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Readers drawn to the American West, sweeping landscapes, and unfolding romance will love this novel, as will those fascinated by life after the First World War.
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Would you trade silk gowns, fast cars, and a crowd of friends for a log cabin and a hog pen? Carley Burch, a rich young woman in New York just after the First World War, never asks herself that question at first. Then a letter arrives from her fiancé, Glenn Kilbourne, postmarked Flagstaff, Arizona.
The Call of the Canyon is a novel by Zane Grey, better known for his Westerns. It is a love story, and it is also an argument about how a person should live. You meet broken veterans, restless women, and the people who change Carley.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A strange letter sends Carley across AmericaFree
- 2Lolomi Lodge gives her kindness and a rival
- 3Glenn's cabin and a dinner cooked on the fire
- 4A hard ride to Deep Lake tests the tenderfoot
- 5The Painted Desert and the sheep dip
- 6Haze Ruff teaches her a hard lesson
- 7Hogs, anger, and a word Carley dreads
- 8New York cannot hold her any longer
- 9What the story says about work, women, and war
- 10How the story is told: voice, nature, and mood
Punkt 1 von 10
A strange letter sends Carley across America
Carley reads Glenn's letter on a cold April day in New York and cannot decide what it means. He says he loves her more than before, but that he is not coming back just yet. Those two words, just yet, bother her aunt Mary.
Glenn came home from France gassed and shell shocked, silent and haunted. On New Year's Day he announced that he was going West. Now he writes of red canyon walls and a silence he finds sweet. Carley feels a sudden, blazing wish to go and see him.
Aunt Mary tells her to go, and not to write ahead, so he cannot say not yet. The trip is a string of small shocks. The thin air gives her a nosebleed, and the stage to Oak Creek Canyon is a wagon pulled by ragged horses. At the end stands Lolomi Lodge, beautiful and terrifying. Carley plans to take Glenn home. Carley sets out to rescue Glenn, and the West begins at once to test her.
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- LengthAbout 70,300 words
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Questions about Der Ruf des Canyons
What is The Call of the Canyon about?
It follows Carley Burch, a wealthy New Yorker, who travels to Arizona to bring her fiancé Glenn Kilbourne home from the war's aftermath. Instead she finds him healed by outdoor work, and she is forced to question her own life.
Who are Glenn Kilbourne and Flo Hutter?
Glenn is a World War veteran, gassed and shell shocked, who regains his health on a ranch in Oak Creek Canyon. Flo is Tom Hutter's daughter; she sat with Glenn all night when he nearly died and remains close to him.
When was The Call of the Canyon written and is it a true story?
Zane Grey wrote it in the years after the First World War, and it explores the war's aftermath. The characters are invented, but it draws on real places such as Flagstaff, Oak Creek Canyon, and the Painted Desert.
Who is Haze Ruff?
Haze Ruff is a huge sheep slinger at the sheep camp who stares boldly at Carley. His blunt remarks about her white dress give her one of the sharpest lessons of the book.
What is the main message of the book?
Grey argues that honest work, nature, and loyalty are worth more than comfort and fashion. He suggests that devoted effort and a love that demands something in return can transform a person.
Cite this edition
Grey, Zane. The Call of the Canyon. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-call-of-the-canyon.
Grey, Z. (2026). The call of the canyon. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-call-of-the-canyon (Original work published 1924)
Grey, Zane. The Call of the Canyon. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-call-of-the-canyon.
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publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
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note = {First published 1924}
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