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Blood Meridian

by Cormac McCarthy

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ISBN0679728759
Cormac McCarthy

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Blood Meridian

Or the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy

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Blood Meridian is a historical novel following a teenage boy through the violent frontier of the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, during the era of American westward expansion. The book examines the brutality and lawlessness of this period, including the commercial trade in scalps, and deliberately departs from conventional Western fiction mythology.

Blood Meridian follows the Kid, a fourteen-year-old from Tennessee who enters a harsh and violent world along the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s. The narrative is based on historical events and takes place in a setting where Indians are being killed and a market for their scalps is active. The publisher describes the book as an epic novel, and its account of the Kid's fortunes unfolds against this backdrop of bloodshed and lawlessness. The story is set during the period of America's westward expansion.

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Blood Meridian is a historical novel following a teenage boy through the violent frontier of the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, during the era of American westward expansion. The book examines the brutality and lawlessness of this period, including the commercial trade in scalps, and deliberately departs from conventional Western fiction mythology.
Who is it for?
Readers interested in historical fiction, revisionist Westerns, and literary examinations of America's frontier history; those comfortable with narratives depicting violence and moral complexity; adult audiences with tolerance for challenging subject matter.
What are the main themes?
The novel explores the violence and depravity that accompanied American westward expansion, the mythology versus reality of the 'wild west,' lawlessness and survival on the frontier, and the human cost of territorial conquest.
Who wrote it?
Cormac McCarthy, an acclaimed American novelist known for literary fiction and historical narratives.
What format or source is it?
Historical fiction novel; published by a major publisher as a complete book work.
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What's this book about?

The novel follows the Kid, a fourteen-year-old from Tennessee, as he enters the harsh and violent world of the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s. It traces his experiences against a backdrop of bloodshed, indigenous displacement, and a market for scalps, grounded in historical events of that era.

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