Five Star First Edition Westerns - Tonto Basin [Hardcover]

Zane Grey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1594140502 | ISBN-13: 978-1594140501 | Edition: 1

Since 1921, this story has existed only in a highly censored version known as To the Last Man. Here is Zane Grey's splendid and wonderful novel of the longstanding feud between the Jorths and the Isbels. For Jean Isbel the savagery of this conflict is complicated by falling in love with Ellen Jorth. Ellen is also torn between loyalty to her father, the hatred for anyone named Isbel with which she has grown up, and that she, too, is in love. At last, this incredible story of tragedy, romance, historical realism, and hope can be read as Zane Grey originally wrote it.

Zane Grey™ continues to be one of the bestselling Western writers of all time with a record 108 motion pictures based on his work. He was born Pearl Zane Gray at Zanesville, Ohio, in 1872. Grey's early novels were serialized in pulp magazines but by 1918 he had graduated to the slick magazine market. His first Western, Heritage of the Desert, was self-published in 1910.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Grey's manuscript was heavily edited to meet the standards of the time, but this reprint restores the text to its original form. Even those Grey fans, and there still are many, who read earlier, edited versions might want to give this unexpurgated edition a shot because of its more detailed plot and fuller characterization."
-- Library Journal (December 2003) (Library Journal )

Product Details

• Hardcover: 330 pages
• Publisher: Five Star; 1 edition (January 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594140502
• ISBN-13: 978-1594140501
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,429,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Understanding Family, March 18, 2005

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palegreenhorse "palegreenhorse" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five Star First Edition Westerns - Tonto Basin (Hardcover)

Having never read the censored version I cannot compare to this new edtion.

However, I reccommend this book as a good read on family and loyalty. Sometimes it seems that there are two situations in which families with not so great histories are explored: 1. the child breaks free and leads a pretty good life or 2. the child becomes the parents. This story leans a bit more toward 1 than two but still shows how much family means even if the family is imperfect.

The writing is simple and yet alluring. I enjoyed the setting and the characters too.

4.0 out of 5 stars To The Last Man: A Family Feud, February 19, 2012

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Charles Wheeler "Traditional Westerns Forever" (The Hills of Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tonto Basin (Leisure Historical Fiction) (Mass Market Paperback)

The Graham-Tewskbury feud on which this story is based is as legendary out West as the Hatfield-McCoy feud is back East. Zane Grey, of course, adds his own twist to the facts, but over-all this is probably the most accurate accounting there will ever be, as Zane Grey was able to talk to old-timers who were still living and had gone through the feud. The one scene with the hogs is the one most readers will never forget, and is based on fact. The "Romeo and Juliet" part is consistent with other romances written by Grey, and has to be in the story line to make it historical romance, which is what he considered himself to be writing---not westerns! In fact, the word, or term, "western" was not even coined until around 1930. By then Zane Grey had been writing this kind of stories for 20 years. We do an injustice to him when we say, "oh, the writer of westerns" when his name is mentioned. Tonto Basin is worth reading, and owning, without a doubt.

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1.0 out of 5 stars RAYMOND EDWARDS, February 8, 2010

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This review is from: Tonto Basin (Leisure Historical Fiction) (Mass Market Paperback)

I WOULD RATHER BE READING LOUIE L'AMOUR, COMPTON , JOHNSTONE, OR COTTON. I PURCHASED 12 AT SAME TIME, HAVE READ ONE IN 2 MONTHS. GREY CANNOT HOLD YOU TO THE BOOK AND KEEP ON READING TO ME AS L'AMOUR DOES. I COULD READ 6 OR MORE OF ABOVE MENTIONED PER MONTH. TO ME PERSONALLY I CANNOT GET INTO GREY START OF BOOKS ARE TOO DRAWN OUT AND CANNOT GET THAT HOLD ON YOU THAT MAKES YOU NOT WANT TO PUT BOOK DOWN, IN HIS TIME BEFORE OTHERS HE WAS PROABLY OK BECAUSE THATS ABOUT ALL THERE WAS OF HIS KIND OF STORIES, BUT GIVE ME LOUIE L'AMOUR ANY DAY.