The Virginian, Horseman of the Plains (Lady Valkyrie Westerns)

The Virginian, Horseman of the Plains (Lady Valkyrie Westerns) PDF Author: Owen Wister
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781481289016
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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In this classic and timeless Western novel, The Virginian is a ranch hand at the Shiloh Ranch, located outside of Medicine Bow, Wyoming. He is described as a tall, dark, slim young giant, with a deep personality. His real name is never given. At first, he is only a worker, but halfway through the book, he is signed on as the full-time foreman. He is the Judge's most trusted worker. Several times throughout the book, he is offered the chance to run down his enemy, Trampas, behind his back, but each time he refuses the temptation. It is made clear that he will not use his official position as foreman to crush any of the lower workers. In the novel, one of the main plots is The Virginian's ongoing romance with Molly Wood, the local schoolteacher. Being from the East, she is not used to the wild west, but he plays a perfect gentleman to her, intending her to like him, and to “love him before we get through.” We are constantly updating our catalog, so always search for "lady valkyrie" in the Books section of Amazon for other great titles! Visit ladyvalkyrie.com for more Westerns and Other titles and Categories of books!

The Virginian, Horseman of the Plains (Lady Valkyrie Westerns)

The Virginian, Horseman of the Plains (Lady Valkyrie Westerns) PDF Author: Owen Wister
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781481289016
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Book Description
In this classic and timeless Western novel, The Virginian is a ranch hand at the Shiloh Ranch, located outside of Medicine Bow, Wyoming. He is described as a tall, dark, slim young giant, with a deep personality. His real name is never given. At first, he is only a worker, but halfway through the book, he is signed on as the full-time foreman. He is the Judge's most trusted worker. Several times throughout the book, he is offered the chance to run down his enemy, Trampas, behind his back, but each time he refuses the temptation. It is made clear that he will not use his official position as foreman to crush any of the lower workers. In the novel, one of the main plots is The Virginian's ongoing romance with Molly Wood, the local schoolteacher. Being from the East, she is not used to the wild west, but he plays a perfect gentleman to her, intending her to like him, and to “love him before we get through.” We are constantly updating our catalog, so always search for "lady valkyrie" in the Books section of Amazon for other great titles! Visit ladyvalkyrie.com for more Westerns and Other titles and Categories of books!

The Silver Horde

The Silver Horde PDF Author: Rex Ellingwood Beach
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1442921889
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554

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Books for All Kinds of Readers. ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the letters. We partner with leading publishers around the globe. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new books so that all readers can have access to the books they want to read.

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel PDF Author: Alyssa Palombo
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250127688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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A passionate romance leads to supernatural mystery in this historical thriller based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. When Sleepy Hollow’s new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, arrives in the spooky little village, Katrina Van Tassel is instantly drawn to him. Through their shared love of books and music, they form a friendship that quickly develops into romance. Ichabod knows he has nothing to offer the wealthy Katrina—unlike her childhood friend-turned-enemy, Brom Van Brunt, who is the suitor Katrina’s father favors. But when romance gives way to passion, Ichabod and Katrina sneak into the woods after dark to be together—all while praying they do not catch sight of Sleepy Hollow’s legendary Headless Horseman. That is, until All Hallows’s Eve, when Ichabod suddenly disappears, leaving Katrina alone and in a perilous position. Enlisting the help of her friend—and rumored witch—Charlotte Jansen, Katrina seeks the truth of Ichabod Crane’s disappearance. What they find forces Katrina to question everything she once knew, and to wonder if the Headless Horseman is perhaps more than just a story after all.

Chip of the Flying U

Chip of the Flying U PDF Author: B M Bower
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734791332
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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The weekly mail had just arrived at the Flying U ranch. Shorty, who had made the trip to Dry Lake on horseback that afternoon, tossed the bundle to the "Old Man" and was halfway to the stable when he was called back peremptorily. "Shorty! O-h-h, Shorty! Hi!" Shorty kicked his steaming horse in the ribs and swung round in the path, bringing up before the porch with a jerk. "Where's this letter been?" demanded the Old Man, with some excitement. James G. Whitmore, cattleman, would have been greatly surprised had he known that his cowboys were in the habit of calling him the Old Man behind his back. James G. Whitmore did not consider himself old, though he was constrained to admit, after several hours in the saddle, that rheumatism had searched him out-because of his fourteen years of roughing it, he said. Also, there was a place on the crown of his head where the hair was thin, and growing thinner every day of his life, though he did not realize it. The thin spot showed now as he stood in the path, waving a square envelope aloft before Shorty, who regarded it with supreme indifference.

