Owen Wister

Novel about a young cowboy for the Wind River country in Wyoming who tires of the dust and hard life and heads east to Boston to seek his fortune -- Abebooks.com.

Presents a selection of the Western author's journals and letters from his travels through Wyoming, Washington, Arizona, Texas, and other areas of the American West and Southwest, from 1885-1895.

Owen Wister is remembered today almost solely as the author of The Virginian, yet his short stories, dating from the turn of the century, gave us our first real knowledge of the West's "wide, wild farm and ranch community, spotted with remote towns, and veined with infrequent railroads." And this West was not merely that of the cowboy, but of the soldier, the seeker, the Indians, the hunter, even the priest. This volume presents six of Wister's finest...

Owen Wister's 'OWEN WISTER Ultimate Collection' is a comprehensive anthology that showcases the author's contributions to the Western genre. Known as the 'father of Western fiction,' Wister's literary style is characterized by vivid descriptions of the American frontier, complex characters, and thrilling narratives. This collection includes some of his most famous works such as 'The Virginian' and 'Lin McLean,' which have become timeless classics...

This collection of world's greatest western novels and stories include rip roarin' cowboy adventures, tales of the famous outcasts, the heroes of the Wild West, conniving villains and intriguing sagas: - Andy Adams - Ann S. Stephens - B. M. Bower - Bret Harte - Charles Alden Seltzer - Charles King - Charles Siringo - Dane Coolidge - Emerson Hough - Forrestine C. Hooker - Frank H. Spearman - Frederic Homer Balch - Frederic Remington - Grace Livingston...