Padre Ignacio; Or, The Song of Temptation

Owen Wister (1860–1938) was an American writer who is best known for his contributions to the western genre, with his most famous work being 'The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains' (1902), which helped to establish the cowboy archetype in literature. Born into a wealthy Philadelphia family, Wister was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and later at Harvard University, where...