Zane Grey

Tales of Lonely Trails Zane Grey Stories of Zane Grey's hunting, camping, and exploring trips in the wild and desolate parts of the West. Three of the five narratives are lively tales of adventure. The most impressive stories in the book, however, are the first and last, both of them short. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience

Book Excerpt: x redskins on your trail." Horn lifted his arms high. The other men uttered exclamations of amaze and dread. The women were silent." Did you see them?" asked Horn." Yes, from a ridge back hyar ten miles. I saw them sneakin' along the trail an' I knowed they meant mischief. I rode along the ridges or I'd been hyar sooner.""How many Injuns?""I counted fifteen. They were goin' along slow. Like as not they've sent word fer more. There's a big Sioux camp over hyar in another valley.""Are these Sioux on the war-path?""I saw dead an' scalped white men a few days back," replied Slingerland. Horn grew as black as a thundercloud, and he cursed the group of pale-faced men who had elected to journey eastward with him." You'll hev to fight," he ended, brutally, "an' thet'll be some satisfaction to me.""Horn, there's soldiers over hyar in camp," went on Slingerland. "Do you want me to ride after them?""Soldiers " ejaculated Horn." YesRead More

To tapre piker To unge søstre er på vei mot Vesten, til sin rike og døende onkel, som eier en stor farm. De er spente og forventningsfulle, og aner ikke at onkelens konkurrent og bitre fiende, Mr. Beasley, planlegger å bortføre dem så han selv kan slå kloa i onkelens farm. Betty Zane En listig forræder har angitt den vesle nybyggerkolonien til de fiendtlige indianerne, og nå er de beleiret. Nybyggerne kjemper tappert mot overmakten, men begynner å gå tom for ammunisjon. Så klekker den unge, snarrådige Betty Zane ut en plan. Mislykkes hun, blir de alle indianernes bytte.

Nevada Som revolvermann er Jim Lacy like beryktet som Billy the Kid, men han er også kjent som «Nevada», en mann som gode mennesker respekterer og setter pris på. For å kunne føle seg som fritt menneske igjen må han på egen hånd utrydde den mest brutale og hensynsløse kvegbanden som noen gang har herjet i Arizona. I præriens grep «Din grønnskolling!» Erfarne cowboyer bruker skjellsordet med forakt, og den som vil overleve, må lære raskt. Kalde revolvermenn, tøffe kvegdrifter og kamp mellom de innfødte og nybyggerne er en del av dagliglivet. Men bak den tøffe fasaden kan selv en hardbarket cowboy bære på en drøm om en kvinne og et godt liv.

Originally published in 1906, The Spirit of the Border is a historical novel written by Zane Grey. The novel is based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It features the exploits of Lewis Wetzel, a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans and to the protection of nascent white settlements in that region. The story deals with the attempt by Moravian Church missionaries to Christianize Indians and how two brothers' lives take different paths upon their arrival on the border. A highly romanticized account, the novel is the second in a trilogy, the first of which is Betty Zane, Grey's first published work, and The Last Trail, which focuses on the life of Jonathan Zane, Grey's ancestor. 'A book rather out of the ordinary is this "Spirit of the Border." The main thread of the story has to do with the work of the Moravian missionaries in the Ohio Valley. Incidentally the reader is given details of the frontier life of those hardy pioneers who broke the wilderness for the planting of this great nation. Chief among these, as a matter of course, is Lewis Wetzel, one of the most peculiar, and at the same time the most admirable of all the brave men who spent their lives battling with the savage foe, that others might dwell in comparative security. Details of the establishment and destruction of the Moravian "Village of Peace" are given at some length, and with minute description. The efforts to Christianize the Indians are described as they never have been before, and the author has depicted the characters of the leaders of the several Indian tribes with great care, which of itself will be of interest to the student. By no means least among the charms of the story are the vivid word-pictures of the thrilling adventures, and the intense paintings of the beauties of nature, as seen in the almost unbroken forests. It is the spirit of the frontier which is described, and one can by it, perhaps, the better understand why men, and women, too, willingly braved every privation and danger that the westward progress of the star of empire might be the more certain and rapid. A love story, simple and tender, runs through the book.