The Virginian

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480483866

<DIV><B>The novel that introduced the first great American hero: the cowboy</B><BR /><BR />The Virginian cuts an impressive figure when the unnamed narrator of Owen Wister&rsquo;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 &ldquo;the tenderfoot,&rdquo; and the two embark on a three-hundred-mile journey to the ranch where the Virginian works. Life on the frontier is unforgiving&mdash;filled with hardship and violence&mdash;and 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.<BR /><BR />Published in 1902 and considered to be the first true Western, <I>The Virginian </I>broke the trail for every great poet of the frontier, from Zane Grey to Louis L&rsquo;Amour to John Ford.<BR /><BR />This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.<BR /></DIV>