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The Virginian a horseman of the Plains

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Main Author: Wister, Owen, 1860-1938
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cody, Wyo. : Boulder, Colo. : McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Historical Center ; Roberts Rhinehart Publishers, 2002.
Edition:Centennial ed.
Subjects:
Cattle stealing > Fiction.
Vigilantes > Fiction.
Cowboys > Fiction.
Wyoming > Fiction.
Western stories > Wyoming.
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Physical Description:305 p. : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1570984158
Author Notes:Owen Wister was born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 14, 1860. He graduated from Harvard University in 1882 and studied musical composition in Paris for two years. He spent the summer of 1885 in Wyoming for his health. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1888 and was admitted to the bar in 1889. He practiced law for two years in Philadelphia and continued to spend his summers in the West.

In 1891, after the acceptance by Harper's of two of his Western sketches, he decided to pursue a literary career. His works included Lin McLean, The Virginian, Lady Baltimore, and Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship, 1880-1919. He also wrote a number of children's books. He died on July 21, 1938.

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