Glendon Swarthout





Glendon Swarthout

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born
April 08, 1918 in near Pinckney, Michigan, The United States

died
September 23, 1992

gender
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About this author

Also writes under Glendon Fred Swarthout. Twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendon_...


Average rating: 3.44 · 748 ratings · 113 reviews · 25 distinct works
Bless the Beasts and Children
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3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 1970 — 19 editions
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Shootist
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 76 ratings7 editions
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Homesman
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions
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Christmas Gift
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions
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They Came to Cordura
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1959 — 4 editions
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Where the Boys Are
2.4 of 5 stars 2.40 avg rating — 10 ratings5 editions
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Skeletons
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions
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Whichaway
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions
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The Tin Lizzie Troop
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings5 editions
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The Old Colts
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings3 editions
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More books by Glendon Swarthout…
“Like blind boys they found each other, and confirmed each other, and through the FM of the flesh they sent to one another impulses of courage and affection.”
Glendon Swarthout

“I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid-a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same of them.”
Glendon Swarthout, The Shootist

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