Download or read book The Last Trail Ohio River Trilogy 3 written by Zane Grey and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Trail is a historical fiction work written by Zane Grey. It is the book III of the Ohio River Trilogy or frontier trilogy.
Download or read book The Ohio River Trilogy 3 written by Zane Grey and published by . This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life remains hazardous for the pioneers of the Ohio River settlements. Colonel Zane and Jonathan Zane with Lewis Wetzel-the Death Wind-maintain their vigilance and tenuous dominance over Fort Henry and the surrounding wilderness of the great forest. Still the savage Indians of the deep woods remain a constant danger-as do the white renegade bands who live among them. If these threats were not test enough a new danger has arisen and the blockhouse walls may not be enough to protect the pioneers. There is a traitor among them who puts them all at risk. This final volume of Zane Grey's Ohio River Trilogy is a gripping finale to a great series-another thrilling story of life and death on the early American frontier and a classic in the tradition of Drums Along the Mohawk. Volume 1 Betty Zane and volume 2 The Spirit of the Border are available in Leonaur editions now!
Download or read book The Last Trail written by Zane Grey and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A woman is kidnapped from Fort Henry by a band of renegades and hostile Ohio Valley Indians, and Lewis Wetzel and Jonathan Zane set out in pursuit, with little hope of survival."--Amazon.com
Download or read book The Ohio River Trilogy Betty Zane The Spirit of the Border The Last Trail written by Zane Grey and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Betty Zane" is a historical novel about Elizabeth "Betty" Zane McLaughlin Clark (1765-1823), a heroine of the Revolutionary War on the American frontier. The author Zane Grey is her great-grandnephew. "Spirit of the Border" is a historical novel based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It features the exploits of Lewis Wetzel, a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans and to the protection of nascent white settlements in that region. The story deals with the attempt by Moravian Church missionaries to Christianize Indians and how two brothers' lives take different paths upon their arrival on the border. A highly romanticized account, the novel is the second in a trilogy, the first of which is Betty Zane, Grey's first published work, and "The Last Trail", which focuses on the life of Jonathan Zane, Grey's ancestor. Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that were a basis for the Western genre in literature and the arts. With his veracity and emotional intensity, he connected with millions of readers worldwide, during peacetime and war, and inspired many Western writers who followed him. Grey was a major force in shaping the myths of the Old West; his books and stories were adapted into other media, such as film and TV productions. He was the author of more than 90 books, some published posthumously and/or based on serials originally published in magazines.
Download or read book Betty Zane written by Zane Grey and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fictional Telling of a Real Revolutionary War Heroine “But what can women do in times of war? They help, they cheer, they inspire, and if their cause is lost they must accept death or worse. Few women have the courage for self-destruction. "To the victor belong the spoils," and women have ever been the spoils of war.” ― Zane Grey, Betty Zane Betty Zane was a strong, young frontier woman living in a man's world. In this, Zane Grey's first novel, Betty and her brothers live in Fort Henry, West Virginia and are key figures in one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War.
Download or read book The Ohio River Trilogy 1 written by Zane Grey and published by . This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1782-the Ohio River settlements The land along the Ohio River is newly settled. Indomitable men and women-Col. Zane and his family, the McCollochs, Wetzel, the "Death Wind" Indian killer, among them-have hewn a life out of the frontier wilderness, building homesteads and farms around the stockade and blockhouse of Fort Henry. All about them is the seemingly impenetrable forest, haunt of white renegades and hostile Indian tribes-the Wyandots, Shawnees and Delawares. Soon the Americans will face new dangers. The British oppose the birth of an emergent nation and will stop at nothing-including harnessing the savagery of their Indian allies-to destroy it. This is a story of the deep woods, of abduction, escape and rescue, of the torture stake, of single combat, siege and bloody battle. The Ohio River Trilogy-a monumental chronicle of colonial pioneers in the spirit of Drums Along the Mohawk and The Last of the Mohicans. Volume 2 The Spirit of the Border and volume 3 The Last Trail are available in Leonaur editions now!
Download or read book That Dark and Bloody River written by Allan W. Eckert and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning author chronicles the settling of the Ohio River Valley, home to the defiant Shawnee Indians, who vow to defend their land against the seemingly unstoppable. They came on foot and by horseback, in wagons and on rafts, singly and by the score, restless, adventurous, enterprising, relentless, seeking a foothold on the future. European immigrants and American colonists, settlers and speculators, soldiers and missionaries, fugitives from justice and from despair—pioneers all, in the great and inexorable westward expansion defined at its heart by the majestic flow of the Ohio River. This is their story, a chronicle of monumental dimension, of resounding drama and impact set during a pivotal era in our history: the birth and growth of a nation. Drawing on a wealth of research, both scholarly and anecdotal—including letters, diaries, and journals of the era—Allan W. Eckert has delivered a landmark of historical authenticity, unprecedented in scope and detail.
