Sunset Pass
by Zane Grey
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"A powerful story of love, courage and loyalty" set in the Old West from one of the bestselling authors of all time (Zane Grey's West Society).Trueman Rock is a daring young cowboy and rider. Six years ago, he had to leave the cowtown of Wagontongue because of a history of gunfights and run-ins with bad hombres. Since then, he's become a man who only uses his gun when he needs to, on rustlers and crooks. Now, he's returning to his hometown. But things have changed. The town and its people show more aren't what they used to be. He expects to find some of his enemies there to welcome him, but instead finds they're all dead. In their place is the Preston family.
The Prestons have just about taken over the town of Sunset Pass and reign supreme. But Trueman discovers that there's a brooding mystery surrounding the Preston clan, centered on Ash, the eldest son. Ash is a cold, vicious, and slippery man. Unfortunately for Trueman, he finds himself falling in love with Thiry Preston, Ash's sister. Ash holds a jealous love for her and she'll do just about anything he says, and he's ruined more than one love-struck cowboy before Trueman came along.
Trueman Rock's quest to win over the girl he's fallen for brings him face-to-face with the sinister true face of the Preston clan and their control of Wagontongue, and he must confront them to be with Thiry and save the town he loves. Sunset Pass, first published in 1931, is another dramatic tale of the West by Zane Grey. show less
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this is one of the best westerns zane wrote, right up there to "Light of the Western Stars." What better name for a hero than Trueman Rock? And the emotions the people go through in this are equalled only by the descriptions of Grey's loved west. Zane Grey himself looked and moved like an old west cowboy and his writing is true. May be the best he wrote and, yes, Rock gets his girl.
This was my first Zane Grey. I enjoyed it. He has an interesting way of writing.
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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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- Original title
- Sunset pass
- Original publication date
- 1931; 1928-04 (American) (American)
- People/Characters
- Trueman Rock; Thiry Preston; Ash Preston; Gage Preston; Sol Winter; John Dabb (show all 7); Amy Wund Dabb
- Important places
- Clay Hill, Wagontongue, New Mexico, USA; Wagontongue, New Mexico, USA
- Important events
- Clerking in Winter's store.; Gunplay at Clay Hill.
- First words
- The dusty overland train pulled into Wagontongue about noon of a sultry June day.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'I see in you, an' Allie, an' some more of our young friends, a leanin' more to finer, better things."
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