Owen Wister

Quick Facts

Full Name	Owen Wister
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Jul 14, 1860(1860-07-14)
Age	164
Date Of Death	1938-07-21
Birthplace	Germantown
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Cancer

Owen Wister Biography

Owen Wister is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on July 14, 1860 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. A popular author of stories set within the American West The author is most famous for his novel of 1902, The Virginian, which established the cowboy as the standard American traditional hero. Other novels are Lady Baltimore (novel), An author of popular fiction set in the American West, he is best known for his 1902 novel, The Virginian, which established the cowboy as the archetypical American folk hero. His other works include Lady Baltimore (novel), Ulysses S. Grant (biography), and Red Men and White (short stories). (biography) and Red Men and White (short stories).

Cecil B. DeMille directed the first screen adaptation of his novel, The Virginian, in 1914. was the director of the first adaptation on screen of his novel The Virginian, in 1914.

The family was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a physician father. Six children were born to his cousin and wife Mary Channing.

Owen Wister Net Worth

Owen Wister is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Owen Wister 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a musician for a short time in Paris before enrolling at Harvard Law School in the 1880s. The novel he wrote was The Dragon of Wantley: His Tale, in 1892.

The most well-known of his works, The Virginian, established not just an archetype of the cowboy (a individual who has a strong moral code of conduct) as well as such Western genre elements as the heroine who needs to be saved and the epic gun-battle battle.

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Who is Owen Wister Dating?

According to our records, Owen Wister married to Channing Wister. As of December 1, 2023, Owen Wister’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Owen Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Owen Wister celebrates birthday on July 14 of every year.

Where did Owen Wister write The Virginian?

Author Owen Wister spent many summers in his cabin near Jackson, Wyoming. The inspiring daily view and his hunting trips and adventures into and around the Grand Teton Mountains informed his first-hand knowledge of the region—and his writing of what most consider the first classic Western novel, The Virginian.

Why is Owen Wister the father of Western fiction?

Owen Wister
Spouse(s)| Mary “Molly” Channing Wister (married 1898–1913, her death)
Children| 6

Where is Owen Wister from?

Germantown, Philadelphia, PA

Is The Virginian a true story?

It describes the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch and is considered the first true fictional western ever written , aside from short stories and pulp dime novels, though modern scholars debate this. The Virginian paved the way for many more westerns by such authors as Zane Grey, Louis L’Amour and several others.

Is there a real town called Medicine Bow Wyoming?

Medicine Bow is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 284 at the 2010 census.