TY - BOOK AU - Wister,Owen TI - The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains AV - PS PY - 1998/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Western stories KW - Cowboys -- Fiction KW - Cattle stealing -- Fiction KW - Vigilantes -- Fiction KW - Wyoming -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virginian_(novel); Release date is 1998-05-01; Produced by Bill Brewer, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains" by Owen Wister is a novel published in 1902. Set in 1880s Wyoming Territory, it follows a mysterious ranch hand known only as the Virginian as he navigates life on a cattle ranch. He faces a dangerous enemy named Trampas, romances an Eastern schoolteacher unfamiliar with Western ways, and confronts difficult choices including the hanging of a close friend. This landmark work established the Western genre and introduced the iconic cowboy showdown to American literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1298 ER -