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The Virginian : a horseman of the Plains
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The Virginian : a horseman of the Plains

Author: Owen Wister
Publisher: Cody, Wyo. : McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Historical Center ; Boulder, Colo. : Roberts Rinehart, 2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 100th anniversary edView all editions and formats
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The Virginian is the quiet, noble foreman of a Wyoming cattle ranch in the 1870s. More comfortable keeping company with his trusted horse than with other people, he nevertheless falls for pretty schoolteacher Molly Wood, who helps him develop an appreciation for Shakespeare, Keats, and the finer things. But when a rival suitor challenges his honor, the Virginian struggles to make his beloved Molly understand the  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Western stories
Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Owen Wister
ISBN: 1570984158 9781570984150 1570984166 9781570984167
OCLC Number: 49875241
Description: xii, 306 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Responsibility: by Owen Wister ; illustrated by Thom Ross.

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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.  Read more...

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