America’s most unusual writers grounds the novel in his own literary awakening. John...
Learn about John Williams, a novelist and professor who wrote Butcher's Crossing, Stoner, and Augustus. He was a pioneer of revisionist Westerns and a National Book Award winner.
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Butcher's Crossing is the second novel by John Williams, preceded by Nothing but the Night. It is considered by many to be among the first pioneers of a more "realistic" breed of western novel, along with a few other notable works including Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and Oakley Hall's Warlock.
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Mar 3, 1994 · John Williams. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. John Edward Williams, Ph.D. (University of Missouri, 1954; M.A., University of Denver, 1950; B.A., U. of D., 1949), enlisted in the USAAF early in 1942, spending two and a half years as a sergeant in India and Burma.
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24,180 ratings2,456 reviews. In his National Book Award–winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher’s Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America. It is the 1870s, and Will Andrews, fired up by Emerson to seek “an original ...
Mar 5, 1994 · John Williams, a writer and educator whose 1972 novel "Augustus" won a National Book Award, died on Thursday at his home in Fayetteville, Ark. He was 71. The cause was respiratory failure, his...
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