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| Author | Zane Grey |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Western novel |
| Publisher | Five Star (US hardback) |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 313 p (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0-7862-0627-6 (hc) |
| OCLC | 33817611 |
| 813/.52 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3513.R6545 L26 1996 |
Last of the Duanes is a 1914 novel by Zane Grey.
Last of the Duanes is the original version of The Lone Star Ranger . Originally written in 1913, it was rejected by Munsey's Magazine as too violent. In the meantime, Grey wrote and published another manuscript titled Rangers of the Lone Star early in 1914; later that year, Grey sold the original story to The Argosy. Publishers combined the two serials into The Lone Star Ranger , the first of Grey's works to top a best-seller list. [1]
In 1996, Last of the Duanes was published in its original form.
Buckley "Buck" Duane is the son of a famous Texas gunslinger, a fact that brings him almost nothing but trouble. Duane shoots a man who threatens him and flees his hometown of Wellston to avoid the law. Mixing with outlaws while on the run, he clings desperately to the last of his principles until he rescues a girl named Jennie from the hands of an outlaw king. However, he loses her shortly after the escape and then begins to wander aimlessly, desperation growing as the worth of life slips away.
Three years into his life on the run, he begins to hear of a Texas Ranger captain who seeks to meet him. After running in with vigilante posses of homesteaders and nearly being lynched in a town he'd never been for a murder he didn't commit, he finally seeks out the ranger captain to discover he is wanted to infiltrate and break up an elusive gang of cattle rustlers in exchange for a pardon from the governor.
The story primarily takes place in the historical region of the Nueces Strip in South Texas, following Buck's fleeing from his hometown.
The later portion of the novel is set around the Big Bend Country geographical region, with the author noting Mount Ord to be home to Cheseldine's outlaw den.
The coming of law and order on the American frontier leads to a clash of values as the very self-sufficiency of the frontiersmen leads them to break the law. Once broken, the outlaw starts a downward spiral that erodes his humanity as he runs from a harsh justice to an even harsher frontier filled with desperate men. Grey delves into the life of the gunman, examining what makes them dangerous both to themselves and to those around them.
The Zane Grey novel was adopted into a film four times. The first was a 1919 silent film adaptation starring William Farnum, followed by a 1924 adaptation with Tom Mix, a 1930 adaptation starring George O'Brien, and a 1941 adaptation featuring George Montgomery.
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