To the Last Man: A Story of the Pleasant Valley War is a western novel. It is a story of a family feud healed by young love. The story is based on a factual event involving the notorious Hashknife gang of Northern Arizona. The story follows an ancient feud between two frontier families that is inflamed when one of the families takes up cattle rustling. "Seventeen years ago miners working a claim of Belllounds's in the mountains above Middle Park had found a child asleep in the columbines along the trail. Near that point Indians, probably Arapahoes coming across the mountains to attack the Utes, had captured or killed the occupants of a prairie-schooner. There was no other clue. The miners took the child to their camp, fed and cared for it, and, after the manner of their kind, named it Columbine. Then they brought it to Belllounds." – Zane Grey, «The Mysterious Rider» "A face haunted Cameron—a woman's face. It was there in the white heart of the dying campfire; it hung in the shadows that hovered over the flickering light; it drifted in the darkness beyond." – Zane Grey, «Desert Gold» Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that were a basis for the Western genre in literature and the arts. With his veracity and emotional intensity, he connected with millions of readers worldwide, during peacetime and war, and inspired many Western writers who followed him. Grey was a major force in shaping the myths of the Old West; his books and stories were adapted into other media, such as film and TV productions. He was the author of more than 90 books, some published posthumously and/or based on serials originally published in magazines.
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Zane Grey. To The Last Man, The Mysterious Rider & Desert Gold (A Wild West Trilogy)
To The Last Man, The Mysterious Rider & Desert Gold (A Wild West Trilogy)
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TO THE LAST MAN
FOREWORD
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
DESERT GOLD
PROLOGUE
I
II
III
IV
I. OLD FRIENDS
II. MERCEDES CASTANEDA
III. A FLIGHT INTO THE DESERT
IV. FORLORN RIVER
V. A DESERT ROSE
VI. THE YAQUI
VII. WHITE HORSES
VIII. THE RUNNING OF BLANCO SOL
IX. AN INTERRUPTED SIESTA
X. ROJAS
XI. ACROSS CACTUS AND LAVA
XII. THE CRATER OF HELL
XIII. CHANGES AT FORLORN RIVER
XIV. A LOST SON
XV. BOUND IN THE DESERT
XVI. MOUNTAIN SHEEP
XVII. THE WHISTLE OF A HORSE
XVIII. REALITY AGAINST DREAMS
XIX. THE SECRET OF FORLORN RIVER
XX. DESERT GOLD
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Zane Grey
The Mysterious Rider
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"Girl, we're strangers, but what of that? We've met, an' I tell you it means somethin' to me. I've known girls for months an' never felt this way. I don't know who you are an' I don't care. You betrayed a good deal to me. You're not happy. You're lonely. An' if I didn't want to see you again for my own sake I would for yours. Some things you said I'll not forget soon. I've got a sister, an' I know you have no brother. An' I reckon ..."
At this juncture Jean in his earnestness and quite without thought grasped her hand. The contact checked the flow of his speech and suddenly made him aghast at his temerity. But the girl did not make any effort to withdraw it. So Jean, inhaling a deep breath and trying to see through his bewilderment, held on bravely. He imagined he felt a faint, warm, returning pressure. She was young, she was friendless, she was human. By this hand in his Jean felt more than ever the loneliness of her. Then, just as he was about to speak again, she pulled her hand free.