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The Drift Fence
by GREY, Zane
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1933. First Thus. First Printing. Publisher's code K-G. Octavo. (19.5cm); black cloth stamped in red on cover and spine; dustjacket; 314pp.; a few very minor bumps on the front board; spine ends gently nudged; about Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00); there are nicks along the edges, mostly at the spine ends and tears at the folds; a Very Good jacket.
Drift Fence was made into the 1936 American film directed by Otho Lovering. The film is also known as Texas Desperadoes.
"Although he doesn't know cattle or cowboys, Missourian Jim Traft finds himself as the foreman of a tough Arizona outfit tasked with fencing a hundred miles of open cattle range. But Traft faces a community that stands to suffer because of this new drift fence, and he must walk a fine line in order to honor his uncle's business while not incurring the wrath of longtime residents. The Drift Fence shows how this tender young man struggles to overcome the odds he faces and ultimately wins over the heart of the beautiful young lass, Molly Dunn." AHEARN APG, 058a.
Drift Fence was made into the 1936 American film directed by Otho Lovering. The film is also known as Texas Desperadoes.
"Although he doesn't know cattle or cowboys, Missourian Jim Traft finds himself as the foreman of a tough Arizona outfit tasked with fencing a hundred miles of open cattle range. But Traft faces a community that stands to suffer because of this new drift fence, and he must walk a fine line in order to honor his uncle's business while not incurring the wrath of longtime residents. The Drift Fence shows how this tender young man struggles to overcome the odds he faces and ultimately wins over the heart of the beautiful young lass, Molly Dunn." AHEARN APG, 058a.
Reviews
On Feb 1 2021, a reader said:
This novel and its companion work, The Hash Knife Outfit, need to be read together to get the full effect of what Zane Grey was trying to depict. Be sure to read this one first. This is another Tonto Basin story, based in fact, told with the excitement and language inflictions only Zane Grey could tell. The embodiment of the story is this: Jim Traft had never been west. He didn't know cattle. But his uncle makes him foreman of the Diamond ranch. Molly Dunn, the sister of the fastest gunfighter in the Tonto, Slinger Dunn, who by the way, threatens to hang Jim Traft's hide on the drift fence being built, falls in love with Jim. This is their story, of how Jim Traft earned the respect of his cowboys, fought to save the ranch from rustlers, and win Molly Dunn. I highly recommend it.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52675
- Title
- The Drift Fence
- Author
- GREY, Zane
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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