The Call Of The Canyon

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Inscribed on front free endpaper: Zane Grey" ; 7. Leon's Book Store Published: Very Good in Good dust jacket.

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Photographs; Small 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. First edition with that notice printed on the copyright page and the correct code of K-X. Photograph mounted on free endpaper showing an unidentified man who may be Grey himself, sitting high above a canyon which has been signed by Gray. The dust jacket is worn with small pieces missing and it has been mounted on a heavy paper. Book label of bookstore Gammel's of Austin, Texas on front pastedown.

A girl falls in love with teh West. Very Good in Good dust jacket Edition: Dust jacket unclipped; small nicks; short tears. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed on front free endpaper by Grey in purple ink.

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From Zane Grey's estate but lacking the blindstamp.. Signed by Author s. First Edition stated on the copyright page. This copy is neither personalized nor price-clipped. Jacket has a piece missing at the bottom corner of the front panel; chipping at the corners and spine ends; some tape on inside of dj..

Bookbid Rare Books Published: Ships with Tracking Number! May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. Glenn Kilbourne Lois Wilson Carley Burch Marjorie Daw Flo Hunter Noah Beery Haze Ruff Ricardo Cortez Larry Morrison Fred Huntley Tom Hutter Lillian Leighton Aunt Mary Tom London Eleanor Harmon Laura Anson Beatrice Lovell Charles Richards Roger Newton Ralph Yearsley Charlie Oatmeal Arthur Rankin Idlers who shirked in the War, or profited from it while men in trenches bled out their strength.

It gets pretty grim. Carly puts herself in the category as well. She is of the same cloth. She is damned by her lack of Western Virtue. She turns down several proposals. She variously tries to bury herself in visits, theater, activity, or shuts herself in, or visits wounded veterans in hospice. Carly finally becomes something of a pariah in society, because she is blunt about her 'lack of blindness' to the wasted potential of these men and women in her class. There are a number of long passages that happen in her mind, or in drawings rooms, that are thick with political rants and question.

Yep, this is no longer a romance. Except, there is an ending, back in Arizona. Carly finally throws over her life in NYC. She and her aunt convince each other they are going back to Glenn. Arrangements are made like lightning The romance flavor never really comes back, but it tries.

Not the best of Zane Grey, but truly fascinating for portrayal of the end of war and beginning of the twenties prohibition in America. Oct 08, Michael P. A prerequisite is a passion for the American Southwest I first went west from Detroit in My comments on my return were that everything looked dry, red and dead and you couldn't tell the people from the rocks. My next visit was and my wife and I returned every year for the next 19 years. Disability has kept me from returning. This book brought back every memory of those trips and several sub-stories to boot.

Don't miss a chance to read this. Which Carlyle are you? Nov 24, John rated it it was ok Shelves: I have read over 25 of his books and this was nothing like any of the others where the characters were concerned. He was his usual greatness when it came to describing the western landscape. I felt like he had written this to please his long gone Sunday school teacher. Sep 15, Keith A. A great read for lovers of the Red Rock country near Sedona This story by the great writer of Westerns kept me enthralled until the last page.

The descriptions of the area are wonderful. The growth in the heroine Carley is exciting. It's an old fashioned romance in the best sense of the word. Dec 09, Luisa rated it it was ok. Parts of it are very good and I kind of liked Carley's development in the sense that she did what she liked best but most is very dated, the picture painted of women is sexist and insulting to be honest and so is the view of society.

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I don't like romance novels anyway but there were time where I was tempted to get physically sick. Waste of time, unfortunately I stuck with it until the bitter end. Aug 16, Ernest Hogan rated it liked it. Back when the West was a place rather than a time. The story of a New York woman who finds out the World War One has made her fiance want to run a hog ranch in Arizona, sandwiched between a love letter to Oak Creek Canyon, and a rant against the modern world.

Nary a gunshot is fired. Dec 05, Tui Marion rated it really liked it. An antique book dealer sold me this book, after finding out that I was an Arizona Native. Obviously written by a man of those times: Mar 16, Joel Thimell rated it liked it Shelves: Although I love Zane Grey's books, this was not my favorite. There is not much action and he describes the battle for the soul of modern man more effectively in "The Shepherd of Guadaloupe" and "Majesty's Rancho.

A wonderful Western story This is a classic Zane Grey book, he did not disappoint. This was certiany well worth reading this western and the ending was a nice surprise. Jun 15, Kara rated it it was ok Shelves: For fiction genre class - Western audio. Nov 12, Nanette Kinslow rated it really liked it.

