From the author of "The Homesman," Glendon Swarthout's "Bless the
Beasts & Children" is the classic coming-of-age novel that
explores the fabric of the American ideal--as seen through the eyes
of rebellious youth.
"Send us a boy--we'll send you a cowboy" It doesn't matter if the
kid hates the sight of horses. Or if he still sucks his thumb and
wets the bed. He's got to be taught to toe the line. To measure up.
To dig in his spurs--because that's the way things are at the Box
Canyon Boys Camp in Arizona.
Based on the adventures of the author'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 "misfits" 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 "an exciting mission-pursuit story
with an engrossing cast of characters" ("Publishers Weekly").
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