Virginian, The The. Owen Wister

       About Owen Wister:

      Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian and a biography of American Civil War Lt. Gen. and 18th President Ulysses S. Grant.

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

       To THEODORE ROOSEVELT

       To THE READER

       THE VIRGINIAN

       I. ENTER THE MAN

       II. “WHEN YOU CALL ME THAT, SMILE!”

       III. STEVE TREATS

       IV. DEEP INTO CATTLE LAND

       V. ENTER THE WOMAN

       VI. EM’LY

       VII. THROUGH TWO SNOWS

       VIII. THE SINCERE SPINSTER

       IX. THE SPINSTER MEETS THE UNKNOWN

       X. WHERE FANCY WAS BRED

       XI. “YOU RE GOING TO LOVE ME BEFORE WE GET THROUGH”

       XII. QUALITY AND EQUALITY

       XIII. THE GAME AND THE NATION—ACT FIRST

       XIV. BETWEEN THE ACTS

       XV. THE GAME AND THE NATION—ACT SECOND

       XVI. THE GAME AND THE NATION—LAST ACT

       XVII. SCIPIO MORALIZES

       XVIII. “WOULD YOU BE A PARSON?”

       XIX. DR. MACBRIDE BEGS PARDON

       XX. THE JUDGE IGNORES PARTICULARS

       XXI. IN A STATE OF SIN

       XXII. “WHAT IS A RUSTLER?”

       XXIII. VARIOUS POINTS

       XXIV. A LETTER WITH A MORAL

       XXV. PROGRESS OF THE LOST DOG

       XXVI. BALAAM AND PEDRO

       XXVII. GRANDMOTHER STARK

       XXVIII. NO DREAM TO WAKE FROM

       XXIX. WORD TO BENNINGTON

       XXX. A STABLE ON THE FLAT

       XXXI. THE COTTONWOODS

       XXXII. SUPERSTITION TRAIL

       XXXIII. THE SPINSTER LOSES SOME SLEEP