The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey

Author of. The man of the forest,the . 280. The mysterious rider. Chapter I. A September sun, losing some of its heat if not its brilliance, wasdropping low in the west over the black Colorado range.

CHAPTER I. A September sun, losing some of its heat if not its brilliance, was dropping low in the west over the black Colorado range. Purple haze began to thicken in the timbered notches. Gray foothills, round and billowy, rolled down from the higher country. They were smooth, sweeping, with long velvety slopes and isolated patches of aspens that blazed in autumn gold. His gait on that edge of steep slope proved his rider to be a reckless cowboy for whom no heights or depths had terrors. She would have recognized him from the way he rode, if she had not known the slim, erect figure. The cowboy saw her instantly. He pulled the mustang, about to plunge down the slope, and lifted him, rearing and wheeling. Then Columbine waved her hand.

The Mysterious Rider book. Pearl Zane Grey was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West.

Author of. The man of the forest, the .

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey. Read in English by Mary Bard This book has all the elements of a classic Western, including rustling and gunfights, but at its heart is the battle between good and evil, between duty and love, between selfishness and self-sacrifice. The ‘mysterious rider’ of the title arrives at White Slides ranch, and his coming will have major consequences for many of those living there, not least for Columbine who is promised to a man she cannot love

The. Mysterious rider. trail, riders of the purple sage, the desert of wheat, etc. Illustrations. The Rustlers of Pecos County. Riders of the purple sage. The Day of the Beast. The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories. To the Last Man. By Zane Grey.

I would highly recommend it for the younger generation, boys or girls. I found the book very enjoyable. If you want to read a western about shootouts, and that sort of thing, then this is not your book. But for a good, descriptive drama, that grabs you and makes the pages turn, then this is the book for you. Rancher Bill Belllounds had brought up Columbine as though she were his daughter

The Mysterious Rider. 0 5 Author: Zane Grey. He came to the Belilounds ranch, no one knew from where; a man of middle age, gentle, kindly, but so terrible a gunfighter that they called him "Hell Bent" Wade. He played the part of fate in all their lives, and only when the inevitable tragedy came and the Mysterious Rider made the great sacrifice did they know - and out of that tragedy came the light of love.