Bless the Beasts & Children: A Novel

Bless the Beasts & Children: A Novel

From the author of The Homesman, Glendon Swarthoutâ€™s Bless the Beasts & Children is the classic coming-of-age novel that explores the fabric of the American idealâ€”as seen through the eyes of rebellious youth.

â€œSend us a boyâ€”weâ€™ll send you a cowboyâ€: It doesnâ€™t matter if the kid hates the sight of horses. Or if he still sucks his thumb and wets the bed. Heâ€™s got to be taught to toe the line. To measure up. To dig in his spursâ€”because thatâ€™s the way things are at the Box Canyon Boys Camp in Arizona.

Based on the adventures of the authorâ€™s own son, Bless the Beasts & Children tells a tragicomic tale of a group of disturbed teenaged boys from over-privileged families who are sent by their inattentive parents to camp in hopes that their lazy, urban kids will be toughened up in the cowboy program. Complications arise, but these problem boys band together to take up an important cause.

In this remarkable novel, Glendon Swarthout presents an electrifying portrait of six adolescent â€œmisfitsâ€ on a desperate mission to save themselves. And, in a society dedicated to one narrow view of success, they learn something important about what it means to be a man. This is â€œan exciting mission-pursuit story with an engrossing cast of charactersâ€ (Publishers Weekly).
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781476766799
ReleaseDate 2014-06-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476766799

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781476766799
ReleaseDate	2014-06-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476766799

Bless the Beasts & Children: A Novel

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