Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and "father" of the genre of Western Fiction. "Lady Baltimore" is the classic novel of post-Civil War Charleston life, a portrayal of the process of healing the wounds of war through reconciliation between Northerners and Southerners on a personal, not political, level.
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. (Wikipedia)