The Travelin' Western

By PETER MONAGHAN

The cowboy western has always wandered beyond American borders.

Before it could head overseas, however, it got its start by adapting influences from abroad. Owen Wister, author of the first formula western novel, The Virginian (1902), drew primarily from two traditions. One was the 19th-century dime novel, a popular vehicle for adventure in the British Empire, adapted for crime-fighting...

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