The Jimmyjohn Boss, and Other Stories

Owen Wister (1860–1938) was a distinguished American writer who is often considered the father of Western fiction. His seminal work, 'The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains' (1902), reshaped the Western genre and has significantly influenced the perception of the American frontier. Born into a well-to-do family in Philadelphia, Wister was educated at Harvard and initially pursued a career in law....