Owen Wister Chronicler of the West, Gentleman of the East |
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| Author:
| Payne, Darwin |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-3769-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.30 |
Book Description:
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In what remains the only full-length biography of Owen Wister, 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 days at Harvard, his musical studies in Europe, to his ""discovery"" of the West, and through his maturation as a writer.
In what remains the only full-length biography of Owen Wister, 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 days at Harvard, his musical studies in Europe, to his ""discovery"" of the West, and through his maturation as a writer.