Widely considered the first true Western novel, The Virginian, published in by Owen Wister, is historical fiction. The saga of the Wyoming Territory of the s centers on a young cowboy known only as the Virginian, who uses intelligence, toughness, and integrity to help tame the land, vanquish its worst criminals, and win the heart of a headstrong woman. Like his friend, Teddy Roosevelt, Owen Wister spent time in Wyoming. On one trip, he spent an uncomfortable night on the counter of the local mercantile--an experience he adapted in THE VIRGINIAN. He was a prolific writer of many different genres. Before becoming an author, he was a musician and studied law at Harvard. · The Virginian was grave in bearing and of infrequent speech; but he kept a song going—a matter of some seventy-nine verses. Seventy-eight were quite unprintable, and rejoiced his brother cow-punchers monstrously.
The Virginian. Owen Wister ( - ). Ostensibly a love story, the novel really revolves around a highly mythologized version of the Johnson County War in 's Wyoming. Owen Wister was the first to put that most popular of all our folk-heroes, the American cowboy, into fiction. The first of its kind, Wister's The Virginian is a prototypical western novel that has inspired readers and authors for over a century. Detailing the exploits of a gunslinger known solely as the Virginian, Wister's novel introduced. The Virginian - Owen Wister $ ISBN The Virginian - Owen Wister quantity. Add to cart. SKU: Description Reviews (0) Still as exciting and meaningful as when it was written in , Owen Wister's epic tale of one man's journey into the untamed territory of Wyoming, where he is caught between his love.
Widely considered the first true Western novel, The Virginian, published in by Owen Wister, is historical fiction. The saga of the Wyoming Territory of the s centers on a young cowboy known only as the Virginian, who uses intelligence, toughness, and integrity to help tame the land, vanquish its worst criminals, and win the heart of a headstrong woman. In the genre of western novels, Owen Wister's "The Virginian" is certainly the grandaddy of them all. The story, the characters, the realism of the settings all make this the quintessential western. The Virginian himself is quietly heroic but without the manufactured stature of the typically represented "cowboy in the white hat". Owen Wister ( - ) graduated from Harvard University in and practiced law in Philadelphia. He is most well-known for The Virginian, the first western novel to use the cowboy as heroic figureThis text refers to the hardcover edition.
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