The Deer Stalker, Zane Grey
The Deer Stalker, Zane Grey
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The Deer Stalker

Author: Zane Grey

Narrator: Russell Bentley

Unabridged: 10 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/18/2019

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

Because of the unrestrained slaughter of cougars on Buckskin Mountain, the deer population has increased so fast that they begin to starve. But when Thad Eburne, chief forest ranger, hears the government’s plan to open a massive deer hunt to hundreds of indiscriminate hunters, he worries that it will only worsen man’s dangerous meddling with nature. Then, when Eburne decides to save a deer herd from a cattleman bent on selling illegal deer meat for easy money, he finds himself up against the deadliest outlaw in the West. In The Deer Stalker, listeners will find all they have come to expect from the great Western author Zane Grey—swift action, magnificent descriptions of the desert and canyon country, plus the added valiant effort of a ranger’s struggle to save the doomed herd of deer on the Buckskin range. Grey makes the listener see this colorful Arizona country, feel something of the awe that is the inevitable reaction of man to the majesty of one of nature’s miracles, smell the tang of mingled pine and sagebrush, and thrill to the heroic struggle of a few dedicated men as they battle to undo the harm of the willful and greedy.

About Zane Grey

Zane Grey (January 31, 1872–October 23, 1939), born in Ohio, was practicing dentistry in New York when he and his wife, Lina Roth (Dolly) Grey, published his first novel. Grey presented the West as a moral battleground in which his characters are destroyed because of their inability to change or are redeemed through a final confrontation with their past. The man whose name is synonymous with Westerns made his first trip west in 1907 at age thirty-five. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his bestselling book. More than 130 films have been based on his work.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wayland on December 12, 2020

I've read everything by Louis L'Amour, but somehow not the other "king of westerns," Zane Grey. I decided to fix that and give this a whirl. Deer Stalker is definitely a Western, but it's an unusual one. There are no gun fights, not a lot of attention to horses aside from them being a way to get som......more

Goodreads review by James on May 26, 2019

This was good book that ended kind of strange like. There was no gun play even there were hints of it throughout the story. I did like the idea of conservation of our natural resources. I would recommend this book to all ages. Just know that it is not your ordinary western book.......more

Goodreads review by Martha on March 09, 2022

Shallow Unusual for Zane Gray the plot was fairly thin. Details regarding the Grand Canyon area were interesting and he paints a beautiful picture of it. Fairly good read but not up to par with some of his other books of that type.......more

Goodreads review by Leighann on January 15, 2024

Well how sad all around. And we find that patricia is free to marry now, but it's still not clear too me what she actually did that was so dreadful. The involvement of her friend and friends husband makes no sense to me. I wish I could find some cliffs notes on this one......more

Goodreads review by Clayton on June 16, 2021

I love Zane Grey. The way that he illustrates the scenery with his eloquent words is absolutely fascinating. Eburne Thad is someone that I strive to be when i’m older.......more

Quotes

“A great writer, rich in invention, prodigal with his action, juicily romantic.” New Yorker

“This tells of Ranger Thad Eburne, forest conservationist, and his attempt to protect a herd of 50,000 deer doomed to death. It also tells of Eburne’s love for Patricia, a moneyed, rootless eastern girl who feels that the west will purify her past and start her on a new life.” Kirkus Reviews

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