Novelist Owen Wister

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Owen Wister

Living place: Philadelphia

Birthday: 14-7-1860

Global rank: #64555

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Who is Novelist Owen Wister?
An author of popular fiction set in the American West, he is best known for his 1902 novel, The Virginian, which established cowboys as archetypical American folk heroes. His other works include Lady Baltimore (novel), Ulysses S. Grant (biography), and White Red Men (short story).
His famous work, The Virginian, established not only the cowboy archetype (a loner with a strong moral code), but also as Western genre staples in Female roles need saving and climate gun battle showdown.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He briefly studied music in Paris before matriculating at Harvard Law School in the 1880s. He published his first novel, The Dragon of Wantley: The Dragon. His Tale, 1892

Family life info

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a physician father. He had six children with his cousin and wife, Mary Channing.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Owen Wister?
Cecil B. DeMille directed the first film adaptation of his novel, The Virginian, in 1914.

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When was Novelist Owen Wister born?
Owen Wister was born in 14-7-1860, death year is , at the age of 164.
Where is Novelist Owen Wister's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Owen Wister was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- United States. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Owen Wister's global rank is 64555 and whose rank is 619 in list of famous Novelist.
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Birthday Owen Wister (14-7) in history

  • Day 14-7 year 1789: The storming and destruction of Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
  • Day 14-7 year 1798: Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writing about the U.S. government.
  • Day 14-7 year 1881: Billy the Kid was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico.
  • Day 14-7 year 1921: In one of the most controversial cases in U.S. history, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of two murders and sentenced to death.
  • Day 14-7 year 1933: In Germany, all political parties except the Nazi party were outlawed.
  • Day 14-7 year 1946: Dr. Spock's Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care was published.
  • Day 14-7 year 1958: A military coup overthrew the monarchy in Iraq, killing King Faisal II. General Abdul Karim Kassem becomes Iraq's leader.
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