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The Virginian: Horseman of the Plains
Contributor(s): Wister, Owen (Author)

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 ISBN: 1406564338     ISBN-13: 9781406564334
Publisher: Dodo Press
OUR PRICE: $23.79  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2007
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Annotation: Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer of western novels. He studied at the Harvard Law School, where he was a classmate of Theodore Roosevelt and graduated in 1888. At first he aspired to a career in music, and spent two years studying at a Paris conservatory. Thereafter, he worked briefly in a bank in New York before studying law. Wister had spent several summers out in the American West and was fascinated with the culture, lore and terrain of that region. When he started writing, he naturally inclined towards fiction set on the western frontier. Wister's most famous work remains the 1902 novel The Virginian: Horseman of the Plains. This is widely regarded as being the first American western novel. Amongst his other works are: Lin McLean (1897), The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories (1900), Philosophy 4 (1903), Lady Baltimore (1906), Mother (1907), Padre Ignacio; or, The Song of Temptation (1911) and A Straight Deal (1920).
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Westerns - General
- Fiction | Classics
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 830(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.24 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Topical - Country/Cowboy
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 723
Reading Level: 6.3   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 21.0
 
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