The Greatest Western Novel Ever Written
In 1989 the New York Times wrote the following about The Virginian: "The 1902 novel, ancestor of the classic western, turned out to be not only corny and flag-waving but also intolerant and reactionary by today's standards. The story includes sentimental lectures on Americanism that sound like a jingoist speech by Theodore Roosevelt, to whom the book is dedicated."
God forbid that a book, in the eyes of the Times, should be “flag waving” or view America as an exceptional place. But credit must be given where credit is due. The Times was right; The Virginian does all that and more. In fact, it established the rugged, individualistic, self-dependent, cowboy as a cultural icon in our society. Indeed, it can be said that the western fictional genre began the day this book was published; and it was the best selling book of its day.
You would be hard pressed to find a better endorsement for any book than to have the New York Times condemn it as containing… dare I say the words… “sentimental lectures on Americanism.” You would also be hard pressed to find a better western novel. Zane Gray, Louis L’Amour, Larry McMurtry, and all the others began right here.
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In 1989 the New York Times wrote the following about The Virginian: "The 1902 novel, ancestor of the classic western, turned out to be not only corny and flag-waving but also intolerant and reactionary by today's standards. The story includes sentimental lectures on Americanism that sound like a jingoist speech by Theodore Roosevelt, to whom the book is dedicated."
God forbid that a book, in the eyes of the Times, should be “flag waving” or view America as an exceptional place. But credit must be given where credit is due. The Times was right; The Virginian does all that and more. In fact, it established the rugged, individualistic, self-dependent, cowboy as a cultural icon in our society. Indeed, it can be said that the western fictional genre began the day this book was published; and it was the best selling book of its day.
You would be hard pressed to find a better endorsement for any book than to have the New York Times condemn it as containing… dare I say the words… “sentimental lectures on Americanism.” You would also be hard pressed to find a better western novel. Zane Gray, Louis L’Amour, Larry McMurtry, and all the others began right here.
The First True Western Novel - Condemned by the New York Times - Now Available to You
The Virginian
The Greatest Western Novel Ever Written
In 1989 the New York Times wrote the following about The Virginian: "The 1902 novel, ancestor of the classic western, turned out to be not only corny and flag-waving but also intolerant and reactionary by today's standards. The story includes sentimental lectures on Americanism that sound like a jingoist speech by Theodore Roosevelt, to whom the book is dedicated."
God forbid that a book, in the eyes of the Times, should be “flag waving” or view America as an exceptional place. But credit must be given where credit is due. The Times was right; The Virginian does all that and more. In fact, it established the rugged, individualistic, self-dependent, cowboy as a cultural icon in our society. Indeed, it can be said that the western fictional genre began the day this book was published; and it was the best selling book of its day.
You would be hard pressed to find a better endorsement for any book than to have the New York Times condemn it as containing… dare I say the words… “sentimental lectures on Americanism.” You would also be hard pressed to find a better western novel. Zane Gray, Louis L’Amour, Larry McMurtry, and all the others began right here.
The First True Western Novel - Condemned by the New York Times - Now Available to You
In 1989 the New York Times wrote the following about The Virginian: "The 1902 novel, ancestor of the classic western, turned out to be not only corny and flag-waving but also intolerant and reactionary by today's standards. The story includes sentimental lectures on Americanism that sound like a jingoist speech by Theodore Roosevelt, to whom the book is dedicated."
God forbid that a book, in the eyes of the Times, should be “flag waving” or view America as an exceptional place. But credit must be given where credit is due. The Times was right; The Virginian does all that and more. In fact, it established the rugged, individualistic, self-dependent, cowboy as a cultural icon in our society. Indeed, it can be said that the western fictional genre began the day this book was published; and it was the best selling book of its day.
You would be hard pressed to find a better endorsement for any book than to have the New York Times condemn it as containing… dare I say the words… “sentimental lectures on Americanism.” You would also be hard pressed to find a better western novel. Zane Gray, Louis L’Amour, Larry McMurtry, and all the others began right here.
The First True Western Novel - Condemned by the New York Times - Now Available to You
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611790917 |
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| Publisher: | Fireship Press |
| Publication date: | 12/06/2010 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 372 |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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