Flip to Everett Henry, "Literary Map of The Virginian from America's First ‘Western’ Novel, written by Owen Wister." Cleveland: Harris-Intertype, 1962.Close Window
Credit: Courtesy Wister Family Special Collection, Connelly Library, La Salle University
In The Virginian, A Horseman of the Plains, Philadelphia novelist Owen Wister established many of the conventions of the American western and influence countless books, motion pictures, radio programs, and television series. Wister dedicated the book, which soon became a national sensation, to President Theodore Roosevelt, whose friend he had been since their days as students at Harvard University.
