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This silent classic, starring the great Will Rogers, is an adaptation of Washington Irving's famous short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. A village's new schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, competes with a tough local named Brom Bones for the love of a beautiful heiress. The climax of the comical tale is Crane's midnight encounter with a creature from local legend, the Headless Horseman.

Horseman, Pass By tells the story of Homer Bannon, an old-time cattleman who epitomizes the frontier values of honesty and decency, and Hud, his unscrupulous stepson. Caught in the middle is the narrator, Homer's young grandson Lonnie, who is as much drawn to his grandfather's strength of character as he is to Hud's hedonism and materialism. When first published in 1961, Horseman, Pass By caused a sensation in Texas literary circles for its stark,...

The Virginian from 1902 is Owen Wister's classic popular romance, and the most significant shaping influence on the Western genre. This work is often considered the first Western novel.

Presents a collection of stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada. "Wonderfully eclectic, The Best American Short Stories 2007 collects stories by writers of undeniable talent, both newcomers and favorites. These stories examine the turning points in life when we, as children or parents, lovers or friends or colleagues, must break certain rules in order to remain true to ourselves. In T. C. Boyle's heartbreaking "Balto," a...