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  • Lady Baltimore

    by Owen Wister ...
    The novel tells the story of a young Northerner named Augustus ("Gus") Vane who, while visiting Charleston, becomes intrigued by the local culture, history, and the genteel Southern society. He quickly becomes enamored with a woman known as the Lady Baltimore, whose real name is Hortense Rieppe. Hortense is a captivating and enigmatic figure in Charleston's social circles, and she plays a central ... Read more

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  • The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

    by Owen Wister ...
    First published in the year 1902, famous American writer Owen Wister's present fictional novel 'The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains' describes the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch in Wyoming. It is known as the first true western fiction ever written. ... Read more

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  • The Essential Works of Owen Wister

    Enriched edition. Western Classics, Adventure & Historical Novels (Including Non-fiction Historical Works)

    by Owen Wister, Ava Hayes ...
    The Essential Works of Owen Wister compiles the most significant contributions of a pivotal figure in American literature, offering readers a comprehensive overview of his thematic explorations and stylistic breadth. Renowned for his vivid storytelling and ability to capture the American frontier spirit, Wister's prose is characterized by its lyrical quality and authentic characterizations. This ... Read more

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  • Philosophy 4

    Enriched edition. A Story of Harvard University

    by Owen Wister, Ava Hayes ...
    In "Philosophy 4," Owen Wister explores the intricate interplay between individual thought and the broader tapestry of American society. Set against the philosophical backdrop of early 20th-century intellectual movements, this work marries narrative and argument in a unique literary style that is both accessible and profound. Wister's prose invites readers to engage with complex ideas about ... Read more

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  • The Virginian

    by Owen Wister ...
    A ranch foreman becomes a hero in this classic Western novel that inspired five films and a popular TV series.Loosely based on the Johnson County War of 1892, a bloody clash between big landowners and small ranchers in Wyoming, Owen Wister's The Virginian is the classic saga of a man who embodied the spirit of a growing nation…“When you call me that, SMILE!”He wasn't looking for fame or glory. He ... Read more

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  • OWEN WISTER Ultimate Collection: Historical Novels, Western Classics, Adventure & Romance Stories (Including Non-Fiction Historical Works) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Western Frontier Tales

    by Owen Wister, Reid Graybourne ...
    OWEN WISTER Ultimate Collection gathers the range of a writer central to the formation of American literary myth: historical novels, Western classics, adventure tales, romances, and nonfiction reflections on the nation's past. Anchored by the codes of honor, frontier trial, social observation, and moral testing, these works combine crisp narrative movement with patrician irony and a keen ear for ... Read more

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  • The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories

    by Owen Wister ...
    Classic western. According to Wikipedia: "Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 July 21, 1938) was an American writer of western fiction... Wister had spent several summers out in the American West, making his first trip to Wyoming in 1885. Like his friend Teddy Roosevelt, Wister was fascinated with the culture, lore and terrain of the region. On an 1893 visit to Yellowstone, Wister met the western artist ... Read more

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  • The Virginian: A Horseman of The Plains

    by Owen Wister ...
    Some notable sight was drawing the passengers, both men and women, to the window; and therefore I rose and crossed the car to see what it was. I saw near the track an enclosure, and round it some laughing men, and inside it some whirling dust, and amid the dust some horses, plunging, huddling, and dodging. They were cow ponies in a corral, and one of them would not be caught, no matter who threw ... Read more

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  • The Virginian

    A Horseman of the Plains

    by Owen Wister ...
    Owen Wister's powerful story of the silent stranger who rides into the uncivilized West and defeats the forces of evil embodies one of the most enduring themes in American mythology.Set in the vast Wyoming territory, The Virginian (1902) captures both the grandeur and the loneliness of the frontier experience, brilliantly evoking the tension between the romantic freedom of the great, untamed ... Read more

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  • Essential Novelists - Owen Wister

    Inventor of the Good-guy Cowboy

    by Owen Wister, August Nemo ...
    Series Book 183 - Essential Novelists
    Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Owen Wister which are The Virginian and Lady Baltimore. Owen Wister was an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. His most famous work remains the ... Read more

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  • The Virginian

    A Horseman of the Plains

    by Owen Wister ...
    The novel that introduced the first great American hero: the cowboyThe Virginian cuts an impressive figure when the unnamed narrator of Owen Wister's groundbreaking novel first encounters him in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Dark-haired and physically imposing, the charismatic Virginian quickly befriends the narrator, whom he nicknames "the tenderfoot," and the two embark on a three-hundred-mile journey ... Read more

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  • The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

    by Owen Wister ...
    The Virginian (otherwise titled The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains) is a pioneering 1902 novel set in the Wild West by the American author Owen Wister. Describing the life of the foreman of the Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming, it was the first true western written, aside from the tiny dime novels. It paved the way for many more westerns by famous authors such as Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, and several ... Read more

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