30,000 on the Hoof
by Grey, Zane
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0722140444
- ISBN 13
- 9780722140444
- Seller
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Georgetown, South Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sphere Books, 1973. wear cover edges, slight crease to spine and front cover, otherwise book clean and tight.. Reprint. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Reviews
On Apr 9 2020, a reader said:
I must admit when I first read this book many years ago there were many questions left unanswered, and several ambiguities one had to try to figure out or rationalize for yourself--like the parentage of one of the sons. And the fact of having the "adopted" daughter learn she is adopted and having feelings for one of her brothers is not so far-fetched in a land of few women in comparison to men, although for many this smacks of incest. The over-all story is the story of a woman telling the struggles of a pioneer family, but the title is not justified, and rather misleading, although that is the husband's goal in life to run a herd of 30,000 head on his ranch. Originally Zane Grey had titled his manuscript, The Frontier Wife. Zane Grey wrote many of his books from the woman's viewpoint; undoubtedly the reason so many of them were published in the "women's magazines" of the day. His readership was MORE than half women. Perhaps, this is not the best Zane Grey book, but it does display all of his qualities as a writer--great descriptions of landscape, fascinating characters, demanding situations consistent with life, and the celebration of family as a cohesive unit. Traditional values to be sure. One could only wish more writers would try to emulate Zane Grey. There is a re-stored version of this book published as ZG wrote it following his hand written manuscript titled Woman of the Frontier and theses re-stored books only add to his mystique and legendary status as the greatest 'western' novelist of all time. Buy this one or it and enjoy it for what it is, not analyze it. Besides these Walter J. Black editions will last a life time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Laura Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016271
- Title
- 30,000 on the Hoof
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0722140444
- ISBN 13
- 9780722140444
- Publisher
- Sphere Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Western Grey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western;
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About the Seller
Laura Books
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Georgetown, South Australia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...