{"product_id":"the-west-of-owen-wister-selected-short-stores","title":"The West of Owen Wister: Selected Short Stores","description":"Owen Wister is remembered today almost solely as the author of The Virginian  yet his short stories  dating from the turn of the century  gave us our first real knowledge of the Wests \"wide  wild farm and ranch community  spotted with remote towns  and veined with infrequent railroads.\" And this West was not merely that of the cowboy  but of the soldier  the seeker  the Indians  the hunter  even the priest. This volume presents six of Wisters finest stories  chosen to exhibit the less well remembered facets of his talent. Their settingsranging from a mining camp in the Rockies to a northwestern territorial capital to a southwestern desert town  and from a California mission to army posts on the high plainsare as varied as the characters and the situations. The introduction by Robert L. Hough discusses the factors the impelled Wister to write about the West ad his ambivalent feelings about the region  as well as his story-telling techniques and artistic goals.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44748591136821,"sku":"ByrdShop_0803208081","price":227.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0803208081_186a9bbe-fbcd-4f98-bd22-0c5e54236bba.jpg?v=1772677515","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-west-of-owen-wister-selected-short-stores","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}