However, the ranch hand Trampas threatens their relationship, resulting in the first "showdown" in fiction.
It was dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, a classmate of the author at Harvard, and its later editions carried illustrations by Frederic Remington. The title character, a cattle ranch foreman, is introduced to the works of Shakespeare, Keats, and Sir Walter Scott through his love interest, Molly Wood. However, the ranch hand Trampas threatens their relationship, resulting in the first "showdown" in fiction. This novel is also famous for introducing the phrase "When you call me that, smile!" into the genre of westerns. FTP, identify this prototype cowboy novel by Owen Wister.
It was dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, a classmate of the author at Harvard, and its later editions carried illustrations by Frederic Remington.
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