Valley Of Wild Horses By Zane Grey Illustrated Zane Grey Monty 9781520826585 Books
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The Panhandle was a lonely purple range land, unfenced and wind swept. Bill Smith, cattleman, threw up a cabin and looked at the future with hopeful eyes. One day while plowing almost out of sight of his little home - which that morning he had left apprehensively owing to an impending event - he espied his wife Margaret coming along the edge of the plowed field. She had brought his lunch this day, despite his order to the contrary. Bill dropped the loop of his driving reins over the plow handle and strode toward her. Presently she halted wearily and sat down where the dark rich overturned earth met the line of bleached grass. Bill meant to scold Margaret for bringing his lunch, but it developed she had brought him something more. A son!Valley Of Wild Horses By Zane Grey Illustrated Zane Grey Monty 9781520826585 Books
Valley of Wild Horses is one of Zane Grey’s most satisfying westerns. Everything that was wonderful about Zane Grey — his magnificent storytelling, his vivid descriptions of the landscape and horses, the sheer excitement of a roundup, and the thrill of gunplay — are on display so vibrantly in Valley of Wild Horses that the reader is rarely annoyed by some stilted dialog which creeps in, and some slight awkwardness in the romance department — which are also Grey trademarks.There is great beauty here in Valley of Wild Horses, a purity of the human spirit. On its pages exists a love for decency and what is right, even if it must be administered with a gun. Even then, there is always regret, a wish that it hadn’t come to that. Grey never painted a better portrait of those with checkered pasts trying to find a place they belong, than he did in Valley of Wild Horses. The simplicity of Grey’s narrative is deceptive, because it is a rich and beautiful portrait of a young man named Panhandle Smith, who represents a time and place in history as well as any Grey ever painted.
For a western, it begins somewhat languidly, because it is the story of Panhandle as he grows up. We get to see the cowboys and cattle, the excitement and the harshness of these times, all circumstances which shape Pan’s life as a young man. At the age of twelve, Pan is already riding in the roundup, and loses one of the cowboys around him when he is taken away for stealing horses. Schoolteacher Amanda Hill is his first crush, Dick Hardman his first enemy, a situation which will play out over the years in their love for Lucy. Lucy is the young girl he helps deliver in a barn one snowy day, when he himself is but a boy. As she grows up, Pan’s feelings for her become romantic, as Lucy’s do for Pan, but Dick Hardman proves to always be in the way.
Once his beloved horse Curly is gone, and a terrible scrape with Dick mars the future, Panhandle drifts to Montana and Arkansas at the age of twenty, and that’s where this tale switches gears, and become one of Grey’s greatest achievements. As Panhandle becomes a name known by many, sometimes for the wrong reasons, he never forgets Lucy, or his beloved family. It is when he meets up with old pals Blinky Moran and Gus, and returns to discover his father has been swindled, and Lucy is being blackmailed into marrying Dick Hardman in order to save her father, that the pieces which make this a great western saga all fall into place. There is a softhearted saloon girl named Louise whom Blinky loves that has ties to Dick, a corrupt sheriff named Matthews, and Dick’s powerful father and his dangerous men for Panhandle to deal with. But not before one of the most thrilling roundups you’ll ever read, as Pan and his pals seek to find the wild horses and make a new start in Arizona.
There will be some treachery, some gunplay, and some twists and turns where Lucy and Louise are concerned. Louise in fact, is one of Grey’s best-drawn characters, and what happens is not only exciting, but quite moving. Throughout the book, there is a sense of family, and decency, and the hope of pioneers as they sought to carve out a new life. The storytelling is old-fashioned, to be sure, the dialog sometimes awkward, as Grey writes it phonetically as they speak it. But this is a lush, beautiful work, surprisingly layered and more complex than the premise suggests. The ending of Valley of Wild Horses is as lovely as any western you’ll ever read. It is simple, and pure, and hopeful. The reader will be imagining their lives going forward, and smiling.
Perhaps the first portion of the novel, as Grey focuses on Panhandle’s childhood, is a bit too lengthy, but there is a rich reward waiting for those who forge on, and a pot of western gold when they reach the final page. This is Zane Grey at his finest, which is to say warts and all. It may be too old-fashioned for some modern readers, but it’s as romantic and lovely as any western you’ll ever read, the ending pure. A great achievement by Grey that western fans would do well to read. Highly recommended!
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Valley Of Wild Horses By Zane Grey Illustrated Zane Grey Monty 9781520826585 Books Reviews
I could hardly eat my dinners. Neglected all including my DH who wandered the house while I read and read and read until I was done. It thrilled me so! I had never read a western before and was delighted with this, my first, but not my last! I dared not buy the 26-book deal as I knew I would never talk to my husband much or cook him a decent meal when I really got that into the plot. I loved "PAN"handle Smith. What a name to hang on a boy??? And Louise was my fave of the women who was more believable too. But I hated DICK Hardman! How it all made me hate all those lo down, dirty, no good varmints. My instincts were to jump into the pages and shoot it out with dirty Dick Hardman and his horrible dad, Jard. Oh the nerve of those awful big, bad galoots. One more book and I won't be able to talk normal.....no sirree!! (don't think that was even in there....LOL! READ THIS ONE REAL SOON!
I do love a good Western! And this is one of the best The Valley of the Wild Horses by Zane Grey. Even a century after publication, Mr. Grey, creates an unforgettable time in the history of the Unite States - The Old West.
The main character (and he is that! All cowboy hero to boot) is Panhandle Smith. He was born to Bill and Margaret Smith out on the open prairie, under the blistering sun.
