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Library of Congress American Stories Reading Road Trip - Wyoming

PBS Books celebrates your love of books and introduces you to best-selling authors. We connect you to the written word through book fairs and unique events around the country.

Library of Congress American Stories Reading Road Trip - Wyoming

Season 2025 Episode 61 | 36m 20s | CC

Join PBS Books and the Library of Congress as we wxplore Western literature and Wyoming lore and its influence on writers across America. From the rugged landscapes that inspired Ernest Hemingway as he finished Death in the Afternoon, to the birth of the Western genre in Owen Wister’s The Virginian, Wyoming has shaped the imagination of generations.

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