Western Classics Collection eBook

This carefully crafted ebook: "WESTERN CLASSICS COLLECTION: The Promised Land, The Virginian, Lin McLean, Red Man and White, The Jimmyjohn Boss, Napoleon Shave-Tail, Hank''s Woman, A Kinsman of Red Cloud, Padre Ignacio and more" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Lin McLeanThe Virginian: A Horseman of the PlainsRed Man and WhiteRed Man and WhiteLittle Big Horn Medicine Specimen JonesThe Serenade At SiskiyuoThe General''s Bluff Salvation Gap The Second Missouri CompromiseLa Tinaja Bonita A Pilgrim on the GilaThe Jimmyjohn BossA Kinsman of Red CloudSharon''s ChoiceNapoleon Shave-TailTwenty Minutes for RefreshmentsThe Promised LandHank''s WomanPadre Ignacio: or, the Song of TemptationOwen Wister (1860-1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. When he started writing, he naturally inclined towards fiction set on the western frontier. Wister''s most famous work remains the novel The Virginian, set in the Wild West. It 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. The Virginian paved the way for many more westerns by such authors as Zane Grey, Louis L''Amour, and several others. It is also widely regarded as being the first cowboy novel.