Owen Wister (1860–1938)
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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 näytä lisää 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) näytä vähemmän
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A Monograph of the Work of Mellor, Meigs and Howe: Country Estates, Suburban Homes, and Other Structures (1991) — Esipuhe — 33 kappaletta
The Dragon Of Wantley, His Rise, His Voracity And His Downfall: A Romance (1892) (2008) 13 kappaletta
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The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Avustaja — 257 kappaletta
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A Century of Great Western Stories-An Anthology of Western Fiction (2000) — Avustaja — 104 kappaletta
Major Problems in the History of the American West: Documents and Essays (1989) — Avustaja — 62 kappaletta
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60 WESTERNS: Cowboy Adventures, Yukon & Oregon Trail Tales, Famous Outlaws, Gold Rush Adventures: Riders of the Purple… 33 kappaletta
Jurgen and the Censor: Report of the Emergency Committee Organized to Protest Against the Suppression of James Branch… (1920) — Avustaja — 10 kappaletta
Benjamin Franklin's library (printed, 1936, as "The first American library") a short account of the Library company of… (1937) — Esipuhe, eräät painokset — 6 kappaletta
Representative American Short Stories — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta
Our Lady of Beauraing; Father Malachy's Miracle; Padre Ignacio; Quartet in Heaven (1958) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
The Best Short Stories of 1927 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1927) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
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- Virallinen nimi
- Wister, Owen
- Syntymäaika
- 1860-07-14
- Kuolinaika
- 1938-07-21
- Hautapaikka
- Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Plot: Section J, Lot 206)
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Saunderstown, Rhode Island, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Saunderstown, Rhode Island, USA
- Koulutus
- St. Paul's School
Harvard College (AB | 1882)
Harvard Law School (LL.B | 1888) - Ammatit
- writer
lawyer - Suhteet
- Wister, Sarah Butler (mother)
Wister, Fanny Kemble (daughter)
Haines, William Wister (nephew)
Kemble, Fanny (grandparent) - Organisaatiot
- Hasty Pudding Club
Porcellian Club
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Pennsylvania Bar Association (1889) - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1898)
The Franklin Inn Club
Board of Overseers of Harvard University
Hall of Great Westerners (1976)
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The Virginian, Westerns (huhtikuu 2012)
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