In a "Straight Deal" the author makes an effort to persuade his readers that hatred of England is not only unwise, but is not justified today nor has ever been more than partly justified in the past. In order to accommplish this end, Mr Wiser has taken up for impartial analysis certain events and incidents which transpired between the time of the Revolution and the World War and which kept alibe the friction existing between England and Ameria.

Owen Wister (July 14, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American writer and "father" of western fiction. He is best remembered for writing The Virginian, although he never wrote about the West afterwards.