Pan, as he's later called, was named by his father for the Panhandle, a lonely unruly purple rangeland with often, fierce winds. Pan would grow to be as wild and free as the land he was born into. His father is a wandering cattleman who chases his fortune to Texas. In the stark hardness of Bill and Mary's life on the open range, she comes to him one day. He stops his plowing anticipating lunch but instead she presents him with their newly born baby boy. Wow! Talk about those strong pioneer women.
The starkness of the setting coupled with the simplicity of the characters in thought, speech and purpose, takes the reader to the time of taming the West. Even the use of old language is completely appropriate to the environs. Mr. Grey captivates the reader and soon you are seeing, hearing, feeling and tasting all in the life of Pan and those with him on this coming of age tale.
He is a strong individual from almost birth on, and his love for horses and freedom to roam cast him to his fate. At an early age he runs away from home and his parents mourn their loss of him until one day Pan shows back up - really in the nick of time.
It's a story of adventure, love, romance (real Western style), loyalty, and of great faith for a better life. The only part I didn't like and skipped over (majority I savored each line) was the treatment of the horses. I did attempt to understand the times and misunderstanding men had then about horses, still as a horse owner, I was dismayed to read about it. Pan didn't like it either.
Other than that - very glad I chose Mr. Grey's book (one reason being I because been reading too many detective stories with much less action, reasonable plots and less vivid characters as this story. Savoring each line and the dialogue well it's plain talk, pardner.
My first American western and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Zane Grey wrote so many tales of the old west so I have to believe he romanticized the era and it sparked his imagination. In this tale his protagonist Panhandle Smith was born to be a cowboy. Grey gives a good deal of background history on his hero, and what drives him. Plenty of action and scenarios, good guys and bad guys not forgetting a couple of damsels in distress. I enjoyed his colorful descriptions, the vistas you could imagine. What surprised me the most was lack of even one token Indian, or of any buffalo. It's hard to think that his character spending years on cattle drives and traversing territory from Texas to Montana there is no mention of seeing even one Indian or a buffalo. However, it didn't take away the quality or enjoyment of the read.
Valley of Wild Horses is one of Zane Grey’s most satisfying westerns. Everything that was wonderful about Zane Grey — his magnificent storytelling, his vivid descriptions of the landscape and horses, the sheer excitement of a roundup, and the thrill of gunplay — are on display so vibrantly in Valley of Wild Horses that the reader is rarely annoyed by some stilted dialog which creeps in, and some slight awkwardness in the romance department — which are also Grey trademarks.
There is great beauty here in Valley of Wild Horses, a purity of the human spirit. On its pages exists a love for decency and what is right, even if it must be administered with a gun. Even then, there is always regret, a wish that it hadn’t come to that. Grey never painted a better portrait of those with checkered pasts trying to find a place they belong, than he did in Valley of Wild Horses. The simplicity of Grey’s narrative is deceptive, because it is a rich and beautiful portrait of a young man named Panhandle Smith, who represents a time and place in history as well as any Grey ever painted.
For a western, it begins somewhat languidly, because it is the story of Panhandle as he grows up. We get to see the cowboys and cattle, the excitement and the harshness of these times, all circumstances which shape Pan’s life as a young man. At the age of twelve, Pan is already riding in the roundup, and loses one of the cowboys around him when he is taken away for stealing horses. Schoolteacher Amanda Hill is his first crush, Dick Hardman his first enemy, a situation which will play out over the years in their love for Lucy. Lucy is the young girl he helps deliver in a barn one snowy day, when he himself is but a boy. As she grows up, Pan’s feelings for her become romantic, as Lucy’s do for Pan, but Dick Hardman proves to always be in the way.
Once his beloved horse Curly is gone, and a terrible scrape with Dick mars the future, Panhandle drifts to Montana and Arkansas at the age of twenty, and that’s where this tale switches gears, and become one of Grey’s greatest achievements. As Panhandle becomes a name known by many, sometimes for the wrong reasons, he never forgets Lucy, or his beloved family. It is when he meets up with old pals Blinky Moran and Gus, and returns to discover his father has been swindled, and Lucy is being blackmailed into marrying Dick Hardman in order to save her father, that the pieces which make this a great western saga all fall into place. There is a softhearted saloon girl named Louise whom Blinky loves that has ties to Dick, a corrupt sheriff named Matthews, and Dick’s powerful father and his dangerous men for Panhandle to deal with. But not before one of the most thrilling roundups you’ll ever read, as Pan and his pals seek to find the wild horses and make a new start in Arizona.
There will be some treachery, some gunplay, and some twists and turns where Lucy and Louise are concerned. Louise in fact, is one of Grey’s best-drawn characters, and what happens is not only exciting, but quite moving. Throughout the book, there is a sense of family, and decency, and the hope of pioneers as they sought to carve out a new life. The storytelling is old-fashioned, to be sure, the dialog sometimes awkward, as Grey writes it phonetically as they speak it. But this is a lush, beautiful work, surprisingly layered and more complex than the premise suggests. The ending of Valley of Wild Horses is as lovely as any western you’ll ever read. It is simple, and pure, and hopeful. The reader will be imagining their lives going forward, and smiling.
Perhaps the first portion of the novel, as Grey focuses on Panhandle’s childhood, is a bit too lengthy, but there is a rich reward waiting for those who forge on, and a pot of western gold when they reach the final page. This is Zane Grey at his finest, which is to say warts and all. It may be too old-fashioned for some modern readers, but it’s as romantic and lovely as any western you’ll ever read, the ending pure. A great achievement by Grey that western fans would do well to read. Highly recommended!
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