My dear Wister The Frederic Remington - Owen Wister Letters
Ben Merchant Vorpahl; Foreward by Wallace Stegner
- Palo Alto, CA American West Publishing Company 1972
- 343 p.
Includes index
Foreword - Acknowledgments - Intorduction - Chapters - Epilogue - Notes - Index Chapter 1 : Two Trails to Geyser Basin Chapter 2 : Evolving "The Evolution" Chapter 3 : Red men and white Chapter 4 : Mud and immortality Chapter 5 : Wild oats in Cuba, A honeymoon in Washington State "With the Fifth Corps" by Frederic Remington Chapter 6 : Interregnum Chapter 7 : Last chance
This is a examination, illustrated with photos and Remington art, of the unusual friendship that developed between artis Frederic Remington and novelist Owen Wister, who together created in words and pictures the archetype of the Western hero.