THE VIRGINIAN - A Horseman of the Plains (Western Classic): The First Cowboy Novel Set in the Wild West

by Owen Wister

Overview

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE VIRGINIAN - A Horseman of the Plains (Western Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This classic describes the life of a cowboy who is a natural aristocrat, set against a highly mythologized version of the Johnson County War and taking the side of the large land owners. The Virginian paved the way for many more westerns by such authors as Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, and several others. Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. When he started writing, he naturally inclined towards fiction set on the western frontier. Wister's most famous work remains the novel The Virginian.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788026865711
Publisher:	e-artnow
Publication date:	07/08/2016
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	339
Sales rank:	1,032,812
File size:	692 KB