Project Gutenberg 2004-11-03 Public domain in the USA. 298 Grey, Zane 1872 1939 Gray, Zane Gray, Pearl Zane The Mysterious Rider Produced by Rick Niles, Charlie Kirschner and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. “The Mysterious Rider” by Zane Grey is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers on the complexities of love and identity within the backdrop of the Colorado wilderness. The main character, a girl named Columbine, grapples with her mysterious origins and the impending return of Jack Belllounds, the son of her guardian, Bill Belllounds, who plans for them to marry, despite her uncertainty about Jack and an unrecognized connection to Wilson Moore, a cowboy and her childhood friend. At the start of the novel, Columbine returns to a scenic bluff overlooking her ranch, reflecting on the mystery surrounding her origins and her life in the care of Bill Bellounds. As she reminisces, Jack Belllounds is announced to be returning home after years away, and Bill reveals to Columbine that she is not his biological child but was found as a baby in the wilderness. Faced with this revelation, Columbine is torn between her loyalty to Bill and her feelings toward Jack, whom she does not love. In the midst of this emotional turmoil, Wilson Moore, a cowboy who has harbored feelings for Columbine, appears, complicating her situation further as tension builds between him and Jack. This opening sets up a rich tapestry of relationships, secrets, and the struggles of choosing one's destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Western stories American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Western Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 592939 589171 2024-09-06T09:34:04.596155 2023-10-06T11:06:45.595377 text/html text/html 583416 2020-12-18T13:52:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1216955 2020-12-18T13:52:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1075739 2024-09-06T09:34:12.563106 application/epub+zip 1085550 2024-09-06T09:34:05.588155 application/epub+zip 333194 2024-09-06T09:34:05.052122 application/epub+zip 1258787 2024-09-06T09:34:17.990050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1225303 2024-09-06T09:34:11.945132 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477533 2022-09-07T13:38:13.634864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563224 563142 2024-09-06T09:34:02.820210 2023-10-06T11:06:43.881353 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 563099 2020-12-18T13:52:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 218733 2020-12-18T13:52:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 563090 2020-12-18T13:52:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218717 2020-12-18T13:52:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20965 2024-09-06T09:34:18.135053 application/rdf+xml 23362 2024-09-06T09:34:05.216148 image/jpeg 3481 2024-09-06T09:34:05.130128 image/jpeg 1218102 2024-09-06T09:34:04.666171 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia