Author of Audiobooks - Owen Wister
Red Men And White - Owen Wister
Red Men And White - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Short Stories
These eight stories are made from our Western Frontier as it was in a past as near as yesterday and almost as by-gone as the Revolution; so swiftly do we proceed. They belong to each other in a kinship of life and manners, and a little through the...
The Dragon of Wantley - Owen Wister
The Dragon of Wantley - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
The "true" story of the Wantley Dragon. Set at Christmas time, it is a tale of a Baron, his daughter, a brave knight, True Love, and the terrible Dragon of Wantley. Oh, and don't forget the wine. (Summary by D. A. Frank )...
The New Swiss Family Robinson - Owen Wister
The New Swiss Family Robinson - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
A parody of its famous predecessor, this short piece was written by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon (Summary by David Wales)...
The Dragon Of Wantley (version 2) - Owen Wister
The Dragon Of Wantley (version 2) - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A novel, The Dragon of Wantley, was written by Owen Wister (best known as the author of The Virginian) in 1892. Published by Lipincott Press, the story is a comic "burlesque" (in the author's words), concerning the "true" story of the Dragon. It is...
Members of the Family - Owen Wister
Members of the Family - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
Members of the Family is a collection of eight short stories about people in the Wyoming Territory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Summary by David Wales)...
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories - Owen Wister
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories / Westerns
This is the fifth published book of Owen Wister, author of the archetypical Western novel, The Virginian. Published in 1900, it comprises eight Western short stories. (Summary by David Wales)...
The Pentecost of Calamity - Owen Wister
The Pentecost of Calamity - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Political Science / Modern (20th C)
Nonfiction. Appalled by the savagery of World War I, Owen Wister in 1915 published an attempt to move the United States out of neutrality into joining the Allies against Germany. His aim was the quicker defeat of that nation. (Wister: “the new...
Ulysses S. Grant - Owen Wister
Ulysses S. Grant - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is only 145 pages in a little pamphlet size. The author is famous for his stories of the Old West, but he also...
Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University - Owen Wister
Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Owen Wister's wry humor enlivens this comedic story of three sophomores during exam week at Harvard. (Summary by David Wales)...
Padre Ignacio, Or The Song Of Temptation - Owen Wister
Padre Ignacio, Or The Song Of Temptation - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Westerns / *Non-fiction
Padre Ignacio has been the pastor of California mission Santa Ysabel del Mar for twenty years. In 1855 a stranger rides into the mission bringing news and a spiritual crisis. It's really more of a novella than a novel. (Summary by David Wales)...
The Virginian - Owen Wister
The Virginian - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Westerns
Ostensibly a love story, the novel really revolves around a highly mythologized version of the Johnson County War in 1890's Wyoming ... The novel takes the side of the large ranchers, and depicts the lynchings as frontier justice, meted out by the...
A Journey in Search of Christmas - Owen Wister
A Journey in Search of Christmas - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Westerns
Cowboy Lin McLean rides into frontier Cheyenne, Wyoming, at Christmastime and learns a powerful meaning of Christmas. Author Owen Wister is well known for his western writings, famously the novel The Virginian. Illustrations are by the western...
Lady Baltimore - Owen Wister
Lady Baltimore - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Augustus visits King's Port, South Carolina, at the request of his Aunt Carola, and at her expense. She wants him to research geneaologies and records to find proof that he is descended from royalty so that he can join her exclusive club, the...
Lin McLean - Owen Wister
Lin McLean - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Westerns
Lin McLean is an unaffected, attractive young cowboy in the Wyoming territory before statehood. This book is various stories in his life. (Summary by David Wales)...