The Virginian Book Characters. There are numerous references to smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol, gambling, and dancing. This book has been made into a film several times.
Being the foreman of the shiloh ranch, the virginian, portrayed by james drury, is often one of the first on the ranch to be confronted with the problems the ranchers have to deal with. The virginian is the story of an unnamed cowboy who, despite his hardened exterior, displays the “civilized” values of chivalry and honour in the “uncivilized” environment of the west. And that is exactly what happened.
The virginian is the story of an unnamed cowboy who, despite his hardened exterior, displays the “civilized” values of chivalry and honour in the “uncivilized” environment of the west.
Almost the first thing i did after i became remotely interested was to check into any fanfic there was available, but all i could find was two. The virginian by owen wister. The virginian paved the way for many more westerns by such authors as zane grey, louis l'amour and. The book takes place in the wild west of wyoming.