Zane Grey & August Nemo 
7 best short stories by Zane Grey 

Grey’s novels however denigrated by critics as empurpled froths of ‘virgins, villains and varmints’ were only part of the allure that fixed his name in the hearts of millions of Americans. Zane Grey was a self-made model of rugged rural virtue overimbued with what the critic Heywood Broun acidly called ‘the sanity, the strength and the wholesomeness’ of his novels; a teetotaler opposed to the ‘jiggle and toddle and wiggle’ of jazz-age dancing; and a staunch champion of clean outdoor living and hard work and righteous, simple codes of conduct. The New York Times This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:Amber’s Mirage The Ranger Don: The Story Of A Lion Dog The Wolf Tracker Lure of the River A Missouri Schoolmarm Monty Price’s Nightingale

Circa l’autore

Zane Grey [1872-1939] is the best-selling Western author of all time. His work shaped perceptions of the American West and cemented the archetypes and myths of the Western genre. Grey was famously prolific, publishing nearly ninety books in print sixty of which are Westerns in over twenty languages. His novels and short stories have been directly adapted into 112 films, and indirectly influenced many more genre films.