The Lone Star Ranger
By Zane Grey
3.5/5
()
About this ebook
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.
Read more from Zane Grey
The Deer Stalker: A Western Story Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Man of the Forest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shepherd of Guadaloupe: A Western Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Trail Driver: A Western Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Robbers' Roost: A Western Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Raiders of Spanish Peaks: A Western Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thunder Mountain: A Western Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sunset Pass: A Western Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twin Sombreros: A Western Story Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Hash Knife Outfit: A Western Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Code of the West: A Western Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Drift Fence: A Western Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Union Pacific: A Western Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArizona Ames: A Western Story Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5War Comes to the Big Bend: A Western Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFighting Caravans: A Western Story Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Dude Ranger: A Western Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shadow on the Trail: A Western Story Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Stairs of Sand: A Western Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Lone Star Ranger
Related ebooks
The Lone Star Ranger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lone Star Ranger (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lone Star Ranger: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlade 2: The Tucson Conspiracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNight’S End: Urban Rain Iii Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistorical Romance: Once Upon an Earl A High Society Regency Romance: Heirs of High Society, #4 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We Bow to No Man: Maxwell Tales, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWar Valley Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGhost Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRouges Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMan With Two Lives: A Short Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWyoming Renegade Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFated For The Bear: Banford and Beauty Bears, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder on the Intrepid: An Emily Lewis Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTall Tales of The Bounty Hunter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSundry Accounts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Scandal So Sweet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConfusion at Turner Creek: The Turner Creek Series, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings7 Best Short Stories by Willa Cather Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCemetery Road: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jig of Bones: Fiddling With Murder, #4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhite Apache 9: Desert Fury Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGunsmoke and Trail Dust Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEye of the Beholder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Two Lives of Eddie Kovacs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRevenge of the Mountain Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crow 5: Bodyguard Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
General Fiction For You
The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Candy House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rebecca Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Iliad of Homer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything's Fine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Good and Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dry: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Lone Star Ranger
36 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What 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: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really enjoyed the beginning, when Duane deals with his feelings about killing for the first time and the life he will be forced to live. It dragged a bit in the middle. His becoming a Ranger seemed a bit contrived. But it got interesting again at the conclusion.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Buck 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.