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Butcher's Crossing
''Butcher's Crossing'' is a western novel by John Williams originally published in 1960. The book takes place in Butcher's Crossing, Kansas in the early 1870s.〔 The story is about William Andrews, a young Harvard student, who leaves his life behind to go on a Buffalo hunting expedition. He and the people he meet along the way have to survive the harsh conditions of nature in their attempts to get buffalo hide to sell and make a lot of money.〔 Along the way, Andrews' contemplates his purpose in life in respect to nature specifically through the influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson.〔
==Background==
''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, along with a few other notable works including Cormac McCarthy's ''Blood Meridian'' and Oakley Hall's ''Warlock''. Reflecting on the state of the Western genre at the time of writing ''Butcher's Crossing'', Williams wrote: "The subject of the West has undergone a process of mindless stereotyping,".〔 Williams' response to this came in the form of ''Butcher's Crossing'', in which the harshness of life on the Western frontier is emphasized. Ironically, the novel features a protagonist, Will Andrews, who is deeply influenced by the idea of human-nature harmony found in Emersonian philosophy.
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