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1	Virginian more books like this by Owen Wister Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2002, this powerful story of the silent stranger who rides into the uncivilized West and defeats the forces of evil embodies one of the most enduring themes in American mythology. Arriving in the Wyoming territory, the cowpuncher from Virginia sets out to win the heart of a schoolteacher and establish order in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Virginian a horseman of the plains more books like this by Owen Wister The story of ranch life and cowboy living at the turn of the century, this is the classic novel of the American West, which served as a model for many films and later novels. The novel recounts the adventures of a man known only as "the Virginian", a strikingly handsome, 27-year-old, and though unversed in the ways of the world and ignorant in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Lady Baltimore more books like this by Owen Wister Lady Baltimore is the classic novel of post-Civil War Charleston life, in the process of healing the wounds of war through the reconciliation of Northerners and Southerners. Written at the turn of the century, it evokes the enduring charm of old Charleston in contrast to the values of "the breathless, competing North." see all copies from $2.09! new only from $6.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Lin McLean more books like this by Owen Wister From the bestselling author of "The Virginian" comes "Lin McLean", his first novel, about a young cowboy from the Wind River country in Wyoming who tires of the dust and hard life and heads east to Boston to seek his fortune. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.88! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Members of the family more books like this by Owen Wister 1901. Wister, an American writer whose stories helped to establish the cowboy as an archetypical, individualist hero. Members of the Family is a collection of more stories featuring the courageous, but mysterious, cowboy known only as the Virginian, who works as foreman of a Wyoming cattle ranch. Contents: Happy-Teeth; Spit-Cat Creek; In the Back; ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.64! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Done in the open more books like this by Frederic Remington, Owen Wister 1898. Drawings by Remington, the renowned Western artist, with notes and verses by Owen Wister and others. Wister writes in the Introduction: No artist until Remington has undertaken to draw so clearly the history of the people...He has pictured the red man as no one else...He has told his tragedy completely...Remington has recorded the white man ... see all copies from $12.66! new only from $12.66! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Pentecost of calamity more books like this by Owen Wister 1915. Wister, an American writer whose stories helped to establish the cowboy as an archetypical, individualist hero. The book begins: By various influences and agents the Past is summoned before us, more vivid than a dream. The process seems as magical as those whereof we read in fairy legends, where circles are drawn, wands waved, mystic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.12! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Red Men and White more books like this by Owen Wister Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer whose stories helped to establish the cowboy as an archetypical hero. Wister helped to create the basic Western myths and themes, which were later popularized by radio, television, and movies. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $19.03! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Roosevelt, the story of a friendship, 1880-1919 more books like this by Owen Wister see all copies from $3.50! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Illustrations of Frederic Remington more books like this by Frederic Remington see all copies from $1.99! new only from $76.15! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The West of Owen Wister: Selected Short Stories more books like this by Owen Wister, Robert L Hough (Introduction by) Owen Wister is remembered today almost solely as the author of The Virginian, yet his short stories, dating from the turn of the century, gave us our first real knowledge of the West's "wide, wild farm and ranch community, spotted with remote towns, and veined with infrequent railroads." And this West was not merely that of the cowboy, but of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.94! \| first editions \| SVS
12	A journey in search of Christmas by Owen Wister This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $14.92! \| first editions
13 view cover	A Straight Deal or the Ancient Grudge more books like this by Owen Wister Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer of western novels. He studied at the Harvard Law School, where he was a classmate of Theodore Roosevelt and graduated in 1888. At first he aspired to a career in music, and spent two years studying at a Paris conservatory. Thereafter, he worked briefly in a bank in New York before studying law. Wister ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	When West was west more books like this by Owen Wister 1928. Wister, an American writer whose stories helped to establish the cowboy as an archetypical, individualist hero. The book begins: Crested with eagle feathers, bronze and lean, festal in beaded buckskin, he leaned against a tree as he played his pipe: no common member of his tribe; a young chief among the Shoshones, by the haughty set of his ... see all copies from $3.24! first editions
15 view cover	A Monograph of the Work of Mellor, Meigs, & Howe more books like this by Owen Wister, Daniel Wilson Randle (Introduction by) Originally published in 1923, this book documents the work of the famous Philadelphia-based firm of Mellor, Meigs, & Howe, which designed many outstanding residences in Mid-Atlantic and New England states using English, French, and Italian traditions. Through photographs and measured drawings, one can discover the joys that superior residential ... see all copies from $38.06! new only from $73.89! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Virginian, 100th Anniversary Edition more books like this by Owen Wister, Wister Owen This classic tells the story of the Wyoming ranch foreman known only as the Virgianian, his courtship of school teacher Molly Starkwood, and his encounters with the murdering cattle rustler, Trampas. see all copies from $11.99! new only from $20.21! \| SVS
17	Owen Wister's West: Selected Articles more books like this by Owen Wister see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Padre Ignacio or the Song of Temptation more books like this by Owen Wister Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer of western novels. He studied at the Harvard Law School, where he was a classmate of Theodore Roosevelt and graduated in 1888. At first he aspired to a career in music, and spent two years studying at a Paris conservatory. Thereafter, he worked briefly in a bank in New York before studying law. Wister ... see all copies from $3.25! new only from $9.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Virginian - A Horseman of the Plains more books like this by Wister Owen Wister The Virginian - A Horseman Of The Plains was influential is romanticizing the American West and made the cowboy a folk hero. The Virginian is a foreman on a cattle ranch in Wyoming. He is the stereotypical cowboy hero we have all grown up admiring. The novel has villains, hangings, romance and the first showdown in this genre. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.10! \| first editions
20 view cover	Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories more books like this by Owen Wister Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer of western novels. He studied at the Harvard Law School, where he was a classmate of Theodore Roosevelt and graduated in 1888. At first he aspired to a career in music, and spent two years studying at a Paris conservatory. Thereafter, he worked briefly in a bank in New York before studying law. Wister ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $11.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Owen Wister Out West: His Journal and Letters by Owen Wister, Fanny K. Wister (Editor) see all copies from $8.00! signed copies \| first editions
22	The seven ages of Washington : a biography more books like this by Owen Wister see all copies from $2.00! first editions \| SVS
23	Virginian more books like this by Gwen Wister, Owen Wister see all copies from $1.99!
24	The West of Owen Wister: Selected Short Stores more books like this by Owen Wister, Robert L Hough (Introduction by) Owen Wister is remembered today almost solely as the author of "The Virginian", yet his short stories, dating from the turn of the century, gave us our first real knowledge of the West's "wide, wild farm and ranch community, spotted with remote towns, and veined with infrequent railroads." And this West was not merely that of the cowboy, but of ... see all copies from $1.99!
25	My pioneer past more books like this by Guy Waring, Owen Wister see all copies from $25.24! first editions

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