THE VIRGINIAN - A Horseman of the Plains (Western Classic)
eBook - ePub

THE VIRGINIAN - A Horseman of the Plains (Western Classic)

The First Cowboy Novel Set in the Wild West

  1. 339 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

THE VIRGINIAN - A Horseman of the Plains (Western Classic)

The First Cowboy Novel Set in the Wild West

About this book

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE VIRGINIAN - A Horseman of the Plains (Western Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.This classic describes the life of a cowboy who is a natural aristocrat, set against a highly mythologized version of the Johnson County War and taking the side of the large land owners. The Virginian paved the way for many more westerns by such authors as Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, and several others.Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. When he started writing, he naturally inclined towards fiction set on the western frontier. Wister's most famous work remains the novel The Virginian.

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Information

Publisher
e-artnow
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9788026865711
Topic
Literatur
Subtopic
Western

Table of contents

  1. TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT
  2. TO THE READER
  3. I. ENTER THE MAN
  4. II. "WHEN YOU CALL ME THAT, SMILE!"
  5. III. STEVE TREATS
  6. IV. DEEP INTO CATTLE LAND
  7. V. ENTER THE WOMAN
  8. VI. EM'LY
  9. VII. THROUGH TWO SNOWS
  10. VIII. THE SINCERE SPINSTER
  11. IX. THE SPINSTER MEETS THE UNKNOWN
  12. X. WHERE FANCY WAS BRED
  13. XI. "YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE ME BEFORE WE GET THROUGH"
  14. XII. QUALITY AND EQUALITY
  15. XIII. THE GAME AND THE NATION—ACT FIRST
  16. XIV. BETWEEN THE ACTS
  17. XV. THE GAME AND THE NATION—ACT SECOND
  18. XVI. THE GAME AND THE NATION—LAST ACT
  19. XVII. SCIPIO MORALIZES
  20. XVIII. "WOULD YOU BE A PARSON?"
  21. XIX. DR. MACBRIDE BEGS PARDON
  22. XX. THE JUDGE IGNORES PARTICULARS
  23. XXI. IN A STATE OF SIN
  24. XXII. "WHAT IS A RUSTLER?"
  25. XXIII. VARIOUS POINTS
  26. XXIV. A LETTER WITH A MORAL
  27. XXV. PROGRESS OF THE LOST DOG
  28. XXVI. BALAAM AND PEDRO
  29. XXVII. GRANDMOTHER STARK
  30. XXVIII. NO DREAM TO WAKE FROM
  31. XXIX. WORD TO BENNINGTON
  32. XXX. A STABLE ON THE FLAT
  33. XXXI. THE COTTONWOODS
  34. XXXII. SUPERSTITION TRAIL
  35. XXXIII. THE SPINSTER LOSES SOME SLEEP
  36. XXXIV. TO FIT HER FINGER
  37. XXXV. WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT
  38. XXXVI. AT DUNBARTON