Rangers of the Lone Star

by Zane Grey

Grey's classic story is fully restored to its original length. A U.S. deputy marshal, on special assignment from the Texas Rangers, must put a stop to rampant rustling and deal with the hostile mayor of the small community.

Genres: Westerns, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

318 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1997

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

[Jay Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun book about a Texas Ranger and a U.S. Marshall teaming together in the 1870s to clean up Pecos County in West Texas. Naturally it is also a romance and the two fall for two cousins who live with the father/uncle who is a crime kingpin. The Texas Ranger uses his gun sparingly and the US Marshall is undercover. The action is nonstop and can just two lawmen break the rustlers? While not a mystery, it is interesting how the two work to their ultimate end.

[christine ✩ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Only thing I got against it is that Duane went and completely forgot Jennie!

[Veronica · Rating 2 out of 5]

So I'm not finishing this book. Not because it's absolutely horrible or anything, but because I have a policy when it comes to books that says by halfway through, if I still am not interested or enjoying it, I stop reading and sadly this book didn't live up to those minimal acceptable standards. The main character Russ constantly talks about how smart and fast and talented and badass he is, yet there is hardly any actual proof of this, and hardly even any action in the book at all. However, the lack of excitement is made up for in an abundance of dorky over-the-top cowboy jargon. The plot, characters, and romance are all predicable and uninspiring and so many things that Russ said had me rolling my eyes until I decided to call it quits. However I hold out hope that the next Western novel I read will be better.

[Tyler Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fantastic story about Texas rangers cleaning up a small Texas town that's been overrun by crime. Unfortunately its completely weighed down by one of the absolute dumbest romances I've ever read. Wish zane grey focused on the action and left the romance to a better writer.

[Roy Bishop · Rating 5 out of 5]

A double barrel romance and western.

Another great Zane Grey story . This is the second time I've read this and I enjoyed as much this time as the first. An entertaining read.

[Robert Whelan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little slow moving and the action is told afterwards in retrospect. Not bad overall.

[Blake Erickson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Whenever Russ acts romantic towards Ruth: 🥱🥱🥱

Whenever Russ acts homoerotic toward Vaughan Steele: 🤗🤗🤗

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ah, this was cute! My father describes Grey's language as "stilted", which I think is accurate - stilted like a good Hardy Boys book - and even the afterword discusses how Grey's characters aren't realistic at all...But seriously, a fun read, full of west Texas adventure and frontier justice, with a few nice romances running through it.

[Nancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Because this book was written in 1914 the language is somewhat dated, making it not as quick to read as I'd hoped. I would not usually choose to read a western but it was for genre study. Stereotypical characters but not over-the-top cliched. Predictable plot. Good guys vs. bad guys. Meh....

[Brandon · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an alright book. Had a real old fashioned feel to it, not really my style. Didn't have much action either.