The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains Paperback - 1984
by Owen Wister
The story of ranch life and cowboy living at the turn of the century, this is the classic novel of the American West, which served as a model for many films and later novels. The novel recounts the adventures of a man known only as "the Virginian", a strikingly handsome, 27-year-old, and though unversed in the ways of the world and ignorant in book learning, he has character and personality that inspire respect from all who know him. **Lightning Print On Demand Title
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This is the classic novel of the American West, which served as a model for thousands of later novels and films.
It is a story of ranch life and cowboy living at the turn of the century. The hero of the novel, the "Virginian", the only name by which he is known, has left his native state at an early age to try his fortunes in the western country. After roughing it along the way, he settles on Judge Henry's cattle ranch in Wyoming, where the owner makes him his right-hand man. The Virginian is strikingly handsome, twetny-seven years old, and, though unversed in the ways of the world and ignorant as to book learning, he has character and personality that inspire respect from all who know him. He manages to force on a turbulent community his idea of law and order-- "getting the drop" on an enemy, vigilante committees, and lynch law.
The novel recounts his adventures, including his romantic initiation at the hands of Molly Wood, the Vermont girl who became a western school techer. And it introduces him to Trampas, the legendary villain who is the prototype of the "bad guys" of future western novels and films.
"The Virginian" has been filmed three times, most memorably with Gary Cooper, and also became a long-running television series.
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- Title The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
- Author Owen Wister
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Trade Paperback
- Pages 516
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Kensington Publishing Corporation, Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1984-10-01
- ISBN 9780806509235 / 0806509236
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9.16 x 5.81 x 1.2 in (23.27 x 14.76 x 3.05 cm)
- Reading level 830
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Topical: Country/Cowboy
- Library of Congress subjects Western stories, Cowboys
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 84225549
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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