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For Your Consideration: John Williams' Butcher's Crossing (and why I don't think we should compare it to Blood Meridian)

Tipsy Tolstoy by The Slavic Literature Pod

Jun 12, 202683:22Education

Show Notes : This week, on For Your Consideration, Cameron dives into John Williams' 1960 novel, Butcher's Crossing , a cautionary tale about how reading Ralph Waldo Emerson can drive you into buffalo-murdering madness....

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For Your Consideration: John Williams' Butcher's Crossing (and why I don't think we should compare it to Blood Meridian) is an episode from Tipsy Tolstoy by The Slavic Literature Pod. Show Notes : This week, on For Your Consideration, Camer...

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Published Jun 12, 2026, 83:22 long, audio available.

For Your Consideration: John Williams' Butcher's Crossing (and why I don't think we should compare it to Blood Meridian)

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