Under The Tonto Rim

Description

**Zane Grey - A Novel by (Collection)** Pearl Zane Grey **(January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939)** was an **American author and dentist** 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, his books have 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.**---Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia**

Description

Young welfare worker among the settlers in the southwest and her love for a wild-bee hunter.---LCCatalog Lucy Watson, a young schoolteacher, is appointed welfare instructor in a community of isolated backwoods folk. She quickly overcomes their fears, and achieves popularity by the practical results of her work. She is especially successful with a strong, uncouth bee-hunter. Zane Grey's handling of these primitive characters is robust and understanding.---Goodreads Lucy Watson leaves home when she finishes her schooling and joins a pioneer community in the Old West. She is appointed welfare instructor of isolated backwoods folk. She quickly overcomes their fears, and achieves popularity by the practical results of her work. She is especially successful with a strong, uncouth bee-hunter.---WorldCat Lovely Lucy Watson takes a job as a state welfare worker and travels to distant Cedar Ridge to help primitive backwoods families improve their lives. But amid the strapping hunters and uncouth drinkers, Lucy realizes that the life most likely to change is her own.---LibraryThing LibraryThing Member (Jul 27, 2008) MrsLee (4 of 4 Stars): Although this is written as fiction, it is easy to tell that the author lived here and loved it. The descriptions of the forest never get old and you can feel yourself there. This is like reading an adult version of Little House on the Prairie. I was expecting a Western novel, and it is that, meaning it takes place in the west, Northern Arizona, to be specific. It is not so much about cowboys. A young woman has it in her heart to do good and leaves on a mission of social welfare, employed by the state, to go into the wilderness and teach the backwoods people how to be civilized. Little does she expect that they will change her in more ways than she knows. This could read like a romance, but it is so much more, filled with information about the pioneering days of Arizona, the conflict of "civilizing" people and "improving" them, the way we can hide the truth from ourselves and hurt others in the process. The protagonist, Lucy, would almost be annoying except for her willingness to examine herself and change and grow. There are honest portrayals of men in here too. Some bad, and some really fine men. I really enjoyed this story, can you tell?

Subjects

Series Statement

• Zane Grey Books and Stories

Other Editions

• Zane Grey - (A Novel by): The Man Of The ForestHardcoverHarper & Brothers Publshers1920-01-01
• Under The Tonto RimHardcoverGrosset & Dunlap1926
• Zane GreyHardcoverGrosset & Dunlap Publishers1920-01-01
• Zane Grey - (A Novel by)HardcoverThe Musson Book Company, Ltd.1921-01-01
• Tappan's BurroHardcoverGrosset & Dunlap Publishers, by arrangement with Harper & Brothers1923-01-01
• BARCELONAHardcoverThe MUSSON Book Company Ltd.1937-01-01
• Desert GoldHardcoverGrosset & Dunlap Publishers1941-01-01