Lonesome Land

Lonesome Land PDF Author: B. M. Bower
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 177545312X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Pioneering Western writer Bertha Muzzy Bower was herself the wife of a Montana rancher for a time, so she brings a wealth of personal experience and psychological insight to this gripping narrative that follows protagonist Valeria as she enters into marriage and struggles with the often-harsh reality of rural life.

THE VIRGINIAN

THE VIRGINIAN PDF Author: Wister, Owen
Publisher: Aegitas
ISBN: 1773130374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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The Virginian (otherwise titled The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains) is a 1902 novel set in the Wild West by the American author Owen Wister. It describes the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch in Wyoming and was the first true western ever written, aside from short stories and pulp dime novels. The Virginian paved the way for many more westerns by such authors as Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, and several others.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama PDF Author: E. Cobham Brewer
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734093228
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 582

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Reproduction of the original: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama by E. Cobham Brewer

The Virginian

The Virginian PDF Author: Owen Wister
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781508917861
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314

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With a generous 6"x9" page size, this premium quality edition is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design, and includes the complete text of Owen Wister's classic tale of life on a Wyoming cattle ranch in the closing days of the American West of the cowboy in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition. Page headers, a modern easy-to-read font and page design that evokes the classic values of traditional book publishing together with an original, detailed biography of author Owen Wister and an introductory note discussing the enduring significance of this work.exemplify the attention to detail given this volume. Published in 1902, The Virginian is widely regarded as the first true modern novel in the "western" genre, paving the way for countless tales of the cowboys of the American west. Unlike the dime novels that preceded it, The Virginian involved complex characters and social themes, and while the tale includes plenty of action its portrayal of life in the west goes well beyond the dime novel cliches of smoke-filled saloons and showdowns in the dusty streets. The story opens with a meeting in Medicine Bow between the main character and the narrator, newly arrived in Wyoming from the east. Neither character is ever identified by name, but the Virginian and the Tenderfoot become friends as the Virginian guides the newcomer along the nearly 300 mile trek to Judge Henry's ranch in Sunk Creek, with the Tenderfoot discovering that life in the west is not what he expected. The novel revolves around the Virginian and the life he leads, with major storylines involving his conflict with Trampas, who becomes a bitter enemy, and his romance with Molly Stark Wood, a pretty schoolteacher from a socially prominent eastern family. A major scene is the hanging of an admitted rustler and friend. The Virginian participates as a matter of necessity, but the event gives rise to the moral and emotional center of the story while allowing the author to comment on what he sees as the lack of governmental authority exercised by inept and corrupt offcials in the developing west. A tale of action, hatred, friendship, love, revenge and honor, the story follows the Virginian from his days as an assistant foreman to his ultimate success as a rancher, emphasizing his honesty and integrity, his fairness in dealing with others and the strength of character that allows him to stand out in the rough-and-tumble life of the closing years of the wild west of the cowboys. Owen Wister (1860-1938) was born to a socially prominent and wealthy family in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Wister attended schools in Switzerland and Britain and graduated from Harvard, where he was a classmate and friend of Theodore Roosevelt, in 1882. He studied music in Paris for two years before taking a position at a New York bank and then practicing law in Philadelphia. Wister spent several summers traveling in the American west,where he befriended Frederic Remington and became enamored of the culture and lore of the region. Wister wrote several novels, a number of nonfiction books, a large number of short stories and essays, and several unpublished plays. Wister is considered the father of western fiction, and "The Virginian" is his only work still widely known today.

The Spoilers

The Spoilers PDF Author: Rex E. Beach
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Wid's Year Book

Wid's Year Book PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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