小说家欧文．魏斯特 (Owen Wister) 于1860年7月14日出生了

「不管他作了什么，他都尽力去作。他赚得的面包是辛苦赚来的，他挥霍薪水时，也很努力的挥霍….如果他做出承诺，他就会做到。」

你知道欧文．魏斯特在「维吉尼亚人」 (Virginian) 这本1902年出版的小说中提到的是谁吗？那当然是指美国牛仔。欧文．魏斯特于1860年7月14日出生于费城。这本「维吉尼亚人」主要是在说明一些有关美国牛仔的故事。不过，当美国牛仔的形象在电影与歌曲中越来越受欢迎的同时，真正的牛仔文化却渐渐凋零。你有没有想过牛仔真正的生活是怎样的呢？


"Whatever he did, he did with his might. The bread that he earned was earned hard, the wages that he squandered were squandered hard . . . If he gave his word, he kept it."

Who was Owen Wister talking about when he wrote those words in his 1902 novel, The Virginian? The American cowboy, of course. Owen Wister was born in Philadelphia on July 14, 1860. The Virginian helped establish the myth of the American cowboy. However, as the image of the American cowboy became more popular in films and songs, real cowboy culture faded. What do you think the real life of a cowboy was like?

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