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The Rainbow Trail (Riders of the Purple Sage) Kindle Edition

by Zane Grey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,603 ratings
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A disillusioned minister searches the Utah desert for a girl who went missing years ago in this sequel to western classic Riders of the Purple Sage.

With Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey invented the western literary form. His timeless novel tells the tale of a mysterious gunman named Lassiter and a Mormon woman named Jane Withersteen, who risk everything to escape the tyranny of a polygamist Mormon minister. Together with a little girl named Fay Larkin, they trap themselves behind a boulder in the lush but secluded Surprise Valley.

Ten years later, a disillusioned minister named John Shefford comes looking for Surprise Valley—and Fay. Though his faith in God is shaken, he refuses to lose hope that she can be saved. But as the trail leads Shefford to a secret Mormon village, he begins to wonder—even if he does find her—who she has become.
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    Open Road Media
  5. Publication date
    May 12, 2020
  6. File size
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"Poignant in its emotional qualities."
--The New York Times

About the Author

Zane Grey® (18721939), born in Ohio, was practicing dentistry in New York when he and his wife published his first novel. Grey presented the West as a moral battleground in which his characters are destroyed because of their inability to change or are redeemed through a final confrontation with their past. The man whose name is synonymous with Westerns made his first trip west in 1907 at age thirty-five. More than 130 films have been based on his work.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0885XB23B
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media (May 12, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 12, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3232 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 241 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0BN277CVF
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,603 ratings

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
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Joyce Metzger
5.0 out of 5 stars Wild Valley
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2013
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Zane Grey was always a very descriptive writer. In fact, pages concerning only one aspect of the sky, desert, or people is not unusual for this prolific author. The Four Corners area, and it's mystique, has always fascinated and piqued my interest. The Navajo rode and dominated the desert. The Hopi were farmers who eventually died out, or as many believe, were assimilated into other tribes. Many legends about the "old ones" still circulate.
We enjoy the characters of Jane and Lassiter, and the defrocked minister who needs to forgive himself before he can reach out for religious assurance. The village of Cottonwoods was destroyed by Mormons. Amber Springs was also gone. Venters and the gunman Lassiter became involved in a quarrel between Jane Withersteen and the Mormon Church.
Jane had adopted a beautiful Gentile child named Fay Larkin. The breach between Jane and the Mormons came because of her interest in Gentiles. Venters found a strange girl that he married. He got away, but the others were driven into the canyon. Lassiter rolled the balancing rock, effectively closing the narrow outlet forever. This sealed the wild valley where Fay Larkin would have bloomed into womanhood
The efficacious accomplishment of description by Grey assures the reader, as if, they had been awarded a new expandable eye-opener. The noticeable extravaganza displays his camera-like eye, and, his accuracy of penmanship. The story plot is essential, but Zane Grey's finesse is unmistakable.
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hardy martin
4.0 out of 5 stars The magnificent country in Rainbow Trail
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2021
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I read this for pleasure. I have read several other works by Zane Grey. The terrain descriptions are magnificent. You feel you are there riding along being mesmerized by the beauty of God's country. The story was, as always, engaging and memorable. I would suggest reading Riders of the Purple Sage first, another truly memorable story. Cathy Martin
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ProfDH1
5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating and Epic characters of the old Southwest
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015
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This is a story about a young man who has lost his soul but yet tries to regain some hope for the future by following a dream shared by one who escaped the ruthless, rugged and terrors of the Southwest with a beautiful maiden that becomes his wife. This man's dream is to go back and rescue a young child that has growing into her late teens with her family and experience the beauty of the canyon shared by the storyteller. He experiences untold trials and almost looses his life in the process of trying to rescue the family from renegade Indians, robbers, cattle and horse thieves and religious bigots with multiple wives. He is helped along the way by a friendly Mormon, traders and a wise Navajo Indian. The author, Zane Grey, gives a vivid panoramic view of the mountains, meadows full of wildlife and challenges faced in the desert to survive. The book was difficult to put down and enjoyable to read and I highly recommend this book to others.
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Amazon Customer Mildred Luker
5.0 out of 5 stars Surrendering tale of life and following your dreams in it.
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2015
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Great novel companion to Riders of the Purple Sage...the rest of the story and the man and his friends who brought it to life...hardships, beauty and trials of nature....a study of an old religion kept alive by a dying generation of determined aged men. The art of deception and the innocence of youth. The discovery of a man's true worth at the depths of his soul..which surprised even him. The unlikely friends one could find in this desert wilderness and the enemies for no reason it brought forth. A man grown yet still a work in progress as to God and his purpose. A bit long in descriptions and steam of conscious writing...popular at that time..yet very informative and draws the reader into the surroundings and the emotions of the moments. A good read at a good price...I speed read over long passages and linger over expressive ones. The hopes will be yours before the story ends.
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PTA45
3.0 out of 5 stars Purple Prose from the Purple Sage
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2020
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This is the sequel to the renowned Riders of the Purple Sage. A great adventure with a very happy ending. However, the sections of the book are quite lengthy, perhaps because the story was serialized for pulp fiction. So be prepared to flip through many pages on your way to to a worthwhile destination.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's like a vacation
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2023
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The West. This book evokes all of the beautiful and vast landscape of the West and its people, a place of hallowed tradition of the Navajo and a world on which justice prevails.
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Moyra D Hills
5.0 out of 5 stars The understanding of the area people and history
Reviewed in Canada on March 3, 2022
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The author is very descriptive about something he knows and loves
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m j garfield
5.0 out of 5 stars The Rainbow Trail.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2023
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Superb Action Thriller; Clearly Paints A Picture Of A Story Line To Follow.
Vividly Described Mix Of Characters.
Good Thoughtful Read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Samboneius
Reviewed in Canada on February 17, 2017
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Brought to give as gift, arrived on time and completely satisfied.
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ELSBERT J.
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2015
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a very good book
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xray
5.0 out of 5 stars Take yourself to a place that will show you who you are, if not read Zane Grey's wonderful stories.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2021
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This is the second Zane Grey that I have read, they are extraordinary in that they take you right there with them on their trip.
Don't hesitate read them you will be rewarded.
E.S.
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