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I can't wait to start reading it myself.

Plot Summary (as written by lovely Wikipedia)

Written from the standpoint of the narrator, the book holds strong reflections to Wisters' earlier visit to Wyoming. Starting with the authors' arrival in Medicine Bow, WY, the novel describe his encounters with the wild west. He makes friends with the strong minded foreman of the Shiloh Ranch, and discovers the west to be very different from what he had thought. From that point onward, the novel revolves around the foreman, known only as the Virginian, and his life as he lives it. As well as describing the Virginian's conflict with his enemy, Trampas, and his romance with the pretty schoolteacher, Wister weaves an excellent tale of action, violence, hate, revenge, love and friendship. Wister succeeds in making the Virginian a stern man with a soft side to his personality. The book contains many different stories throughout. In one scene, the Virginian must participate in the hanging of an admitted cattle thief, who had been his close friend. The hanging is represented as a necessary response to the government's corruption and lack of action, but the Virginian feels it to be a horrible duty. He is especially stricken by the bravery with which the thief faces his fate and the heavy burden that it places on his heart forms the emotional core of the story. The ongoing conflict with Trampas, his never ending enemy, is resolved at the end, when after five years of hate, there is a fatal shootout. Trampas is shot by the Virginian, and the foreman leaves to marry his young bride. The next day, he and she ride off together into the mountains. The book ends with a short description of their later life, and the fact the Virginian eventually became a great man with several children.