The Virginian: Large Print

ISBN-10: 1080714995
ISBN-13: 9781080714995
Series: THE VIRGINIAN
Pages: 344
Language: English
Published: 2019-07-16
Author: Owen Wister

Description

The Virginian (otherwise titled The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains) is a 1902 novel set in the Wild West by the American author Owen Wister (1860-1938). It describes the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch in Wyoming and is considered the first true fictional western ever written, aside from short stories and pulp dime novels, though modern scholars debate this. The Virginian paved the way for many more westerns by such authors as Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, and several others. The novel was adapted from several short stories published in Harper's Magazine and the Saturday Evening Post between Nov 1893 and May 1902.