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  1. 1860-1938. US novelist who created the genre
  2. of the Western. He was born in Philadelphia,
  3. a grandson of the British actress Fanny
  4. Kemble, and became known for stories of
  5. cowboys, including The Virginian 1902. He
  6. also wrote Roosevelt: The Story of a
  7. Friendship 1880-1919 1930, about his
  8. relationship with US president Theodore
  9. Roosevelt.
  10.