The Virginian
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[United States] : Dreamscape Media, 1905.
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1 online resource (577 pages)
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The Virginian is a 1902 debut novel set in the Wild West by the American novelist Owen Wister. Describing the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, it helped establish the western novel as a literary genre. The unnamed protagonist in The Virginian, who courts a local schoolteacher and defers personal revenge while meting out justice to a cattle thief, set the tone for the rough but civilized cowboy, a prototype for scores of ensuing books, films, and music that popularized the mythology of the American wild west. The Virginian has been adapted multiple times for film and television.
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English
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9781974999569, 1974999564
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The Virginian is a 1902 debut novel set in the Wild West by the American novelist Owen Wister. Describing the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, it helped establish the western novel as a literary genre. The unnamed protagonist in The Virginian, who courts a local schoolteacher and defers personal revenge while meting out justice to a cattle thief, set the tone for the rough but civilized cowboy, a prototype for scores of ensuing books, films, and music that popularized the mythology of the American wild west. The Virginian has been adapted multiple times for film and television.
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Wister, O. (1905). The Virginian. Dreamscape Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Wister, Owen. 1905. The Virginian. Dreamscape Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Wister, Owen, The Virginian. Dreamscape Media, 1905.
MLA Citation (style guide)Wister, Owen. The Virginian. Dreamscape Media, 1905.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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