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The Greatest Western Novel Ever Written! In 1989 the New York Times wrote the next about The Virginian: "The 1902 novel, ancestor of the classic western, ended up being not only corny and flag-waving but also intolerant and reactionary by today's standards. The storyplot includes sentimental lectures on Americanism that appear to be a jingoist speech by Theodore Roosevelt, to whom the book is dedicated." God forbid that a book, in the eyes of the changing times, should be "flag waving" or view America as an exceptional place. But credit must get where credit arrives. THE DAYS was right; The Virginian does everything that and more. In fact, it established the rugged, individualistic, self-dependent, cowboy as a cultural icon in our society. Indeed, it could be said that the western fictional genre started out the day this book was published; and it was the top selling book of its day. You would be challenged to find a much better endorsement for any book than to have the NY Times condemn it as containing... dare I say what... "sentimental lectures on Americanism." You'll also be challenged to find a much better western novel. Zane Gray, Louis L'Amour, Larry McMurtry, and all others began the following. The First True Western Novel. Condemned by the New York Times. Now Available to You
