Wildfire

by Zane Grey

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From the imagination of renowned Western writer Zane Grey comes Wildfire, the gripping tale of a man, a woman, and a remarkable horse. The three are thrown together through a series of circumstances that give rise to a once-in-a-lifetime bond. One of Grey's most emotionally compelling works, this novel combines pulse-pounding action and nuanced insight into the ties that bind us together.

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Típica novela del oeste que fue, viendo cómo siguieron los acontecimientos, precursora de mi pasión lectora de los dos siguientes años, en los que leí unas 400 novelitas del oeste con auténtica fruición, viernes tras viernes. Un vaquero persigue durante días a un potro alazán de espléndida factura y en la lucha final entre ambos quedan los dos afectados, siendo casualmente descubiertos por la hija de un rico ranchero, hija que a continuación se enamorará del vaquero y montará al caballo ganando una importante carrera local. A partir de ahí empiezan a pasar más cosas, pero siempre dentro del entorno controlado de las novelas del oeste. Entretenida.
The one "reveiw extant makes Grey's work here sound like it is trashy and plain. Far from it! The country, charactgers, plot, and wildness exemplify the heighth of Grey's descritive powers. The male lead is a tall, gaunt, quiet, Texan, the role model for the Gary Cooper types that were cast in westerns the first half of the 20th century/ And the wildfire alluded to is the horse, of course, of course, but also could be the nickname of the red=headed, headstrong daughter of the ranchers, the two of which find each other. I'm surpirsed Hollywood hasn't made more of ZG's novels into movies as he follows the action and love themes of that town and always leaves us with a happy ending.
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Very slow starting to the plot. A lot of wasted words on descriptions.
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A dime store-paperback adventure about a horse race.

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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
Wildfire
Original title
Wildfire Quest
Original publication date
1917
First words
For some reason the desert scene before Lucy Bostil awoke varying emotions—a sweet gratitude for the fullness of her life there at the Ford, yet a haunting remorse that she could not be wholly content—a vague loneliness o... (show all)f soul—a thrill and a fear for the strangely calling future, glorious, unknown.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And they held Lucy and Slone, calling every day, giving a nameless and tranquil content, binding them true to love, true to the sage and the open, true to that wild upland home.

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.52Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991900-1945
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PS3513 .R6545Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1900-1960
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