The Virginian
by Owen Wister
530 pages~9 hrs
“He’s a man of few words and even fewer compromises in a land that knows no mercy.”
In the lawless wilds of 1880s Wyoming, an enigmatic ranch hand navigates a brutal landscape where the only thing more dangerous than cattle thieves is a man's own code of honor. As he battles for justice and the heart of a spirited schoolmarm, he defines the very soul of the American West.
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