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DiapDealer · 03-29-2011, 01:42 PM

I just finished The Virginian by Owen Wister. For all intents and purposes, this book can be said to have spawned the Western (cowboy) genre. I really enjoyed it, but it required me to slow down considerably while reading it--language and phrasing have changed considerably since the late 1800's early 1900's.

But once I adjusted to the writing style, it became quite captivating... and it romantically (while still somewhat accurately) portrayed almost every aspect of the "cow-boy" of the American West: every hard-workin', card-playin', straight-shootin', tall-tale tellin', rustler-hatin', woman-lovin', code-of-the-west honorin' ounce of him.

I'm now going to read about Vikings. The Long Ships -- Frans G. Bengtsson's epic saga about "Red Orm, a son of Skania, born during the reign of Harald Bluetooth, who first goes a-viking as a teen."

I think some Mongol Hordes rampaging across the Steppes might be in order after that.

03-29-2011, 01:42 PM	#8747
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,630 Karma: 204624552 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I just finished The Virginian by Owen Wister. For all intents and purposes, this book can be said to have spawned the Western (cowboy) genre. I really enjoyed it, but it required me to slow down considerably while reading it--language and phrasing have changed considerably since the late 1800's early 1900's. But once I adjusted to the writing style, it became quite captivating... and it romantically (while still somewhat accurately) portrayed almost every aspect of the "cow-boy" of the American West: every hard-workin', card-playin', straight-shootin', tall-tale tellin', rustler-hatin', woman-lovin', code-of-the-west honorin' ounce of him. I'm now going to read about Vikings. The Long Ships -- Frans G. Bengtsson's epic saga about "Red Orm, a son of Skania, born during the reign of Harald Bluetooth, who first goes a-viking as a teen." I think some Mongol Hordes rampaging across the Steppes might be in order after that. Last edited by DiapDealer; 03-29-2011 at 03:01 PM.