"Published November 1907" stated on copyright page; Grosset & Dunlap publishers; very good conditon; some pencil marks throughout book by original owner; original owners name inside front cover.
 
Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and historian, considered the "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian and a biography of Ulysses S. Grant, a lieutenant general in the American Civil War later elected the 18th President of the United States