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What if the law knows your name, but not the man you are?
Buck Duane carries his father's reputation before he makes a name of his own. The son of a feared Texas gunman, he lives beneath a shadow he cannot shake. When a violent clash leaves a man dead, Duane becomes a fugitive, forced into the outlaw country of the border.
In The Lone Star Ranger, Zane Grey follows Duane through gunfights, long rides, and hard country. Captain MacNelly of the Texas Rangers sees courage where others see only an outlaw. Jennie Lindsay gives Duane reason to hope for a better life. But can his choices count for more than the name that follows him?
What you’ll discover
- A name like a shadow Follow a young man whose father's deadly reputation shapes how strangers judge him.
- Flight across hard country Ride with Duane into the Texas borderlands, where the law no longer offers shelter.
- A captain who looks closer Meet MacNelly, a Ranger who sees a possible servant of justice in a fugitive.
- Hope beyond the gunfight Discover how Jennie Lindsay gives Duane a reason to imagine a better life.
- Character against reputation Explore whether a man's choices can speak louder than the stories told about him.
Who will love it
Readers who love Western adventure, gunfighters with a conscience, desert chases, and a growing romance will love this tale. It suits anyone who enjoys outlaw hideouts, the Texas Rangers, and a hero fighting his own nature.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A Gunfight Turns Buck Duane Into a Fugitive
- A Cheerful Outlaw Teaches Him the Border
- Bland's Hidden Valley Tests His Nerve
- Jennie Gives His Life a Purpose
- The Escape From the Rim Rock Costs Dearly
- Years of Flight and a Chase Through the Brakes
- A Ranger Captain Offers a Pardon
- The Town of Fairdale Hides a Secret
- Themes and Voice: Blood, Fear and Redemption
Who’s who
- Buck DuaneThe last of a gunfighting Texas family, he is forced into outlawry and wants to clear his name and find peace.
- EuchreA gray old outlaw and sourdough cook with a kind heart, he befriends Duane and risks his life to rescue a captive girl.
- JennieA lame, brave girl carried off by raiders, she holds on to hope until Duane promises to take her away.
- BlandThe red-bearded chief of the Rim Rock outlaw valley, he rules nearly a hundred men and threatens Jennie's safety.
- Captain MacNellyA shrewd Texas Ranger captain who offers Duane a pardon in exchange for a dangerous secret mission.
- Ray LongstrethThe dark-eyed daughter of Fairdale's mayor, she is brave and kind and thanks Duane after he protects her from a robber.
- Colonel LongstrethThe respected mayor and rancher of Fairdale, whose courtroom draws Duane's attention when he brings in a prisoner.
- PogginA tawny, cold-eyed gunman among the deadliest on the border, he serves the great outlaw chief.
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Il Ranger della Stella Solitaria
by Zane Grey · 1915
A young Texan with a gunfighter's blood kills in self-defense and becomes a hunted outlaw on the Rio Grande.
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What does it cost a man to be feared? Buck Duane, the last of an old Texas fighting family, kills one drunk cowboy in self-defense and has to flee his home.
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A Gunfight Turns Buck Duane Into a Fugitive
Buck Duane is twenty-three, the son of a feared gunman. His uncle Jim warns him that a drunk cowboy named Cal Bain is hunting him in the town of Wellston. Duane feels a strange fever rise in his blood and fears it more than any man.
He walks the empty main street and meets Bain. Duane draws in the underhand style his father taught him and fires twice. A gambler lays the ace of spades over the two bullet holes, and a bystander says like father, like son.
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What is The Lone Star Ranger about?
It follows Buck Duane, a young Texan forced to flee as an outlaw after a gunfight. He lives among border gangs, rescues a captive girl, and later takes a pardon in return for secret ranger work against a mysterious outlaw chief.
Who is Cheseldine in The Lone Star Ranger?
Cheseldine is the legendary leader of the biggest rustling and robbery gang in the Big Bend country. Almost nobody has seen him, and Duane's mission as a ranger is to find out who he really is.
Is The Lone Star Ranger a true story?
It is fiction, inspired by stories Zane Grey heard from Texas Rangers on the Rio Grande. Grey says he freely retells Ranger Coffee's account of Buck Duane, using his imagination to shape the story.
The author
Zane Grey
1872–1939 · American Western novelist
Zane Grey (1872–1939) was an American novelist born in Zanesville, Ohio. He worked as a dentist before becoming a writer. He wrote Western novels, including Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) and The Rainbow Trail (1915). He later lived in Altadena, California, where he died in 1939.
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