OWEN WISTER - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 181565
OWEN WISTER Signature of the author of The Virginian, his Western novel that Wister dedicated to his friend, Theodore Roosevelt. Signature: "Owen Wister", 3¼x2¼ card. Although earlier American writers had focused on the frontier, Owen
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OWEN WISTER
Signature of the author of The Virginian, his Western novel that Wister dedicated to his friend, Theodore Roosevelt.
Signature: "Owen Wister", 3¼x2¼ card. Although earlier American writers had focused on the frontier, Owen Wister's novel, The Virginian (1902), established many of the archetypes of what became in the twentieth century the Western novel and hero (it includes, for example, the first showdown gun duel). Drafts of the novel had been read and corrected by Theodore Roosevelt, Wister's close friend and Harvard classmate. The TV series, The Virginian, was only very loosely based on Wister's novel. Many of Wister's other Western stories were illustrated by another classmate and fellow celebrant of the Old West, Frederick Remington. Wister (1860-1938) later wrote a book about his friendship with TR. Tiny nick at upper left edge. Pencil notes (unknown hand) on verso (no show through). Fine condition.
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