The Virginian. Owen Wister

"The Virginian" is Owen Wister's classic novel of the Wild West. A highly fictionalized account of the Johnson County War, a dispute in 1890's Wyoming between large cattle ranchers and smaller operators over land use. Rich with detail of the old Wild West frontier days, «The Virginian» is at its core a study of the inherent nature of man drawn out by the savagery of the wilderness.