Life with Father vs The hanging tree: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: West, Westerns, Social life and customs, Fiction
Life with Father
“BALDY WOODS reached for the bottle, and got it.”
| writer = Howard LindsayRussel CrouseBased on the novel by Clarence Day
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The hanging tree
Dorothy M. Johnson wrote dozens of highly acclaimed western stories and books in her long career. The stories in this book are her very best. They were ranked as four of the top five stories of the 20th century by the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The hanging tree highest: The hanging tree 4.2 · Life with Father 3.9.
- Life with Father has the widest readership — 3498 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Life with Father | The hanging tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (3498) | 4.2 (577) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.5 (1) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Life with Father | The hanging tree | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3498 | 577 |
| Editions | 28 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 322 |
| Reading it now | — | 8 |
| Written reviews | — | 55 |
| Wikipedia attention | 981 | 189 |
| Pages | 313 | 272 |