THE VIRGINIAN

Book • 1902

Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Bryan Burrough

as a 1901 book that marked the shift from frontier violence to frontier entertainment.

Mentioned by

Tom Holland

when discussing the foundational western novel and its depiction of a shootout in a saloon.

Mentioned by

John M. Findlay

as the novel that the Western genre featured in films grows out of.

Mentioned by

John M. Findlay

as a novel that grew out of 19th century writing about the American West and shaped the Western genre.

Mentioned by

Constance Grady

as a foundational text of the Western genre, establishing many of its tropes.

Mentioned by

Mark Klobis

in relation to its influence on Faulkner's understanding of Southern gentlemanly code.

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