Tonto Basin (Leisure Historical Fiction) [Mass Market Paperback]

Zane Grey (Author)

Book Description

Series: Leisure Historical Fiction | Publication Date: February 2006

Written in 1921, this splendid novel existed for more than eighty years only in a profoundly censored version - To the Last Man - that undermined the truth of the characters and the authenticity of the story. Recently published as written, this incredible story of tragedy, romance, and hope amid the savage conflict between a family and a gang of cattle rustlers can at last be read as Zane Grey wrote it.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

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"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 ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 321 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (February 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 084395602X
• ISBN-13: 978-0843956023
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,312,414 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.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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.