Owen Wister
Author
Language
English
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Description
The Virginian is a 1902 debut novel set in the Wild West by the American novelist Owen Wister. Describing the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, it helped establish the western novel as a literary genre. The unnamed protagonist in The Virginian, who courts a local schoolteacher and defers personal revenge while meting out justice to a cattle thief, set the tone for the rough but civilized cowboy, a prototype for scores of ensuing books,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Wildside Press LLC
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Cowboy Megapack collection 25 tales of western adventure, including two complete novels and 23 short stories! Authors represented included Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more.
The western tales are:
"A Texan Rides the Trouble Trail" by Johnston McCulley
"Sixguns to Bowie" by Robert J. Hogan
"The Drive" by Clarence E.
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