num_pages: 244
description: Set in the vast Wyoming territory, this masterpiece helped establish the code of the West and its stereotypical the genteel but brave, white-hatted cowboy, the pretty spinster from back East, and villains beyond redemption. The novel is also on record for incorporating the first known "shootout" in American literature.
language: English
title: The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
titlecomplete: The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
genres: Classics, Adventure, American, Historical, Novels, Romance, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 8908
places: Wyoming
publisher: Echo Library