The Shepherd of Guadaloupe.: FIRST EDITION WITH PERSONAL INSCRIPTION TO HIS SON
by Zane Grey
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- Hardcover
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- first
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Zane Grey. The Shepherd of Guadaloupe. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1930. First edition in color pictorial dust jacket. Blue textured cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in yellow onto upper board and spine. Illustrated endpapers. 335 [5] pp. With a publisher's brochure laid in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Grey being published by Harper. Small rub mark to top of pages, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Warm personal inscription in his characteristic purple ink to Grey's youngest son: "July 12, 1930 / To Loren / with the hope that / he will be a real author / in the same time this / book marks my years / of authorship. / Dad / Zane Grey" His son Loren would have been 15 at the time this book was published. Loren eventually published a number of novels, but after a bit more time than his father hoped here.
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This is perhaps the finest of the Zane Grey "war novels" dealing with the treatment the returning, injured war veterans faced at the end of WW1. Cliff Forrest is his name, and he embodied what Zane Grey saw in the unfair treatment of the crippled soldier who survived the war. Forrest believes he is to die, and the only thing he wants is to make it home to New Mexico before he dies. Virginia Lundeen, the daughter of the man who hated and hindered Forrest's father and who had encroached and settled on Forrest property and began a "feud", sees Cliff's plight. She knows of the injustice done to his family by her father and decides to fight with Cliff to restore the property and to win his heart. This is a poignant love story of a man who only dares to dream of such a woman as Virginia because he knows he is about to die; and the passion of a woman who encourages him and tries her best in every way possible to see he does not die. The Shepherd of Guadaloupe is a masterpiece of romantic, historical fiction any lover of that genre should want to read. Don't let the name Zane Grey drive you away because you think of him as a "western" author. I encourage you to get this book and enjoy the pleasure of reading a great, great book.
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- Bookseller
- WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20623
- Title
- The Shepherd of Guadaloupe.
- Author
- Zane Grey
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Western Americana Cowboys Ranch Cattle
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