The Best of Zane Grey: 3 Classic Western Novels Unabridged

by Zane Grey

Product Description Riders of the Purple Sage, Grey's best-known bestseller, is a thrilling saga set on the Utah–Arizona border country that features a despicable villain and a straight-shootin’ hero in a tale of passion, rivalry, and revenge. In The Trail Driver, the heroine is disguised as a boy while a cast of hard-bitten, weather-beaten characters drive 4,000 cattle north out of Texas, braving the weather, marauding outlaws, and hostile Indians along the way. Rangers of the Lone Star features Texas Ranger Russ Sittell working undercover on a ranch to break a rustling ring, a dangerous assignment made all the more hazardous by the fact that the ranch owner is the local mayor. These three epic tales represent a wonderful way for Western fans familiar with Zane Grey’s work to drift back into his stories of life on the range but are equally attractive for newcomers who would like to sample a little of life in the wild west. About the Author Although he was 31 years old before his first book was published in 1903, Zane Grey's writing style and his depiction of the old "wild" west led to him becoming one of the highest-earning authors of popular literature of his time.

Genres: Westerns, Fiction

656 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2009

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

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This edition was the only one my library had and I only read Riders of the Purple Sage for my discussion group. From the average rating I can only surmise the other two stories included in this edition were not of the same caliber as Riders of the Purple Sage.

Western sagas are not my usual choice of reading material but my Brit reading buddy wanted to try the genre. Though I had never read Zane Grey before I found myself unexpectedly caught up in this western. Set in 1870s Utah, the story centers around a wealthy, unmarried Mormon woman. Church elders are pressuring her to marry but she, though faithful, is strongly independent. Rustlers, gunmen, Gentile ranch hands and churchmen alike are either helping or hindering her efforts to live on her own terms. The tale might be a bit melodramatic but Grey's writing will send you galloping over the purple sage enjoying the exciting, if perilous, adventure. And now I must find another classic western to read since I enjoyed Riders....Shane, perhaps?