A review by booksaremagic
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister, Gary Scharnhorst

4.0

I love this book. I give it four stars instead of five because of the wandering point of view (sometimes there's an "I" who is a secondary character; sometimes he drops off the face of the earth as far as the book is concerned). There is a plot point that is a bit unbelievable that has to do with relationships, but I won't spoil the plot further by going into it.

Other than the point of view issue, I love Wister's writing style. Deliberate and detailed but on-point. The Virginian's milieu is a fascinating world of cowpunchers and law and the "taming of the West."