The classic novel of post-Civil War Charleston life, a portrayal of the process of healing the wounds of war through reconciliation between Northerners and Southerners on a personal, not political, level. Southern Classics Series

The seven ages of Washington, a biography by Owen Wister. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1907 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

In the Wyoming town of Medicine Bow, a rivalry grows between the amoral Trampas and a cowboy known only as The Virginian. The rivalry grows with time until conflict betwen the two is inevitable. Owen Wister's classic novel of the old West was one of the first western novels to rise above the status of penny dime novels, paving the way for authors like Zane Gray and Louis L'Amour.

The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister. The novel begins with an unnamed narrator's arrival in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, from back East and his encounter with an impressively tall and handsome stranger. The stranger proves adept at roping horses, as well as facing down a gambler, Trampas, who calls him a sonofabitch. (At the time, the word was an unacceptable insult in any society, except between joking friends.) The stranger lays a pistol on the table and gently threatens "When you call me that, smile ." Known only as the Virginian, the stranger turns out to be the narrator's...