Letter and photograph of Owen Wister [manuscript], 1888 April 25.

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Letter and photograph of Owen Wister [manuscript], 1888 April 25.

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Letter from Wister to Mr. [John Codman?] Ropes, dated 1888 April 25; and an undated photograph of Wister, seated.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Wister, Owen, 1860-1938

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000028 Born in Pennsylvania, raised in South Carolina, and educated at Harvard, Owen Wister travelled in the Western U.S. as a young man. Although he returned to the East and Harvard law school, he acted upon a friend's suggestion and began writing thrilling Western stories for Harper's. His well-researched stories, particularly The Virginian, he...

Ropes, John Codman, 1836-1899

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John Codman Ropes (1836-1899), co-founded eminent Boston law firm, Ropes & Gray, in 1865, with John Chipman Gray. Co-author (with John Chipman Gray) of War Letters 1862-1865. Samuel Sidney McClure (1857-1949) editor, published McClure's Magazine in 1903, launched muckraking era. From the description of Letters to S.S. McClure, 1892 September 29, 1894 November 17, 1895 January 23, February 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 58750001 ...