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The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains is a 1902 novel by American author Owen Wister (1860–1938), set in Wyoming Territory during the 1880s. Detailing the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch, the novel was a landmark in the evolution of the western genre, as distinguished from earlier short stories and pulp dime novels.
Columbia Publications is an American publisher of books and magazines featuring the genres of science fiction, westerns, detective stories, romance, and sports fiction.The company published such writers as Isaac Asimov, Louis L'Amour, Arthur C. Clarke, Randall Garrett, Edward D. Hoch, and William Tenn; Robert A. W. Lowndes was an important early editor for such writers as Carol Emshwiller ...
DeMattos, Jack, "Gunfighters of the Real West: Tom Horn," Real West, December 1980. Horn, Tom, Life of Tom Horn, Government Scout and Interpreter, Written by Himself, Together with His Letters and Statements by his Friends. Denver: The Louthan Book Company, 1904. Krakel, Dean Fenton, The Saga of Tom Horn: The Story of a Cattleman's War. Laramie ...
Sheriff Woody and Jessie (Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3) Yosemite Sam (animated) Cole Cassidy; SpongeBuck SquarePants (SpongeBob Episode; "Pest of the West") Cowboy Zombie (Plants vs. Zombies 2's Wild West) Hol Horse; Sheriff Callie; Howdy Doody
Cowboy romances such as these are extremely popular for their “rugged individualism…unadorned masculinity…and ultimate heroism” as William W Savage Jr. notes in his book, The Cowboy Hero: His Image in American History and Culture. [17] Cowboys have traditionally been perceived as All American, associated with courage and old world chivalry.
A dime Western is a modern term for Western-themed dime novels, which spanned the era of the 1860s–1900s.Most would hardly be recognizable as a modern western, having more in common with James Fennimore Cooper's Leatherstocking saga, but many of the standard elements originated here: a cool detached hero, a frontiersman (later a cowboy), a fragile heroine in danger of the despicable outlaw ...
Short title: Original stories from real life; Author: Mary Wollstonecraft: File change date and time: 03:08, 3 February 2015: Date and time of digitizing
John Horton Slaughter with his shotgun Incorrectly identified as "Terry's Texas Rangers" in fact these were cowboys of John H. Slaughter; see [1]. John Horton Slaughter (October 2, 1841 – February 16, 1922), also known as Texas John Slaughter, was an American lawman, cowboy, poker player and rancher in the Southwestern United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.