Charles M. Russell
Author
Language
English
Description
The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister
The Virginian is a 1902 novel by the American author Owen Wister, set in Wyoming Territory during the 1880's. It describes the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch and is considered the first true fictional western ever written, aside from short stories and pulp dime novels, though modern scholars debate this.
Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 127
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[1973, c1974]
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
xiii, 271 p. illus. 21 cm.
Language
English