Owen Wister, author of the Western novel, The Virginian and friend of Theodore Roosevelt

Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer of western novels. Owen Wister was born of old money in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a number of place names around Philadelphia can be traced back to the Wister family. He attended schools in Switzerland and Britain, and studied at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and Harvard University, where he was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. Image File history File links Owen_Wister_from_American_Heritage_Center. ... Image File history File links Owen_Wister_from_American_Heritage_Center. ... The Virginian is an album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, released on Mint Records in 1997. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Great Basin region, typical American West The Western United States has played a significant role in history and fiction. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates , Government Country  State   County United States  Pennsylvania   Philadelphia Founded Incorporated October 27, 1682 October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 369. ... St. ... Official website: www. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The Harvard Lampoon building with its characteristic rooftop ibis and its purple and yellow door The Harvard Lampoon is an undergraduate humor organization and publication founded in 1876 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

He worked as a bank clerk in New York, New York. He suffered poor health, spending much time in the western states of America. In 1885 he entered Harvard Law School, graduating in 1888. Wister practiced law in Philadelphia before devoting himself to writing. In 1898 he married Mary Channing, his cousin, and had six children. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

It was Wister's Wild West writing that brought him to international attention. A fan of all things Western, he forged a friendship with 26th US President, Theodore Roosevelt. To get away from Eastern life, Wister often went out West to Wyoming, still fairly wild in the 1880s and 1890s and was there when the famous Johnson County War took place in 1892). His most famous work is 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. Great Basin region, typical American West The Western United States has played a significant role in history and fiction. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area  Ranked 10th  - Total 97,872 sq. ... The Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder River or Wyoming Civil War, was a range war which took place in Johnson County, Wyoming, in the Powder River Country, in April, 1892. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Virginian is an album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, released on Mint Records in 1997. ... The Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder River or Wyoming Civil War, was a range war which took place in Johnson County, Wyoming, in the Powder River Country, in April, 1892. ...

Books and stories:

• Hank's Woman
• The Virginian
• Lady Baltimore
• Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship

Poetry: The Virginian is an album by Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, released on Mint Records in 1997. ...

• Done In The Open

Done in the Open was the only book of poetry ever published by famous western author Owen Wister. ...

External links and references

• Article in Philadelphia Post-Gazette on Wister
• Books and Writers: Owen Wister
• Works by Owen Wister at Project Gutenberg