Project Gutenberg 1998-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 844 Wister, Owen 1860 1938 The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains Produced by Bill Brewer, and David Widger “The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains” by Owen Wister is a novel written during the late 19th century. Set against the backdrop of the American West, the story delves into the life of a cow-puncher known as the Virginian, who embodies the rugged and romantic spirit of frontier life. As the tale unfolds, the reader is introduced to a cast of colorful characters and the challenges they face in this wild, yet beautiful, landscape. The opening of the novel transports readers to a train station in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, where a narrator arrives as a stranger in town. With the train delayed for hours, he observes the hectic events occurring as cowboys attempt to capture a wild pony. Among them is the Virginian, a tall and enigmatic man who captures the attention of the narrator. As the narrator experiences the peculiarities of frontier life, including a humorous exchange involving a wedding and a missing trunk, he begins to form a connection with the Virginian. The interactions highlight the raw, unrefined humor of the cowboy lifestyle and set the stage for the adventures and challenges that lie ahead in the vast plains of Wyoming. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories Cowboys -- Fiction Cattle stealing -- Fiction Vigilantes -- Fiction Wyoming -- Fiction PS Text Western Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 886301 886700 2024-09-01T09:11:44.506059 2023-10-01T08:27:02.595927 text/html text/html 931992 2023-10-20T12:18:46 text/html 461812 2024-09-01T09:11:55.153034 application/epub+zip 476308 2024-09-01T09:11:46.418060 application/epub+zip 476308 2024-09-01T09:11:45.304096 application/epub+zip 1255222 2024-09-01T09:12:01.892976 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1206875 2024-09-01T09:11:54.328065 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591664 2022-09-01T10:21:47.318569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 768742 746550 2024-09-01T09:11:42.503109 2023-10-01T08:27:00.625882 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 768475 2023-10-20T10:20:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17759 2024-09-01T09:12:02.045961 application/rdf+xml 11430 2024-09-01T09:11:45.731078 image/jpeg 2041 2024-09-01T09:11:45.510057 image/jpeg 932973 2024-09-01T09:11:44.586065 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia