Nevada
by Zane Grey
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Alone again! Just like his orphaned boyhood. Those are Nevada's thoughts as he turns from the only home and happiness he has ever known. But it had all been a lie, at least on his part. He had been hiding his true identity from his best friend, Ben, and the woman he loved, Hettie. They knew him as Nevada, a man they care for and respected, when in truth he was a wandering fugitive gunman, notorious from Nevada clear to Tombstone, Arizona. And now he had done what he swore never do again, he show more had killed not one, but three men. But he didn't regret it; he had done it to save his friend Ben from being branded a rustler and going to prison. His sacrifice would now allow Ben to be free, to prosper, and to marry the love of his life. But the price he must now pay is a living hell. A life alone, a life as his real self, Notorious Outlaw Jim Lacy, but worst of all, a life without his best friend, Ben, and his most precious Hettie. Thus begins the exciting and emotional sequel to Zane Grey's The Forlorn River. show lessTags
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My favorite Zane Grey. The book that when I read it as a young teenager, solidified for me the idea of the "good bad guy" driven to a life of crime through no fault of his own. A hero type that I enjoy greatly to this day. I highly recommend this book.
Lifelong favorite from first childhood reading. A romance, a study of integrity and nobility and friendship, a look at the frontier west, a romance, both with the sweeping land and the men and women who settled it.
I have lost count of how many times I've read this book over the past 30 years. It has always remained one of my very, very favorite. To me Grey's best!
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Zane Grey was born Pearl Zane Gray in 1872, in Zanesville, Ohio. He studied dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania, married Lina Elise Roth in 1905, then moved his family west where he began to write novels. The author of 86 books, he is today considered the father of the Western genre, with its heady romances and mysterious outlaws. Riders show more of the Purple Sage (1912) brought Grey his greatest popular acclaim. Other notable titles include The Light of Western Stars (1914) and The Vanishing American (1925). An extremely prolific writer, he often completed three novels a year, while his publisher would issue only one at a time. Twenty-five of his novels were published posthumously. His last, The Reef Girl, was published in 1977. Zane Grey died of heart failure on October 23 in Altadena, California, in 1939. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Nevada
- Original title
- Nevada
- Original publication date
- 1926-11
- People/Characters
- Jim Lacy (Nevada | Texas Jack); Hettie Ide; Ben Ide; Lize Teller; Cash Burridge; Ina Blaine (show all 12); Marvie Blaine; Cedar Hatt; Rose Hatt; Tom Day; Elam Hatt; Ed Richardson (Clan Dillon)
- Important places
- Tule Lake, California, USA; Lineville, California and Nevada, USA; Arizona, USA
- Important events
- Wagon train from Northern California to Arizona.
- Related movies
- Nevada (1944 | IMDb)
- First words
- As his goaded horse plunged into the road, Nevada looked back over his shoulder.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Nevada is smiling down upon me," she replied, dreamily.
- Original language
- English
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- 112,891
- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.71)
- Languages
- 8 — Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Slovak, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 34
- ASINs
- 22
