Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Born in 1909, Walter Van Tilburg Clark ranks as one of Nevada's most distinguished literary figures in the twentieth century, as well as a leading interpreter of the American West. With such highly acclaimed novels as The Ox-Bow Incident, The Track of the Cat, and The City of Trembling Leaves, Clark is known as a writer of national and international distinction. Walter Van Tilburg Clark died in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1971.