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- English
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About this book
The novel that introduced the first great American hero: the cowboy
The 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 to the ranch where the Virginian works. Life on the frontier is unforgivingâfilled with hardship and violenceâand as they travel together, the tenderfoot recognizes all the ways in which the stoic and principled Virginian exemplifies the heroism and romance of life in the Wild West.
Published in 1902 and considered to be the first true Western, The Virginian broke the trail for every great poet of the frontier, from Zane Grey to Louis L'Amour to John Ford.
This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
The 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 to the ranch where the Virginian works. Life on the frontier is unforgivingâfilled with hardship and violenceâand as they travel together, the tenderfoot recognizes all the ways in which the stoic and principled Virginian exemplifies the heroism and romance of life in the Wild West.
Published in 1902 and considered to be the first true Western, The Virginian broke the trail for every great poet of the frontier, from Zane Grey to Louis L'Amour to John Ford.
This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- To the Reader
- I. Enter the Man
- II. âWhen You Call Me That, Smile!â
- III. Steve Treats
- IV. Deep Into Cattle Land
- V. Enter the Woman
- VI. Emâly
- VII. Through Two Snows
- VIII. The Sincere Spinster
- IX. The Spinster Meets the Unknown
- X. Where Fancy Was Bred
- XI. âYouâre Going to Love Me Before We Get Throughâ
- XII. Quality and Equality
- XIII. The Game and the NationâAct First
- XIV. Between the Acts
- XV. The Game and the NationâAct Second
- XVI. The Game and the NationâLast Act
- XVII. Scipio Moralizes
- XVIII. âWould You Be A Parson?â
- XIX. Dr. MacBride Begs Pardon
- XX. The Judge Ignores Particulars
- XXI. In a State of Sin
- XXII. âWhat is a Rustler?â
- XXIII. Various Points
- XXIV. A Letter with a Moral
- XXV. Progress of the Lost Dog
- XXVI. Balaam and Pedro
- XXVII. Grandmother Stark
- XXVIII. No Dream to Wake From
- XXIX. Word to Bennington
- XXX. A Stable on the Flat
- XXXI. The Cottonwoods
- XXXII. Superstition Trail
- XXXIII. The Spinster Loses Some Sleep
- XXXIV. To Fit Her Finger
- XXXV. With Malice Aforethought
- XXXVI. At Dunbarton
- Copyright Page