Lin McLeanby Owen WisterDEDICATIONMY DEAR HARRY MERCER: When Lin McLean was only a hero in manuscript, hereceived his first welcome and chastening beneath your patient roof. Bynone so much as by you has he in private been helped and affectionatelydisciplined, an now you must stand godfather to him upon this publicpage.Always yours,OWEN WISTERPhiladelphia, 1897HOW LIN McLEAN WENT EASTIn the old days, the happy days, when Wyoming was a Territory with afuture instead of a State with a past, and the unfenced cattle grazed...
