Owen Wister

1860–1938

1 standalone book

Owen Wister was an American writer who gained recognition for his novel The Virginian, published in 1902, which contributed to the creation of the cowboy as a folk hero in the United States. He was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. The Western Writers of America renamed the Saddleman Award to the Owen Wister Award, and Mount Wister in Wyoming was named in his honor. Wister was born in 1860 and died in 1938.

Born

1860