The Virginian is a 1902 novel set in the Wild West by the American author Owen Wister. 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.
This groundbreaking novel is considered by many to be one of the most important early entries in the western genre.
The Virginian
allegations against Russell, accusing him of having “built a great and very large and unnecessary brewhouse both to the ... to individuals like Sir Thomas Phillips, who recommended in 1623 that no alehouses be allowed “in remote places.
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Frontier justice - Virginian style. Until he meets a woman. A woman who things she can tame his wild heart and teach him the ways of peace. But can the Virginian bring peace to Medicine Bow?
Illustrations by Charles M. Russell.
The Virginian ist die Geschichte eines einzelgängerischen Cowboys in Wyoming um 1880, der sich trotz des im Westen vorherrschenden Faustrechts an seinen persönlichen Ehrenkodex hält und so allerlei Unbilden übersteht.
The Virginian is a 1902 novel set in the Wild West by the American author Owen Wister.
Frontier justice - Virginian style. Until he meets a woman. A woman who things she can tame his wild heart and teach him the ways of peace. But can the Virginian bring peace to Medicine Bow?
The Virginian is a 1902 novel set in the Wild West by the American author Owen Wister.