To the Last Man
The Battle of the Alamo

Long ago, just two weeks into a marriage that has so far lasted 25 years, I moved to Arizona, settling near Globe. We spent the next four years exploring. One Saturday we drove towards Lake Roosevelt, crossed the Salt River and climbed the Mogollon Rim. (One memory I have of this drive is stopping f......more

I had read this book before, a good long time ago, and, even then, I remember it being problematic in the way that literally every Hollywood western is problematic (sorry, the genre is kind of rotten to the core, I think there are things that could genuinely change that, but, eh, convince me I'm wro......more

Based on the true story of the Pleasant Valley War in Arizona, this novel is both romantic and tragic as two families allow their greed to destroy everything they had worked for. The war took place in Gila County, primarily, from 1882–1892. Zane Grey changed the names of the people involved and fict......more

This would for me be a 3.5 book (ah could we but give half stars). I don't rate it a 4 above as I didn't enjoy/like it as much as I have most to all of the books I rate 4 point... After all beyond that all that's left is a full 5. The book is much more of a romance than I look for. It reminds me tha......more

My second Zane Grey novel. This one was a really cool story. Full of forbidden love and a western feud that is bloody. The characters are all interesting and I enjoyed this story. The language is well written for a western story, especially dealing with romance. Not much of a surprise how this one p......more