Essential Western Novels - Volume 1

Zane Grey · Willa Cather · Owen Wister · Andy Adams · Clarence E. Mulford · August Nemo

sep. 2020 · Essential Western Novels Bog 1 · Tacet Books

Om denne e-bog

Welcome to the Essential Western Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about deadly shootouts, gunslingers seeking revenge, love stories with beautiful women, in peril, and of course, cowboys and their trusty steeds. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the 5 novels by authors who created memorable stories that shaped the foundations of Western fiction. This book contains the following novels: - Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey. - My Antonia by Willa Cather. - The Virginian by Owen Wister. - The Log of a Cowboy by Andy Adams. - Bar-20 by Clarence E. Mulford. If you appreciate good books, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Om forfatteren

Pearl Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) was an American author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts. Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains. Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian and a biography of Ulysses S. Grant. Andy Adams (1859–1935) was one of the few writers of the West who had a knowledge based on experience that enabled him to record cowboy life authentically. Clarence Edward Mulford (3 February 1883 – 10 May 1956) was the creator of the character Hopalong Cassidy.