Wildfire, Zane Grey
Wildfire, Zane Grey
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Wildfire

Author: Zane Grey

Narrator: Robert Morris

Unabridged: 11 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/14/2014

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

Wildfire is a glorious beast, a fiery red stallion that is captured and broken by Lin Slone, a horse trainer. A legendary and miraculous horse, Wildfire is also a cursea horse who could run like the wind but who could also injure those who love him most. Zane Grey is the master of the Western novel. His works have thrilled generations of readers with brave and noble characters, hard-shooting action, and high-plains panoramas. Truly he symbolizes the spirit of the Old West.

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 Daniel on February 05, 2012

I found this Zane Grey book while visiting Virginia a few years back and immediately thought of the wisdom, kindness, and practicality that was portrayed by Colonel Potter in the TV series M*A*S*H. While I do enjoy the occasional black-and-white western, the genre has typically not been a place wher......more

Goodreads review by John on August 08, 2019

Zane Grey's Wildfire, named after a wild stallion in this novel, is full of majestic scenery, complex characters, and unforgettable episodes including the description of the tracking and capturing of this magnificent animal by the horse hunter, Lin Slone. But that occurrence is only an early part of......more

Goodreads review by Jane on March 03, 2024

I discovered westerns when I was a freshman in college and was drawn to Zane Grey in particular. Wildfire was one of the books I read then and kept. (The edition I have was published in 1917.) I didn't love it this time around. It's surprising how much it reads like a modern young adult romance. ("Yo......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 04, 2021

More of a 2.5. It had a lot of good parts, but the ending was weak.......more

Goodreads review by Remo on December 26, 2017

Típica novela del oeste que fue, viendo cómo siguieron los acontecimientos, precursora de mi pasión lectora de los dos siguientes años, en los que leí unas 400 novelitas del oeste con auténtica fruición, viernes tras viernes. Un vaquero persigue durante días a un potro alazán de espléndida factura y......more