Desert Gold
by Zane Grey
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Though Zane Grey's Western novels are always packed with plenty of pulse-pounding action and adventure, they are also philosophical and sophisticated, which often comes as an unexpected surprise to first-time readers of his work. Desert Gold contains the best of what made Zane Grey one of the most renowned writers of Westerns—sweet romance, action-packed thrills, heartrending descriptions of the Western landscape, and plenty of thought-provoking talk about the virtues and travails of show more frontier life.. show less
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One can almost eat Zane Grey;s descriptions of his western lands. Fabulous! Moderns probably pooh-pooh these tales of men that are "pure of heart and noble of character," and women that are "Passionate and strong, yet always ladies." Zane's portraitures became known in America as "the code of the west," an instance of where fiction influenced life. That happens more often than not, methinks.
A quintessential Western adventure story. This one is a classic in that format. It uses the rugged elements and stock characters in a plot that is simple and enjoyable, but with just enough foreshadowing and cultural exploration to place it above the typical dime-store novel.
Desert Gold, (1913), Western, Walter J. Black, Inc., Zane Grey Book Club Matched Set, hardcover, 1975?
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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 publication date
- 1913
- People/Characters
- Robert Burton (Cameron); Jonas Warren; Richard Gale; George Thorne; Mercedes Castaneda; Rojas (show all 16); Nell Burton; The Yaqui; Tom Belding; Ben Chase; Radford Chase; Martha Gale; Elsie Gale; Jim Lash; Charlie Laddy; Nell Belding
- Important places
- Casita, Arizona, USA; Casita, Mexico; The Sonora Desert, Arizona, USA
- First words
- A face haunted Cameron—a woman's face.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In the light of Nell's tremulous returning smile that strange, deep, clutching shadow faded, lost its hold forever; and he leaned close to her, whispering: "Lluvia d'oro"—"Shower of Gold."
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