The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains Contributor(s): Wister, Owen (Author), Seelye, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140390650 ISBN-13: 9780140390650 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1988 Annotation: The foreman of a large cattle ranch on the Wyoming frontier lives by the honor code of the West even though it means helping lynch a friend or possibly losing the girl he is to marry. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 87029260 |
Lexile Measure: 830 |
Series: Penguin Classics |
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.11" W x 7.74" (0.64 lbs) 416 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Country/Cowboy - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 723 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 21.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The epic novel of the American West and the heroic cowboy Owen Wister's powerful story of the tall, silent stranger who rides into the uncivilized West and defeats the forces of evil has become an enduring part of American mythology. Set in Wyoming Territory, The Virginian depicts the loneliness and challenge of an unknown land where the whistle of a freight train sounds across great miles of silence, where easy camaraderie--and sudden violence--are found around the campfire, and where the rough honesty of frontier justice is just beginning to impose a sense of society on an unruly populace. For Wister, the West represented a territory of adventure that tested the worth of a man. His hero, as John Seelye writes in his Introduction, has his roots in the historical romances of Sir Walter Scott and James Fenimore Cooper; he is a man who lives by the classic code of chivalry, ruled by quiet courage and deeply felt honor. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |