My Readings of Zane Grey

Over the winter I read, among other novels, this set of Zane Grey’s novels. Zane Gray is a writer of westerns. Most of all of what I have read has taken place in Arizona and Utah and depicts the old west. Zane gives you quite a few glances into the forests, deserts, and canyons of Arizona and Utah. The beauty of these places see detailed for the reader where you feel like you right there with the characters.

Zane make use of many colorful characters: villains, rustlers, vigilantes, heroes and heroines. Zane tells stories about Navahos, Mormons, outlaws, horses, and of gold. His stories are spirited, full of adventure and intrigue.

All were read as epubs.

• The Young Forester
• The Man of the Forest
• Riders of the Purple Sage
• The Rainbow Trail (is a sequel of the previous title)
• The Call of the Canyon

Zane Grey

I recently downloaded the following titles to my Android tablet: The Rainbow Trail, The Call of the Canyon, Desert Gold, Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Young Forester, by Zane Grey. These titles will be fodder for my winters reading. It has been a while since I have read anything of Zane Grey, but I do remember reading Grey’s work sometime ago.

Grey brings the imagery of the frontier to your imagination and keeps you interested with his characters and plots. “A hundred miles of desert travel, with its mistakes and lessons and intimations, had not prepared him for what he now saw. He beheld what seemed a world that knew only magnitude. Wonder and awe fixed his gaze, and thought remained aloof.” (The Rainbow Trail)

Grey was a prolific writer and many of his titles were put to film. Zane Grey stands up there with the likes of Louis Amour as great writer of westerns. Project Gutenberg and Feed Books both feature numerous titles by Zane Grey. These titles will transport you back to a time where the American west was still rustic and raw.