The Border Legion - Couverture souple

Grey, Zane

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1589630068 ISBN 13 : 9781589630062

Editeur : Fredonia Books (NL), 2001

Synopsis

Jim Cleve a été considéré comme « un bon gars » toute sa vie et cela l'agite sans fin. Même sa petite amie, Joan Randle l'a méprisé pour cette « faiblesse » criant : « Vous n'avez pas en vous même d'être mauvais ! » Abandonné et blessé, Jim abandonne la vie qu'il a connue pour les camps d'extraction d'or le long de Alder Gulch dans le sud du Montana. C'est ici, parmi les voleurs et les meurtriers, qu'il doit se faire un nouveau nom.

Pendant ce temps, Joan réalise le danger qu'elle a mis Jim et se précipite pour le sauver. Cependant, quand elle tombe sur le chef de gang impitoyable desperado, Jack Kells, c'est bientôt Joan qui a besoin de sauvetage. Lorsque Kells essaie de la violer, Joan attrape son arme et lui tire dessus. Mais quelque chose empêche Joan de le laisser mourir. Face à l'esprit d'amour de Joan, Kells fait l'expérience de son propre changement de cœur.

Mais trop tard, le gang de hors-la-loi Kells arrive et garde Joan en otage. Ainsi commence les aventures de la légion frontalière des bandits itinérants, de la luxure et de la cupidité. Avec la recherche d'une nouvelle identité, le dilemme moral de Jack et la lutte pour la liberté de Joan, cette histoire passionnante dépeint le thème épique de la lutte continue de l'homme entre le bien et le mal.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American dentist and author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the commercial success of his printed works, they had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and television productions. His novels and short stories have been adapted into 112 films, two television episodes, and a television series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater. Pearl Zane Grey was born January 31, 1872, in Zanesville, Ohio. His birth name may have originated from newspaper descriptions of Queen Victoria's mourning clothes as "pearl grey". He was the fourth of five children born to Alice "Allie" Josephine Zane, whose English Quaker immigrant ancestor Robert Zane came to the North American colonies in 1673, and her husband, Lewis M. Gray, a dentist. His family changed the spelling of their last name to "Grey" after his birth. Later Grey dropped Pearl and used Zane as his first name. He grew up in Zanesville, a city founded by his maternal great-grandfather Ebenezer Zane, an American Revolutionary War patriot, and from an early age, he was intrigued by history. Grey developed interests in fishing, baseball, and writing, all of which contributed to his writing success. His first three novels recounted the heroism of ancestors who fought in the American Revolutionary War. As a child, Grey frequently engaged in violent brawls, despite (or because of) his father's punishing him with severe beatings. Though irascible and antisocial like his father, Grey was supported by a loving mother and found a father substitute. Muddy Miser was an old man who approved of Grey's love of fishing and writing, and who talked about the advantages of an unconventional life. Despite warnings by Grey's father to steer clear of Miser, the boy spent much time during five formative years in the company of the old man. Grey was an avid reader of adventure stories such as Robinson Crusoe and the Leatherstocking Tales, as well as dime novels featuring Buffalo Bill and "Deadwood Dick". He was enthralled by and crudely copied the great illustrators Howard Pyle and Frederic Remington.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Jack Kells was a remorseless killer, head of a gang that ravaged the southern border. He didn't think twice before he kidnapped pretty Joan Randle on a lonesome Idaho trail. His cold eyes filled her with fear, but her goodness made something happen deep within him. Bad as he was, he knew he had to keep Joan safe from desperados far worse than he. Kells had a price on his head and on his heels. Now loving this woman could cost him his life...or it could make him a hero in this wild, dangerous land.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fredonia Books (NL)
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1589630068
• ISBN 13: 9781589630062
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible