| The Virginian Contributor(s): Wister, Owen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1417913088 ISBN-13: 9781417913084 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $40.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: 1902. Wister, an American writer whose stories helped to establish the cowboy as an archetypical, individualist hero. The novel on which the TV series was based, The Virginian is set in the Wyoming territory during the late 1870s and 1880s. A courageous, but mysterious, cowboy known only as the Virginian works as foreman of a Wyoming cattle ranch. He meets and falls in love with the pretty schoolteacher named Molly Wood. The Virginian is forced to preside over the hanging of his best friend Steve, who has been accused and convicted of cattle rustling. Then the peace is threatened by Trampas, who also works on the farm. There is a climatic gun duel between the two men. Trampas fires first, misses and is then killed by the Virginian. In the end the Virginian marries Molly and rides off with her into the mountains. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6" W x 9" (1.68 lbs) 524 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 723 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 21.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |