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Some notable sight was drawing the passengers, both men and women, to the window; and therefore I rose and crossed the car to see what it was. I saw near the track an enclosure, and round it some laughing men, and inside it some whirling dust, and amid the dust some horses, plunging,... Read Full Overview

The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains is a 1902 novel by the American author Owen Wister set in Wyoming Territory during the 1880's. It describes the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch and is considered the first true fictional western ever written, aside from short stories... Read Full Overview

The Virginian is a classic western novel written by American author Owen Wister. First published in 1902, the book tells the story of a cowboy known only as ""the Virginian"" who works on a ranch in Wyoming during the late 1800s. The novel is considered one of the first great... Read Full Overview

The classic story about a taciturn cowboy hero and his experiences on a ranch in Medicine Bow, Wyoming.

The Virginian (1902) is Owen Wister's classic popular romance, and the most significant shaping influence on the Western genre. This edition includes Wister's neglected essay, The Evolution of the Cow-Puncher (1895) and an introduction highlighting the social, gender, and political... Read Full Overview

First published in 1902, Owen Wister's "The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains" is a genre-defining work, arguably the first western novel, in which the life of the cowboy of the Old West is romanticized. A highly fictionalized account of the Johnson County War, a dispute... Read Full Overview

Widely regarded as the first true Western novel, this classic tale follows the unnamed cowboy known simply as the Virginian. Set in the rugged landscape of Wyoming, the story explores themes of justice, loyalty, and love, as the Virginian navigates life as a ranch hand and... Read Full Overview

This classic tells the story of the Wyoming ranch foreman known only as the Virgianian, his courtship of school teacher Molly Starkwood, and his encounters with the murdering cattle rustler, Trampas.

With a new introduction by Robert B. Parker He is the Virginian-the first fully realized cowboy hero in American literature, a near-mythic figure whose idealized image has profoundly influenced our national consciousness. This enduring work of fiction marks the birth of a legend... Read Full Overview