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.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
Reproduction of the original: The Virginian by Owen Wister
The Virginian is a 1902 novel set in the Wild West by the American author Owen Wister.
The Virginian is a ranch hand at the Sunk Creek Ranch, located outside of Medicine Bow, Wyoming. He is always referred to as the Virginian, and no name is mentioned throughout the story.
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: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister Some of these pages you have seen, some you have praised, one stands new-written because you blamed it; and all, my dear critic, beg leave to remind you of their author's changeless ...
- Owen Wister - bibliography- Virginia THE VIRGINIAN 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 ...
This edition includes Wister's neglected essay, The Evolution of the Cow-Puncher (1895) and an introduction highlighting the social, gender, and political implications of Wister's mythic West in the context of its actual economic history ...
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
As the captured pony walked in with a sweet, church-door expression, our train moved slowly on to the station, and a passenger remarked, "That man knows his business." - Taken from "The Virginian" written by 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: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister. The novel begins with an unnamed narrator's arrival in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, from back East and his encounter with an impressively tall and handsome stranger.
This edition includes Wister's neglected essay, `The Evolution of the Cow-Puncher' (1895), a revealing companion to a novel that has disturbing undercurrents.
A ranch foreman becomes a hero in this classic Western novel that inspired five films and a popular TV series.
The epic novel of the American West and the heroic cowboy Owen Wister's powerful story of the tall, silent stranger who rides into the uncivilized West and defeats the forces of evil has become an enduring part of American mythology.
In 1977, the Western Writers of America voted this the top western novel of all time. For anyone wondering how the myth of the western hero came into being, this is the book to read.
This groundbreaking novel is considered by many to be one of the most important early entries in the western genre.
This edition of The Virginian has been prepared by Gary Scharnhorst, professor of English at the University of New Mexico.
The Virginian is a 1902 novel set in the Wild West by the American author Owen Wister.