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  1. Owen Wister - Wikipedia

    Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer. His novel The Virginian, published in 1902, helped create the cowboy as a folk hero in the United States and built …

  2. Owen Wister | American Novelist & Western Writer | Britannica

    Owen Wister was an American novelist whose novel The Virginian (1902) helped establish the cowboy as a folk hero in the United States and the western as a legitimate genre of literature.

  3. Wister, the so-called "father of western fiction" Crossword ...

    June 12, 2025 answer of Wister The So Called Father Of Western Fiction clue in NYT Crossword Puzzle. There is One Answer total, Owen is the most recent and it has 4 letters.

  4. Owen Wister: Inventor of the Good-guy Cowboy - WyoHistory.org

    Nov 8, 2014 · Owen Wister’s enormously popular novel, The Virginian, published in 1902, was set in Wyoming and established the cowboy in American literature as the noble, competent, …

  5. Wister, Owen (1860-1938) - Encyclopedia.com

    Owen Wister was one of a long line of lawyer-writers in American literary history. This Pennsylvania-born, Harvard-educated patrician became one of America's first and most …

  6. Thom Nickels: Owen Wister and the ‘Western Cure’

    Jan 17, 2025 · Mitchell diagnosed Wister with a severe case of neurasthenia and suggested a trip to a Wyoming ranch. Mitchell had developed a system for treating nervous men, and that was …

  7. The Backbone of American Western Literature: Owen Wister

    Oct 15, 2023 · His famous words from that broad-shouldered page-turner: “When you call me that, smile.” Wister, between engagements as a writer, ranch hand, colorful presence at …