Owen Wister

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Westerns

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Owen Wister - Virginian

Ostensibly a love story, the novel really revolves around a highly mythologized version of the Johnson County War in 1890's Wyoming… The novel takes the side of the large ranchers, and depicts the lynchings as...

MichelleHarris 14 hours 30 minutes

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General Fiction

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Owen Wister - Lady Baltimore

Augustus visits King's Port, South Carolina, at the request of his Aunt Carola, and at her expense. She wants him to research geneaologies and records to find proof that he is descended from royalty so that he can...

Lois Hill 9 hours 51 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

422

Owen Wister - Red Men And White

These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed. They belong to each other in a kinship of life and...

David Wales 9 hours 37 minutes

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Westerns

447

Owen Wister - Lin McLean

Lin McLean is an unaffected, attractive young cowboy in the Wyoming territory before statehood. This book is various stories in his life. (Summary by David Wales)

David Wales 8 hours 33 minutes

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General Fiction

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Owen Wister - Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories

This is the fifth published book of Owen Wister, author of the archetypical Western novel, The Virginian. Published in 1900, it comprises eight Western short stories. (Summary by David Wales)

David Wales 7 hours 51 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

462

Owen Wister - Members of the Family

Members of the Family is a collection of eight short stories about people in the Wyoming Territory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Summary by David Wales)

David Wales 7 hours 28 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

446

Owen Wister - Dragon Of Wantley (version 2)

A novel, The Dragon of Wantley, was written by Owen Wister (best known as the author of The Virginian) in 1892. Published by Lipincott Press, the story is a comic «burlesque» (in the author's words), concerning the...

David Wales 3 hours 45 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Owen Wister - Dragon of Wantley

The «true» story of the Wantley Dragon. Set at Christmas time, it is a tale of a Baron, his daughter, a brave knight, True Love, and the terrible Dragon of Wantley. Oh, and don't forget the wine. (Summary by D. A....

D. A. Frank 3 hours 27 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Owen Wister - Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is only 145 pages in a little pamphlet size. The author is famous for his stories...

David Wales 2 hours 45 minutes

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Political Science

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Owen Wister - Pentecost of Calamity

Nonfiction. Appalled by the savagery of World War I, Owen Wister in 1915 published an attempt to move the United States out of neutrality into joining the Allies against Germany. His aim was the quicker defeat of that...

David Wales 1 hour 38 minutes

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Children's Fiction

447

Owen Wister - New Swiss Family Robinson

A parody of its famous predecessor, this short piece was written by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon (Summary by David Wales)

David Wales 1 hour 28 minutes

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Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University

General Fiction

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Owen Wister - Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University

Owen Wister's wry humor enlivens this comedic story of three sophomores during exam week at Harvard. (Summary by David Wales)

David Wales 1 hour 27 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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