Hidden Water

by Dane Coolidge

Dane Coolidge was a 20th century American author best known for producing Western books, including this one. Many of his titles are still popular and widely read today.

Genres: Classics

188 pages, Paperback

Published January 14, 2016

About the author

Dane Coolidge was born in Natick, Massachusetts, on March 24, 1873. He was brought up in Riverside, California, and received his higher education at Stanford and Harvard Universities. From 1895 to 1900 he was a field collector of mammals, birds and reptiles in Nevada, Arizona and Southern California for a number of institutions, including Stanford University, the British Museum, U. S. National Zoological Park, and the U. S. National Museum in Italy and France. On July 30, 1906, he married Nary Roberts, and the couple eventually made their home in Berkeley, California. In 1910, his first novel, Hidden Water, was published, and this was followed by a long succession of novels and some non-fiction, with California and Southwest locales. He and his wife collaborated on two books, The Navajo Indians (1930) and The Last of the Seris (1939). In addition, Coolidge contributed short stories and illustrated articles to several magazines, including Youth's Companion, Sunset, Redbook, Harper's and Country Life in America. Mr. Coolidge died in 1940; Mrs. Coolidge, in 1945.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love conquers all

The love of nature, ranch, cowboys or sheep herders, it commands is all. Always be true to others and yourself, no matter what you do. Well written so many years ago.

[Judith Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This old classic is about the war between sheep herders and cattlemen on the open ranges of the West. The characters are fascinating and the book beautifully written.

[Scout · Rating 5 out of 5]

The good get their just rewards and so do the bad.

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read my review at my blog.

[Ernest Hogan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picturesque tale of cowmen in Arizona fighting sheepmen, "Mormon-faced wool-puller!" and "lowbrow Mexicans."