Sundown (novel)
Cover of paperback edition; painting by Mars Biggoose | |
| Author | John Joseph Mathews |
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| Cover artist | Mars Biggoose |
| Language | English |
| Set in | 1880s–1920s |
| Published | 1934 (1st ed.) & 1988 (Paperback ed.) |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Co. (1934) University of Oklahoma Press (1988) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Novel |
Sundown is a 1934 novel by the Osage writer John Joseph Mathews. Set in the Osage Nation and Osage County, Oklahoma, the novel follows the life of a "mixed blood" Osage boy named Challenge Windzer as he navigates the conflicts between Osage traditionalism and assimilationism during the early 20th century.