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Light of the Western Stars is unique in that it is primarily told from the perspective of an eastern woman who moves to the Arizona-Mexico border to run a ranch she inherits at the turn of the 20th century. She goes through a tumultuous relationship…

A father and his daughter move from a Texas plantation to a remote location on the Texas frontier, west of the Pecos River, where they build a ranch. Along the way they cross paths with buffalo, Kiowa and Comanche warriors, horse rustlers and gunman…

Wildfire is a magnificent wild horse who is pursued by a relentless horse hunter from Central Utah across the Grand Canyon to Monument Valley in Arizona. Eventually, the horse hunter falls in love with a young woman and lets her ride Wildfire in a…

A teenage boy from the East wants to become a professional forester and has the opportunity to move to Arizona and intern in a national forest. Here he combats bad hombres who are clear cutting the forests illegally and a raging wildfire. This is…

Illustration by G.M.. Farley of Zane Grey

Heritage Desert was Zane Grey's first romance novel set in the Old West. It tells the story of the Patriarch of a polygamist family who faces the choice of picking up his guns to protect his family or staying true to his faith's teachings against…

Riders of the Purple Sage is Zane Grey's best-known Western Romance Novel. It revolved around two romances. The first involves a woman who has inherited a ranch in a remote Mormon town and a gunslinger who rides in and falls in love with her. The…

Zane Grey and his brother were both fine baseball players. The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories is a collection of short stories loosely based on their experiences in the early days of baseball.

The Short-Stop is based on Zane Grey's baseball experiences when the sport was first being organized. The story revolves around Chase Attoway, a young man who leaves his home to pursue a baseball career. The characters are based on people Zane Grey…

The Young Pitcher is a story about Ken Ward, a talented freshman baseball pitcher just arriving at Wayne College where he is harassed by upper classmen. Eventually, he earns his way onto the team and becomes their star pitcher. The Young Pitcher…