Zane Grey

Shadow on the Trail (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The whistle of the Texas Pacific express train nerved Wade Holden to dare one more argument against the unplanned holdup and robbery his chief had undertaken. Standing there in the dark night under the trees with the misty rain blowing in his face and the horses restlessly creaking leather, Wade thought swiftly, realizing the peril in speaking ill of men Simm Bell chose as comrades for a job of banditry. "Listen, Simm," whispered Wade close to the ear of the lean dark outlaw beside him. "It's too sudden, this holdup. We've got the big bank job all ready." "I've a hunch," replied Bell, with the force of one who never brooked opposition. "We're ridin' through this country. Bad weather. Passed the towns at night. No one has seen us. Wade, I'll get you a bunch of money like pickin' it off bushes." "But these two strangers. We don't know them."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Librorium Editions
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9782385748043
• Artikelnr.: 71809854

Autorenporträt

Zane Grey was born on January 31, 1872, in Zanesville, Ohio. He was best known for his popular adventure novels and stories which presented an idealized image of the American frontier. The critically acclaimed Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) has become one of the bestselling and most popular books of all time. More than one hundred films, television episodes, and program series, including Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theater, have been based on his novels and short stories. He died on October 23, 1939, at his home in Altadena, California.