Download or read book The Last Trail written by Zane Grey and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Zane and his mysterious companion, Wetzel, rescue lovely Helen Sheppard while searching for the murderous Legget band
Download or read book The Range Boss The Trail To Yesterday West 3 Westerns in One Edition written by Charles Alden Seltzer and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Range Boss – Ruth Harkness of Poughkeepsie is chosen to be the new owner of the Flying W ranch, by the decision of her uncle Bill. On her way to the West Ruth is saved from a mired buckboard by Rex Randerson, and she picks him to be her new range boss. Although Ruth is promised to another man, Rex falls in love with her and becomes her guardian. The Trail to Yesterday – Sheila Langford is a young woman from Albany who went on a journey to the West to find a Double R ranch that her stepfather bought. She got lost in a cold rainy night, only to be rescued by a brute stranger called simply Dakota, thus making an unusual bond between two completely different characters. West! – Josephine Hamilton is a New York City woman on a long journey to visit her friend Betty Lowson at her ranch. She never saw cowboys before, nor did she experienced the western style of living, so she was quite shocked when she met two of the toughest men around, "Satan" Lattimer and "Steel" Brannon. Each of them will influence her in certain way as she is about to sense the taste of the true West. Charles Alden Seltzer (1875-1942) was a prolific American author of western novels. He wrote his westerns from the experience of living on his uncle's ranch in New Mexico. Seltzer's best works include The Two-Gun Man, The Boss of the Lazy Y, Drag Harlan and West. Many of his novels were turned into Hollywood movies.
Download or read book Follow the River written by James Alexander Thom and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1986-11-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “It takes a rare individual not only to see that history can live, but also to make it live for others. James Thom has that gift.”—The Indianapolis News Mary Ingles was twenty-three, happily married, and pregnant with her third child when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement in 1755 and kidnapped her, leaving behind a bloody massacre. For months they held her captive. But nothing could imprison her spirit. With the rushing Ohio River as her guide, Mary Ingles walked one thousand miles through an untamed wilderness no white woman had ever seen. Her story lives on—extraordinary testimony to the indomitable strength of one pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her own people.
Download or read book The Spirit of the Border Illustrated written by Zane Grey and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spirit of the Border is an historical novel written by Zane Grey, first published in 1906. The novel is based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It features the exploits of Lewis Wetzel, a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans and to the protection of nascent white settlements in that region. The story deals with the attempt by Moravian Church missionaries to Christianize Indians and how two brothers' lives take different paths upon their arrival on the border. A highly romanticized account, the novel is the second in a trilogy, the first of which is Betty Zane, Grey's first published work, and The Last Trail, which focuses on the life of Jonathan Zane, Grey's ancestor.
Download or read book A Country Between written by Michael N. McConnell and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ohio Country in the eighteenth century was a zone of international strife, and the Delawares, Shawnees, Iroquois, and other natives who had taken refuge there were caught between the territorial ambitions of the French and British. A Country Between is unique in assuming the perspective of the Indians who struggled to maintain their autonomy in a geographical tinderbox.
Download or read book Biking Ohio s Rail Trails written by Shawn E. Richardson and published by Adventure Publications. This book was released on 2000-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable book for bikers, hikers, walkers, joggers and families who want to enjoy Ohio's trails. Book jacket.
Download or read book American Cowboy written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-03 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published for devotees of the cowboy and the West, American Cowboy covers all aspects of the Western lifestyle, delivering the best in entertainment, personalities, travel, rodeo action, human interest, art, poetry, fashion, food, horsemanship, history, and every other facet of Western culture. With stunning photography and you-are-there reportage, American Cowboy immerses readers in the cowboy life and the magic that is the great American West.
Download or read book Lady Long Rider written by Bernice Ende and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -
Download or read book The Ohio River Trilogy 2 written by Zane Grey and published by . This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the "Wind of Death" blows through the forest an Indian will die! Fort Henry still stands as a bastion for the settlers on the frontier along the Ohio River. More pioneers are now moving west to carve new lives out of the wilderness. Among them-the Wells sisters and the Downs brothers-are seized by the zeal to create a kingdom of peace for white man and Indian alike. Some fired the spirit of adventure in an untamed land. Lewis Wetzel, the Death Wind, still patrols the forest seeking hostile enemies-the warriors of fierce tribes, but also, now, the Girty brothers and their gang of white renegades are his quarry. This is an adventure of massacre, abduction, murder and battle on the early frontiers of an emergent America. Those who enjoyed The Northwest Passage and Drums Along the Mohawk will find much to satisfy them in these pages. Volume 1 Betty Zane and volume 3 The Last Trail are available in Leonaur editions now!
Download or read book The Zane Grey Frontier Trilogy written by Zane Grey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the last battle of the American Revolution, in which the heroine was a young, spunky, and beautiful frontier girl named Betty Zane.
