Desert Gold, with eBook, Zane Grey
Desert Gold, with eBook, Zane Grey
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Desert Gold, with eBook

Author: Zane Grey

Narrator: John Bolen

Unabridged: 10 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/30/2009

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Richard Gale, a college football star, travels to Mexico to prove himself after failing in every business opportunity that his wealthy father had handed him. When he arrives at an Arizona border town, a chance meeting with an old friend launches him into an adventure to save a young Spanish beauty from a ruthless Mexican bandit.

Within the mystical beauty of the desert landscape, this extraordinary novel touches on many complexities of humanity, including honor, lust, vengeance, and love. And in this western classic, Zane Grey captures the grandeur of the true Old West as only he can.

About Zane Grey

The prolific American writer Zane Grey was the pioneer of the Western literary genre. Grey produced well over 100 books, in which he presented the West as a moral battleground, where his characters were either destroyed or redeemed. His semi-outlaw heroes were his most enduring creation. He sold some 17 million books during his lifetime, and an estimated 100 Hollywood Western films have been based on his stories.

Born with the name Pearl Grey in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1872, Zane was the son of a farmer and part-time preacher. His mother was a second-generation Danish Quaker. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in dentistry in 1896 and practiced in New York City until 1904. That year, Grey wrote and self-published his first book, Betty Zane, after it was turned down by several publishers. The colorful frontier story was based on his mother's journal and eventually became a critical success. He married Lina Elise Roth, who encouraged him to become a full-time professional writer.

In 1908, Grey made a journey to the West with Colonel C. J. "Buffalo" Jones, who told him tales of adventure on the plains. This trip turned out to be a turning point in Grey's career. In 1912, Riders of the Purple Sage was published. It sold 2 million copies and was filmed three times. Grey's formula-in which a mysterious outlaw fights to protect the innocent and the good-shows up in many of his novels. In 1918, he moved to Altadena, California, where he lived for the rest of his life. Grey died on October 23, 1939.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on April 20, 2011

Very good book. Gave historical perspective most do not have regarding battles on border and policies of our government during that time regarding immigration.......more

Goodreads review by Jay on February 23, 2018

Another of Zane Grey’s books, although currently a bit over 100 years old, still seems relatively modern in writing, more, say, Agatha Christie than Henry James. This one also seemed different than the few others of Grey’s books that I’ve read recently. In this, a few of the main characters are from......more

Goodreads review by Jon on November 25, 2018

I couldn't get through this. Found the opening compelling and it just kinda went downhill from there.......more

Goodreads review by Geoffrey on September 23, 2019

“Desert Gold,” tells the story of Dick Gale, a restless wanderer in the west, and George Thorne, a US Army officer, who are brought together to protect Mercedes, George’s romantic interest, who is being relentlessly pursued by a Mexican bandit named Rojas. Zane Grey’s better-known novels, such as Ri......more