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To the Last Man

Zane Grey

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The story follows an ancient feud between two frontier families that is inflamed when one of the families takes up cattle rustling. The ranchers are led by Jean Isbel and, on the other side, Lee Jorth and his band of cattle rustlers. In the grip of a relentless code of loyalty to their own people, they fight the war of the Tonto Basin, desperately, doggedly, to the last man, neither side seeing the futility of it until it is too late. And in this volatile environment, young Jean finds himself hopelessly in love with a girl from whom he is separated by an impassable barrier. (Summary by Wikipedia)
in his mind. Then at an opportune moment he drew Jean away into the cedars out of sight.

"Son, I shore hate to make your home-comin' unhappy," he said, with evidence of agitation, "but so help me God I have to do it!"

"Dad, you called me Prodigal, an' I reckon you were right. I've shirked my duty to you. I'm ready now to make up for it," replied Jean, feelingly.

"Wal, wal, shore thats fine-spoken, my boy.... Let's set down heah an' have a long talk. First off, what did Jim Blaisdell tell you?"

Briefly Jean outlined the neighbor rancher's conversation. Then Jean recounted his experience with Colter and concluded with Blaisdell's reception of the sheepman's threat. If Jean expected to see his father rise up like a lion in his wrath he made a huge mistake. This news of Colter and his talk never struck even a spark from Gaston Isbel.

"Wal," he began, thoughtfully, "reckon there are only two points in Jim's talk I need touch on. There's shore goin' to be a Grass Valley war. An' Jim's idea of the cause of it seems to be pretty much the same as that of all the other cattlemen. It 'll go down a black blot on the history page of the Tonto Basin as a war between rival sheepmen an' cattlemen. Same old fight over water an' grass! ... Jean, my son, that is wrong. It 'll not be a war between sheepmen an' cattlemen. But a war of honest ranchers against rustlers maskin' as sheep-raisers! ... Mind you, I don't belittle the trouble between sheepmen an' cattlemen in Arizona. It's real an' it's vital an' it's serious. It 'll take law an' order to straighten out the grazin' question. Some day the government will keep sheep off of cattle ranges.... So get things right in your mind, my son. You can trust your dad to tell the absolute truth. In this fight that 'll wipe out some of the Isbels—maybe all of them—you're on the side of justice an' right. Knowin' that, a man c

Mark 09/19/2023
This book was pretty good, as all Zane Grey books are. I gave it 4 stars because I think it needed to be edited, both for length and consistency. It reads like he didn't complete it for some reason. I recommend it, though, for any western fan.
Tom 10/21/2022
What a surprising book! Heard of Zane Gray all my life, of course, but never read one of his books. Maybe the funky covers on most of them shied me away, or just never had one available. Whatever, I have a copy of this book printed in 1921. Inside the front is a list of 50 books already published by
Liz 12/02/2020
Always wanted to read Zane Grey, I've been a fan of Western movies since I could crawl, and this was offered along with my Audible subscription so why not?
Based on an actual feud and events that impacted Arizona history, this romance/action adventure tells the tale of the Jorths and the Isbells. Th
James (JD) 10/07/2019
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
mica 03/06/2019
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
Julia 05/16/2017
An adventure/romance set in the wilds of Arizona. A crisis builds between two feuding clans of ranchers and sheep-herders, that began years ago in Texas where the two fractious and antagonistic patriarchs grew up together. The action is non-stop as the tension increases, and the gorgeous natural env
Mike (the Paladin) 02/07/2011
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

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