The title creature of that work was a black(*) panther that had haunted the dreams of Joe Sam and killed Arthur Bridges.
In one of this author's short stories, a Debussy nocturne is played on the title object to please a sick young musician. That postapocalyptic work is set in a small cave that is home to Dr. Jenkins. This author of "The Portable Phonograph" wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The City of Trembling Leaves four years before penning a novel in which Curt falls off a cliff to his death while hunting a certain creature. The title creature of that work was a black(*) panther that had haunted the dreams of Joe Sam and killed Arthur Bridges. Another novel by this man sees news of the death of Kinkaid cause Major Tetley to lead a mob to lynch Donald Martin outside the town of Bridger's Wells. For 10 points, identify this author of The Track of the Cat, who pioneered the modern Western with his novel The Ox-Bow Incident.
In one of this author's short stories, a Debussy nocturne is played on the title object to please a sick young musician.
Walter van Tilburg Clark