SIX-GUN JUSTICE SPEED-LISTEN—OWEN WISTER AND HOW THE WEST WAS WRITTEN

Owen Wister (1860 - 1938) is often considered the father of western fiction because of his early novels, Lin McLean (1897) and The Virginian (1902). In this episode, Rich reviews Wister's writing life with special attention to How the West was Written, Ron Scheer's three-volume collection of book reviews and blog posts.

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