I have only recently discovered the novels of Zane Gray. I enjoyed this one very much. It's a thoughtful book about finding what is really important in life. I truly love a moral book. Mar 10, John Ayer rated it liked it. This is a book about a WW1 veteran who returns from the war with shell shock Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and becomes disgusted with the way society treats veterans WW1 vets were treated like Vietnam vets were.

They marched on Washington in and were chased out by horse cavalry led by Patton. That part of the story, vets handling how the country treated them was good. The "hero" goes out west, builds a small log cabin and begins raising pigs. Zane Grey romanticizes the life and blasts the immorality of the times.

The book is set in , but, it could have been set in when films like "The Wilderness Family" and TV like "Little House on the Prairie" were popular. It was a good read, and I am not going to spoil it for anyone by telling them the ending. How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways. Actually, I found the prose more lavender, but still problematic. One or both need to grow to be worthy of the other s. Grey do How do I hate thee? Grey does not plot this at all well. Give Grey credit for trying to hide it, but blame him for circling the drain for page after page after boring page before he gets there.

The basic assumption is there is only one proper way to live a life and those who make other choices deserve scorn. That idea deserves scorn, for there are many ways to have a worthwhile and fulfilling life that are not the one way promoted by this book. I hated this fucking book; I hate fucking Zane Grey, and I hate anybody who regards this book with anything other than the scorn it deserves.

Oct 14, Beaux Cooper rated it it was amazing. Escape into the depths of northern Arizona's canyons where realities change and spirits are healed. In the wake of the Great War Carley Burch finds herself dreaming of wedding bells and city life with her fiance, Glenn, in the wonderful metropolis of New York City. Carley is a dandy little gal, caught up in a superficial ego groomed for city life with an independent woman's purse.

If only Glenn felt the same way. Searching for meaning to his life and to his experiences in the war, Glenn leaves Ne Escape into the depths of northern Arizona's canyons where realities change and spirits are healed. Searching for meaning to his life and to his experiences in the war, Glenn leaves New York for the dusty, untamed lands of Arizona.

Can Carley convince him to come home or will Glenn be able to show her why she needs to stay? This was my introduction to Zane Grey, one which started a long lasting love affair of westerns. It also holds the title of being my favorite Zane Grey novel and for many reasons. The story alone is compelling, humorous, and relevant, however, my absolute favorite element of The Call of the Canyon is Grey's reference to what we now know as PTSD. When Glenn returns from the war and is expected to act happy-go-lucky like all the other young men who unlike him were able to dodge conscription because of wealthy fathers he suffers from a great depression which his doctor attributes to shell shock.

The end result is a decline in his overall health centralized in his lungs - the after-effect of being gassed while out in the field. Move to Arizona where the west is still a little wild, where he can build his strength in the dry, arid climate, and step away from the business of the city. Another favorite point is the main character, Carley's, transformation from a tease of a tart to a well rounded, insightful human being.

The Call of the Canyon

It's a transformation completely relevant to today's social climate as well as the mind games women play with men. As a whole, her experience has a way of acting as commentary on our own lives. It's just beautifully done. If you've never read a western I recommend starting with this one. There's adventure, love, humor, and life lessons.

The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey

Grey is masterful in describing the environs of Arizona, as is his way - the landscape acts as more than a backdrop, but rather a leading character in each of his novels. Not interested in westerns at all? Have you ever tried one? It's ok - drink the kool aide. Grey will take good care of you. Glenn came back from WWI changed. He still loves his fiancee Carley, but he is broken and sick. He goes out west to find peace, leaving Carley in NYC. After a year, Carley decides to go get him and bring him back. While in Arizona with Glenn, she is challenged and changed by the people and the lifestyle.

However, she hates it.

Can she convince Glenn to return to NYC with her or will she have to go home alone and single again? If she leaves, Flo a neighbor girl will definitely move in on Glenn and he'll be lost forever to another woman.

This heroine was both very modern and old-fashioned. She was not a shrinking violet and I liked that, especially when lots of old books tend to portray women as fainting, headachy, crying, sicklings. She had a character growth arc that made her more pleasant and considerate of others. The big point of the story is that it's important to be challenged, to contribute to the world, and maintain wholesome values. Some of the values she learned are considered old-fashioned today--especially the ones about having children, though they're inconvenient.

I, however, agree with that idea, so it wasn't so jarring to me as it might be to a feminist. The part of the story that I didn't enjoy was that a lot of the time it seemed the author was trying to say the only way to be a good person was to be a cowboy.

Having encountered and fought against this ideology for several years while living in a small farming and ranching community, I resented the idea that having grown up in a city, I did not know how to work.

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