Wyoming
by Zane Grey
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A certified classic by the master of Western fiction Zane Grey. With cattle rustling on the rise in the cattle town of Randall, Wyoming, newcomers Martha Ann Dixon and Andrew Bonning join the ranchers in their fight to protect their livestock. "Take this hombre's gun, Tenderfoot," the foreman snapped while keeping the rustler covered. Young Andy yanked the weapon out from under the man's belt. "Now tie his hands behind his back." The excitement made Andy clumsy, but he finally got the job show more done. "Now take yore saddle rope and toss it over that there branch." Andy was about to obey when he stopped, staring in disbelief. "You're not going to hang this poor devil?" "Shore am," the foreman drawled. "I'm gonna stop this rustlin' once and fer all!" show lessTags
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This is a very romantic view of the West, especially Wyoming. The passages of description are almost too much to read. The story is full of coincidences some of which are impossible to believe when one consider the distances traveled by the characters to find them in the same town later in the story.
A cowboy romance novel. It wasn't hard to guess the next event and its outcome.
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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
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1932
- People/Characters
- Martha Ann Dixon (Wyoming Mad); Nicholas Bligh; Andrew Bonning; Jim Fenner; Lee Todd; Nellie Glemm (show all 11); Jack Haynes (Texas); Simpson Glemm; McCall; Sue Denner; Smoky Reed
- Important places
- Wyoming, USA; Norfolk, Nebraska, USA; Split Rock, Wyoming, USA
- Important events
- Killing of McCall; Arrival of the cattle herd.
- First words
- When Martha Ann Dixon found herself on the open Nebraska road she realized with a shock that at last her innate propensity for running away from home had definitely materialized.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"When will I—oh, tomorrow—or next day—or next week—any day—if you do not put it off too long—and promise to take me home for Christmas—and never misjudge me again for being Wyoming Mad!"
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- Members
- 157
- Popularity
- 207,927
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.36)
- Languages
- Czech, English, Slovak
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 19
- ASINs
- 17
