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The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

Wister, Owen

Paperback

WesternsClassic FictionHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 0806509236
ISBN13: 9780806509235
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Published: Oct 2 2002
Pages: 516
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.81 Depth: 9.16
Language: English
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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