Wildfire

Written by Zane Grey

Narrated by Maynard Villers

The folks in the Colorado River valley, located in southern Utah, openly discussed and wondered which horse was the fastest, Wildfire or Sage King. But Wildfire was a wild stallion and not yet captured...that is until Sloane came along. His relentless pursuit of the wild stallion finally brought him a hard won victory. But old man Bostil didn't take kindly to a saddlebum's challenge to race his Sage King. And no one ever knew for sure which horse was fastest until a raging range fire trapped both horses and riders into a race against death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books in Motion
• Release date: Feb 15, 2010
• ISBN: 9781605486635

Zane Grey

Zane Grey (1872–1939) was an American writer best known for western literature. Born and raised in Ohio, Grey was one of five children from an English Quaker family. As a youth, he developed an interest in sports, history and eventually writing. He attended University of Pennsylvania where he studied dentistry, while balancing his creative endeavors. One of his first published pieces was the article “A Day on the Delaware" (1902), followed by the novels Betty Zane (1903) and The Spirit of the Border (1906). His career spanned several decades and was often inspired by real-life settings and events.

Reviews for Wildfire

[rayub-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very slow starting to the plot. A lot of wasted words on descriptions.

[andyray_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

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.

[jpsnow · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

A dime store-paperback adventure about a horse race.