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The Lone Star Ranger: With linked Table of Contents
The Lone Star Ranger: With linked Table of Contents
The Lone Star Ranger: With linked Table of Contents
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The Lone Star Ranger: With linked Table of Contents

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Does a man raised to be an outlaw come by his deadly urge to kill because of his heritage, or does his environment cause him to be this way? And does a highly respected Texas Ranger get his man? Grey takes the reader on a horse-speed chase over the Texas plains, where survival belongs only to the fittest.
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Release dateJun 10, 2015
ISBN9781633849204
The Lone Star Ranger: With linked Table of Contents
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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.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    What a delightful book for a summertime read. I'd never read a Zane Gray western before, and I have no idea if a majority of the others are this good, but I sure did enjoy The Lone Star Ranger. Certainly, there is a comic book aspect to the tale of good versus evil in the old west, but there is a depth of character that surprised me as we see Buck Duane, our hero, forced into outlawry against his will and living the following years struggling to keep the better side of his character predominant over his temper and his killer's instinct. (He is, of course, the fastest gun in Texas.)There are some quite interesting plot developments and, of course, a fast-paced story that brings our hero through a series of soul- and gun-testing adventures. But sometimes the story slows down, and we are treated to some excellent descriptions of the Texas landscape. The forays into descriptions of human behavior are sometimes very entertaining, as well, as for example:"It seemed strange that a man who had lived west of the Pecos for ten years could not see in Duane something which forbade that kind of talk. It certainly was not nerve Lawson showed; men of courage were seldom intolerant. With the matchless nerve that characterized the great gunmen of the day there was a cool unobtrusive manner, a speech brief, almost gentle, certainly courteous. Lawson was hot-headed. A man, evidently who had never been crossed in anything, and who was strong, brutal, passionate, which qualities in the face of a situation like this made him simply a fool."What was also fun about reading The Lone Star Ranger for me was my copy of the book itself. This is a first edition hard cover, published in 1915. But this is no pristine museum copy. The book is a discard from the Alameda, CA, Public Library, purchased by me a few years back at some thrift shop or antique store: I can't remember which. On the inside front cover is written, in pencil, the single word, "Sale," so I picked the book off a sale table, evidently.The pages are worn thin and at times the corners are worn away. As I read, I thought of the dozens, or probably hundreds, of readers, likely of all ages, who held this book in their hands and enjoyed this story before me.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    Buck Duane is forced to kill a man to save his won life. This puts him on the outlaw trail where he is forced to kill other outlaws who resent his fame and skill with weapons. Eventually Captain McKelly of the Texas Rangers approaches him to become a Ranger in order to track down the Chelsedine gang and bring them to justice. In ending the gang's reign of terror, he proves the Texas Rangers are an important force in bringing law and order to Texas.While the novel is full of action, the reader must be aware of the lengthy descriptions of the natural beauty of Texas he will have to wade through to get to the action. Typical Zane Grey.

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