This classic describes the life of a Cowboy who is a natural aristocrat, set against a highly mythologized version of the Johnson County War and taking the side of the large land owners.
Wister\'s most famous work remains the Novel The Virginian..
When he started writing, he naturally inclined towards fiction set on the western frontier.
Owen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer and father of western fiction.
The VIRGINIAN paved the way for many more westerns by such authors as Zane Grey, Louis L\'Amour, and several others.
This classic describes the life of a Cowboy who is a natural aristocrat, set against a highly mythologized version of the Johnson County War and taking the side of the large land owners