Owen Wister (1860–1938)
Autor/a de The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
Sobre l'autor
Owen Wister was born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 14, 1860. He graduated from Harvard University in 1882 and studied musical composition in Paris for two years. He spent the summer of 1885 in Wyoming for his health. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1888 and was admitted to the bar in mostra'n més 1889. He practiced law for two years in Philadelphia and continued to spend his summers in the West. In 1891, after the acceptance by Harper's of two of his Western sketches, he decided to pursue a literary career. His works included Lin McLean, The Virginian, Lady Baltimore, and Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship, 1880-1919. He also wrote a number of children's books. He died on July 21, 1938. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: The Phillips Studio
Sèrie
Obres de Owen Wister
A Monograph of the Work of Mellor, Meigs and Howe: Country Estates, Suburban Homes, and Other Structures (1991) — Prefaci — 33 exemplars
The Dragon Of Wantley, His Rise, His Voracity And His Downfall: A Romance (1892) (2008) 13 exemplars
Classics Illustrated: The Virginian 3 exemplars
OWEN WISTER Ultimate Collection: Western Classics, Adventure & Historical Novels (Including Non-Fiction Historical… (2017) 2 exemplars
Owen Wister papers 1 exemplars
The Virginian [Teleplay-Movie of the Week-Blue Revised Draft] — Author (novel) — 1 exemplars
1904 FAMOUS WESTERN VIRGINIAN GARY COOPER MOVIE BASIS SMILE WHEN YOU SAY THAT [Hardcover] OWEN WISTER 1 exemplars
The Eight Hours Day 1 exemplars
Poverty and Waste 1 exemplars
O Maioral I Livro 2 1 exemplars
Specimen Jones 1 exemplars
U. S. Grant and the Seven Ages of Washington 1 exemplars
Classic Western Sampler #1: 12 books by 12 different authors, in a single file, improved 8/14/2010 (2009) 1 exemplars
Ecologues 1 exemplars
The writings of Owen Wister 1 exemplars
The Jimyjohn Boss 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Col·laborador — 257 exemplars
Pages Passed from Hand to Hand: The Hidden Tradition of Homosexual Literature in English from 1748 to 1914 (1998) — Col·laborador — 170 exemplars
A Century of Great Western Stories-An Anthology of Western Fiction (2000) — Col·laborador — 104 exemplars
Major Problems in the History of the American West: Documents and Essays (1989) — Col·laborador — 62 exemplars
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Col·laborador — 55 exemplars
Jurgen and the Censor: Report of the Emergency Committee Organized to Protest Against the Suppression of James Branch… (1920) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars
Benjamin Franklin's library (printed, 1936, as "The first American library") a short account of the Library company of… (1937) — Pròleg, algunes edicions — 6 exemplars
Representative American Short Stories — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Our Lady of Beauraing; Father Malachy's Miracle; Padre Ignacio; Quartet in Heaven (1958) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
The Best Short Stories of 1927 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1927) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Wister, Owen
- Data de naixement
- 1860-07-14
- Data de defunció
- 1938-07-21
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Plot: Section J, Lot 206)
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Saunderstown, Rhode Island, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Saunderstown, Rhode Island, USA
- Educació
- St. Paul's School
Harvard College (AB | 1882)
Harvard Law School (LL.B | 1888) - Professions
- writer
lawyer - Relacions
- Wister, Sarah Butler (mother)
Wister, Fanny Kemble (daughter)
Haines, William Wister (nephew)
Kemble, Fanny (grandparent) - Organitzacions
- Hasty Pudding Club
Porcellian Club
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Pennsylvania Bar Association (1889) - Premis i honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1898)
The Franklin Inn Club
Board of Overseers of Harvard University
Hall of Great Westerners (1976)
Membres
Converses
The Virginian a Westerns (abril 2012)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Best Westerns (1)
Pioneers (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 54
- També de
- 27
- Membres
- 2,786
- Popularitat
- #9,224
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 53
- ISBN
- 368
- Llengües
- 7
- Preferit
- 2