Thanks to my GR friends, Scott Rhee, and Ron Scheer, I gave Zane Grey another chance by reading The Heritage of the Desert. Scott has written a great review of Riders of the Purple Sage, a novel I had abandoned because of its anti-Mormonism. Ron commented that Heritage of the Desert provides a more

Zane Grey came from a distinguished family, however this was way back during the Revolutionary War, his ancestors fought well and bravely , brought glory... His birthplace Zanesville, Ohio named after them, yet they were unremarkable financially speaking, his father a dentist and he too ...for a sho

I have always been interested in reading a Zane Grey book, and someone said this one of his had a dog in it. The dog doesn't really had a big part in the book, but still enjoyed the book. The main thing about his writing is his vivid colorful dramatic style of writing. I will add some quotes so you

There is a diversity of characters and cultures described in this book, which make the story a fascinating read. Animal heroes in this book include: Silvermane, a larger than life wild mustang stallion; Black Bolly, a mustang mare; Wolf, a Samoyed dog; and Noddle the burro. [Utah: Southern Utah, Sal

“August Naab’s oasis was an oval valley, level as a floor, green with leaf and white with blossom, enclosed by a circle of colossal cliffs of vivid vermilion hue. At its western curve the Colorado River split the red walls from north to south. When the wind was west a sullen roar, remote as of some

Without a doubt Silver Mane, a wild mustang desert stallion, is the hero of The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey. This seriocomic narrative takes place on the desolate plains of southern Utah in the mid-1870’s. Sheep and beef dominate the high western plains and water is the only drawback. As in

Great classic western by the guy who practically invented the genre. The Log of the Cowboy, by Andy Adams, and The Virginian, by Owen Wister, maybe came out first, but it's Zane Grey whose books have everything we think of as belonging to a western, and there's not many westerns written today who do

Good read

Ageless story makes one want to sleep under the stars. Zane Grey causes one to relive history. Read and enjoy

I appreciate that the local Navajo Indians in this Western were all portrayed as friendly to a gentle Mormon rancher. The romance that was woven into this water rights and cattle rustling story was between the main character and the adopted daughter (half American Indian / half Spanish) of the ranch