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Before Owen Wister's publication of The Virginian in 1902, the image of the cowboy was essentially that of the dime novel. This title details the evidence that Everett Johnson a cowboy from Virginia who had been a friend of Wister's in Wyoming in the 1880s, was the initial and prime inspiration for Wister's cowboy.
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The Cowboy Legend, John Jennings
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- The Cowboy Legend
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Jennings
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1552385280
- ISBN13
- 9781552385289
- Category
- Social sciences, History
- Description
- Before Owen Wister's publication of The Virginian in 1902, the image of the cowboy was essentially that of the dime novel. This title details the evidence that Everett Johnson a cowboy from Virginia who had been a friend of Wister's in Wyoming in the 1880s, was the initial and prime inspiration for Wister's cowboy.