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The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

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Book Description
The Virginian (1902) is Owen Wister's classic popular romance, and the most significant shaping influence on the Western genre. This edition includes Wister's neglected essay, The Evolution of the Cow-Puncher (1895) and an introduction highlighting the social, gender, and political implications of Wister's mythic West in the context of its actual economic history and Wister's pat... More
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingPaperback (159 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages400
ISBN-100199554102
ISBN-13978-0199554102
Publication Date06/15/2009
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About Owen Wister (Author) : Owen Wister is a published author. Some of the published credits of Owen Wister include The Virginian, Lady Baltimore (Dodo Press).
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About Robert Shulman (Editor) : Robert Shulman is a published editor. A published credit of Robert Shulman is The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains (Oxford World's Classics).
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