The Virginian
by:
John Seelye (author)
Owen Wister (author)
The novel that created the icon of the lonely, chivalrous american cowboy, the virginian is owen wister's well-written western adventure tale of the quiet,tough virginian cowboy, his tenderfoot friend, his schoolmarm bride, and their lives in the already dying frontier. UK YES
The novel that created the icon of the lonely, chivalrous american cowboy, the virginian is owen wister's well-written western adventure tale of the quiet,tough virginian cowboy, his tenderfoot friend, his schoolmarm bride, and their lives in the already dying frontier. UK YES
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140390650 (0140390650)
Publish date: August 1st 1988
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
An unconventional Western in that it's not full of shootouts and action. Could be that it's more of a novel of its time (early 1900's) and the genre hadn't been explored much by then.Follows the titular Virginian through the eyes of a visiting green-horn from the East, showing the experience and cha...
bookshelves: film-only, published-1902, western, skoolzy-stuff, classic, spring-2014, lifestyles-deathstyles, lit-richer, north-americas, adventure Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Misfit Read on April 26, 2014 Description: In the untamed West, pioneers came to test their fortunes -- and their wills....
The Virginian, Oh What a Man! Wow, this was so good; I could not put it down. The Virginian is the most incredible, honest, honorable, handsome (sigh) hero to come along the pike in a long long time. And what a scamp, LOL at his plot to switch the babies (clothes and all) around, so that the parents...
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