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Still as exciting and meaningful as when it was written in 1902, Owen Wister's epic tale of one man's journey into the untamed territory of Wyoming, where he is caught between his love for a woman and his quest for justice, has exemplified one of the most significant and enduring themes in all of American culture. With remarkable character depth and vivid descriptive passages, The Virginian stands not only as the first great novel of American Western literature, but as a testament to the eternal struggle between good and evil in humanity, and a revealing study of the forces that guide the combatants on both sides.

Pocket Books' Enriched Classics present the world's greatest literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of The Virginian has been prepared by Gary Scharnhorst, professor of English at the University of New Mexico. It includes his introduction, notes, a selection of critical excerpts, and suggestions for further reading, as well as a unique visual essay of period illustrations and photographs..
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The western is one of America’s most important and influential contributions to world culture. And it was Owen Wister’s The Virginian, first published in 1902, that created the familiar archetypes of character, setting, and action that still dominate western fiction and film.  
 
The Virginian's characters include: The hero, tall, taciturn, and unflappable, confident in his skills, careful of his honor, mysterious in his background; the heroine, the “schoolmarm from the East,” dedicated to civilizing the untamed town, but willing to adapt to its ways—up to a point; and the villain, who is a liar, a thief, a killer, and worst of all, a coward beneath his bluster. Its setting—the lonely small town in the midst of the vast, empty, dangerous but overwhelmingly beautiful landscape—plays so crucial a role that it may be regarded as one of the primary characters. And its action—the cattle roundup, the capture of the rustlers, the agonizing moral choices demanded by “western justice,” and the climactic shoot-out between hero and villain—shaped the plots of the thousands of books and movies that followed.
 

This is the first volume of distinguished historian Dumas Malone's Pulitzer Prize-winning six-volume work on the life and times of Thomas Jefferson Based on vast sources, it covers Jefferson's ancestry, youth, education, and legal career; his marriage and the building of Monticello; the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the Notes on Virginia; his rich, fruitful legislative career; his highly controversial governorship; and his early services to the development of the West..
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This Townsend Library classic has been carefully edited to be more accessible to today's students It includes a background note about the book, an author's biography, and a lively afterword. Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of reading..
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• 5 BOOKS ON 10 CASSETTES • The Virginian by Owen Wister • Desert Death Song and Trap of Gold by Louis L'Amour • Pistolero by Bill Brooks • Frontier Stories by Jack London • The Old West by Jim Williams

In this outstanding collection, the Literate Listener(tm) has assembled five of the best western audio books available. From true classics like The Virginian by Owen Wister, and Frontier Stories by Jack London, to modern bestsellers like Pistolero by Bill Brooks. This Western collection is an unparalleled value for the western fan. In your car, while jogging, or on an airplane, these audio books offer a unique experience, and allow today's time-pressed reader the opportunity to hear literature in a convenient and entertaining way!

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The Virginian by Owen Wister Based on President Theodore Roosevelt's adventurous interludes in the West. The Virginian is the story of a man from the South who moves to wide open Wyoming. In the midst of cattle country, he falls in love with a school teacher. The Virginian is one of the most popular Western stories of all time, and the first Hollywood version made a star of Gary Cooper. 2 cassettes, 180 minutes.

Desert Death Song by Louis L'Amour Nat Bodine married the girl Pete Daly wanted. And now, Pete is trying to hang Nat. But, Nat Bodine has lost himself in the rugged Powder Basin...

Trap of Gold by Louis L'Amour Gold-duster Wetherton discovers a motherlode! The bad news is, the vein runs straight into a cliff. Which will give way first, Wetherton's greed, or the cliff? 2 cassettes, 180 minutes.

Pistoleroby Bill Brooks Famed gunfighter lawman, J.C. Bone, realizes that he is going blind. He can sit and wait for every gun artist, punk kid and killer that hears about his handicap, and are looking to make a reputation for themselves by killing him, or he can find a place of refuge to live out his days. Deadly shootist Albert Westminster has his own plans for becoming the number one gunfighter in the West...by killing off the competition. 2 cassettes, 180 minutes.

Frontier Stories by Jack London Only the toughest survive in this pair of short stories from the great author of Call of the Wild. A prospector's dream comes true in All Gold Canyon, but can he make the dream last? In Love of Life, a northern tracker slowly becomes a part of the wilderness on his treacherous trek to rejoin civilization. 2 cassettes, 180 minutes.

The Old West by Jim Williams Join gold diggers, gunfighters, and horse thieves in these classic tales of The Old West, where outlaws and heroes from cow towns to gold camps rule. Sit back and hold on as these classic short stories are filled with suspense, danger, and gold fever. Put yourself back in the early 1900s and experience The Old West first-hand. 2 cassettes, 180 minutes..
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First published in 1902, The Virginian has been filmed at least five times and was voted the greatest Western of all time.

In the thousands of miles of rugged rangeland around Medicine Bow, Wyoming, the only law that rules is the law of the gun. A man has to have an iron jaw and a fast trigger to stay alive. And no one is tougher than the Virginian. A peaceable man by nature, slow to anger and soft-spoken, fair and just, nonetheless he brooks nonsense from no man. Once wronged, he is a judge with a gavel forged of cold steel. Frontier justice--Virginian style.

Until he meets a woman. A woman who things she can tame his wild heart and teach him the ways of peace. But can the Virginian bring peace to Medicine Bow?

Even if you've never read the book or seen one of the movies, you're more than likely familiar with the one great line : "When you call me that, smile!"

"The Virginian's pistol came out, and his hand lay on the table, holding it unaimed. And with a voice as gentle as ever, the voice that sounded almost like a caress, but drawling a very little more than usual, so that there was almost a space between each word, he issued his orders to the man Trampas: "When you call me that, SMILE." And he looked at Trampas across the table.".
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Classic western Wister's masterpiece According to Wikipedia: "Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer of western fiction... Wister had spent several summers out in the American West, making his first trip to Wyoming in 1885. Like his friend Teddy Roosevelt, Wister was fascinated with the culture, lore and terrain of the region. On an 1893 visit to Yellowstone, Wister met the western artist Frederic Remington; they remained lifelong friends. When he started writing, he naturally inclined towards fiction set on the western frontier. Wister's most famous work remains the 1902 novel The Virginian, the loosely constructed story 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. This is widely regarded as being the first cowboy novel and was reprinted fourteen times in eight months.[5] The book is dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt.".
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