Rangle River

by Zane Grey

This gripping collection captures the essence of the Wild West and includes two short stories, two short novels, and two first-hand accounts of the author's own adventures in the territories he writes about. Reprint.

Genres: Westerns, Fiction

227 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Pearl Zane Grey was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. As of June 2007, the Internet Movie Database credits Grey with 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater based loosely on his novels and short stories.

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a pretty cool story, told in typical Zane Grey fashion. It's set in Australia. A woman inherits her Uncles Aussie ranch property and gets involved with one of her ranch hands and Yada, Yada, Yada you'll need to read this shorty to find out.

[Bill Sheehan · Rating 3 out of 5]

WRANGLE RIVER

Good, interesting story, building excitement, but just when the action and thrills should start,the author ends the story. It is a tremendous disappointment because it is an unfinished story. It had so much potential. Don't waste your time on it.

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[Regan Sharp · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my first encounter with the work of Zane Grey. I was pleasantly surprised by the languid pacing of the stories, with their glorious attention to detail and steady character build up. His prose is engaging and feeds the imagination heartily. However, his dialogue suffers from melodramatic flourishes and his plot lines too often succumb to syrupy romance. The title story is the worst offender. It is full of rugged action, but ultimately ends up being a silly cowboy soap opera. The best stories in the bunch are the two non-fiction pieces, "Don: The Story Of A Lion Dog," and "Nonnezoshe, The Rainbow Bridge." Don is the most touching character in the book, getting the most tender descriptions afforded by Grey. I was honestly moved by the tale of this courageous animal. "Nonnezoshe" benefits from being basically a travelogue into the west of 1913. The author's awe and respect for the natural wonders he encounters is vividly expressed, unmarred by any mushy interjections between desperate lovers . I intend to read "Riders of The Purple Sage," but I am more interested at this juncture in finding more of his real life odes to the American west.

[Irish Gal · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this up at the library because I have heard the name Zane Grey for years. I was pleasantly surprised to see this collection of stories weren't all about all male cowboys in the western U.S. frontier.

I was struck with Zane Grey's writing style - many different approaches to telling the story and descriptive without getting verbose. My favorites were Amber's Mirage and Nonnezoshe, The Rainbow Bridge. The women characters in some of the stories were somewhat stereotypes of the time, but the title story has a more independent female protagonist.