{"product_id":"owen-wister-chronicler-of-the-west-gentleman-of-the-east-paperback","title":"Owen Wister: Chronicler of the West, Gentleman of the East - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarwin Payne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn what remains the only full-length biography of Owen Wister (1860-1938), Darwin Payne details the life of the man who created the popular image of the cowboy that dominated American culture from the early 1900s to the 1960s. Payne follows Wister from his privileged childhood in Philadelphia, to his undergraduate days at Harvard, to his musical studies in Europe, to his \"discovery\" of the West, and through his maturation as an individual and a writer. Payne draws on Wister's own voluminous papers and writings in delineating, for the first time, the real-life incident that prompted Wister to invent the character of \"the Virginian,\" and in presenting the actual individual whom the famous character most closely resembles. Payne also provides intimate details about Wister's surprising friendships with such prominent American figures as Theodore Roosevelt, William Dean Howells, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., William James, Frederic Remington, and John Jay Chapman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarwin Payne is professor emeritus of communications at Southern Methodist University and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eQuest for Justice: Louis A. Bedford Jr. and the Struggle for Equal Rights in Texas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIndomitable Sarah: The Life of Judge Sarah T. Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.99 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761359323424,"sku":"9780803237698","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/20f32b942d65b5c0fe58371ca55c69ba.webp?v=1780205478","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/owen-wister-chronicler-of-the-west-gentleman-of-the-east-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}