The Lone Star Ranger
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| Author | Zane Grey |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Western novel |
| Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date | 1915 |
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| Pages | 241 |
The Lone Star Ranger is a Western novel published by Zane Grey in 1915. The book takes place in Texas, the Lone Star State, and several main characters are Texan outlaws. It follows the life of Buck Duane, a man who becomes an outlaw and then redeems himself in the eyes of the law.
The novel was dedicated to the Texas Ranger John Hughes.[1]
Plot introduction
Buck Duane is the son of a famous outlaw. Though an outlaw is not always a criminal, if the Rangers say he is an outlaw, it's just as bad – he's a hunted man. After killing a man in self-defense, Duane is forced to 'go on the dodge'. Duane turns up at an outlaw's hideout, still revolting at the idea of outlawry. Worse still, all the men he kills haunt him, for years. At the outlaw hideout, he meets a kidnapped, beautiful young woman and desires to see her free.
In the second part of the book, Duane joins the Rangers, who want him to help to clear the frontier of major cattle rustlers and bank robbers, in return for the governor's pardon of his illegal deeds.
Characters
- Buckley "Buck" Duane – The main protagonist. A young, gunslinging outlaw with a good heart who never kills an innocent man.
- Luke Stevens - A friendly outlaw who befriends Buck shortly after he is forced to flee his hometown.
- Bland - an outlaw gang leader who runs a large cattle rustling operation out of a lawless community in a valley.
- Kate Bland - the cruel wife of Bland.
- Euchre – an aged outlaw who takes in Buck following his arrival at Bland's community.
- Jennie - a girl held captive by the Blands.
- "Jackrabbit" Benson - a wanted criminal who runs a taproom within Bland's community.
- Chess Alloway - an outlaw lieutenant in Bland's gang.
- Hardin - an outlaw gang leader who leads a gang of cattle rustlers.
- Cheselidine - an elusive outlaw chief.
- Rodney Brown - an unscrupulous and vindictive cattle rustler.
- King Fisher - a prominent outlaw gang leader with a reputation.
- MacNelly – a Texas Ranger captain who seeks out Buck.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The novel has been adapted at least four times to film:
- The Lone Star Ranger (1919 film), American silent film western directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring William Farnum
- The Lone Star Ranger (1923 film), American silent film western directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Tom Mix
- The Lone Star Ranger (1930 film), American western film directed by A.F. Erickson and starring George O'Brien
- Lone Star Ranger, a 1942 American western film directed by James Tinling and starring John Kimbrough
Comic book
In 1949, Dell Comics published a comic book adaptation called "The Ranger" in Four Color #255, written by Gaylord Du Bois.
See also
- Last of the Duanes
References
- ^ G. Kimball, Arthur (1993). Ace of Hearts: The Westerns of Zane Grey. TCU Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780875651217.
External links
The Lone Star Ranger public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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Zane Grey
- The Spirit of the Border (1906)
- Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
- Last of the Duanes (1914)
- The Lone Star Ranger (1914)
- The Rainbow Trail (1915)
- The Border Legion (1916)
- Man of the Forest (1920)
- Tonto Basin (1921)
- To the Last Man (1921)
- The Day of the Beast (1922)
- The Call of the Canyon (1924)
- Under the Tonto Rim (1925)
- Forlorn River (1927)
- Nevada (1928)
- Code of the West (1925 film)
- Born to the West (1926 film)
- Tales of Tahitian Waters (1931 short story collection)
- King of the Royal Mounted (1935 comics series)
- White Death (1936 film)
- Zane Grey Cabin
- Zane Grey Estate
- Zane Grey Highline Trail 50 Mile Run
- Zane Grey Museum
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