Tonto Basin [Paperback]

Zane Grey (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: DORCHESTER PUBLISHIN (February 1, 2006)
• ASIN: B000K1YRGM
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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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.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

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Raymond Edwards (HAMILTON ALABAMA) - See all my reviews
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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.