He loved the landscapes, the mountains, the hunting, and the camaraderie of the hard-working cowboys, so much so that he was anxious to communicate this new world to his homeland in the east.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister
He pushed himself through an apprenticeship as a writer of stories, mainly for Harper's magazine. By the time it was published and favourably reviewed in , however, Wister had evolved a richer, more charismatic character who could carry a full-length novel, in the humorous and resourceful person of the Virginian himself The underlying theme of the novel - the difference between the settled east of America and the burgeoning west - is reflected in the Virginian's wooing of Molly Stark Wood, the schoolteacher at Bear Creek.
Recruited out of her staid Vermont upbringing, Molly is horrified by frontier injustice and acts of violence such as the hanging of a cowboy for cattle rustling. Rereading The Virginian now, it is harder to accept the narrator's assertion that, when the Virginian returns to Molly after the duel, and she silently receives his embrace, "what they whispered then with their kisses, matters not. The author's daughter, Fanny Kemble Wister, called The Virginian "the prime romantic novel of the wild west". Today, aspects of that romance appear dated.
If Wister's romanticisation of the west, and simplification of conflicts such as the range wars of the s, mean that the novel has its limitations, Wister was still responsible for awakening a consciousness of the region in a vast number of readers who had never yet "gone west". Wister did not intend to create a documentary account of life in the west, which he knew was in a state of flux.
But he did show how a dude could come to terms with it. To celebrate this centenary year of Owen Wister's novel, perhaps Oxford World's Classics who published a new edition of The Virginian in might publish, if not "Lin McLean", then a selection of Wister's western tales? Carrie Estelle Doheny , wealthy wife of Edward L. Doheny oil magnate was charged with conspiracy, bribery in Teapot Dome Scandal, Began collecting rare books and letters in The book is in nice shape.
The binding is tight with light wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with minor wear.
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There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. The MacMillan Company, With illustrations by Charles M. Russell and drawings from western scenes by Frederic Remington. Ribbed maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decorative embossing to spine. Minor wear else a fine copy of a Western classic. Widely considered the first true western ever written, aside from short stories and pulp dime novels.
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Copy belonging to Robert F. Simon, who played "Potter" in the episode, with notations in holograph ink at his inclusions. In this episode, Stacey Don Quine buys a gold watch that he believes belonged to his deceased father.
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He travels to find the truth about his parent's deaths, meeting an orphaned girl who owned the watch and is curious about her own parents. The show was television's first ninety-minute western series and ran for nine seasons, a total of episodes. Notable cameo appearances throughout the series: Self wrappers, noted as production No. Title page integral with front wrapper.
Very Good plus, corner-stitched with several unbound pages.
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A very good copy with some discoloration to the spine and some wear to the boards. The pages are clean with rubbing to the title page. Copyright by the Macmillan Company. Very Good copy, Colors are vibrant,copy is tight and clean. Describing the life of a cowbo. Virginian, The Wister, Owen Ba Spine is straight, binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Ships with Tracking Number!
Buy with confidence, excellent customer service! A Horseman of the Plains. Tiny ink name stamp on endsheets at front and rear; shadow from an old price sticker on front free endpaper; otherwise a fine copy in a bright jacket with tiny areas of use at corners.. Illustrated with scenes from the all talking photoplay.. Marks Rare Books Published: Tiny ink name stamp on endsheets at front and rear; shadow from an old price sticker on front free endpaper; otherwise a fine co Edition: The Virginian Owen Wister May not contain Access Codes or Supplements.
Heritage Press Slipcased Edition. The book is subtly darkened at the spine, and has a light moisture stain at the foot of the spine and front board, which extends just a bit to the rear board. The bottom margins of the terminal leaves are mildly rippled.
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Housed in a brown paper covered slipcase, which is in good condition only, with moisture damage to the lower extremities. Inscribed by the illustrator, William Moyers, with an original drawing, on the half title page. Fine in a Nf. Otherwise, an exceptionally bright example of a scarce photoplay The Preferred Pictures production.
First edition was published in Has eight illustrations by Arthur A. Considered to be the first modern Western. Book has been finely bound in dark green leather over marbled boards. Wear along the board edges, but leather is in nice shape. Oddly enough the spine has the date "" in gilt at the bottom, but the title page states Perhaps this was date it was bound.
Also has stamp of Baldwin-Smart Petersham, Mass on same endpaper. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy.