Cowboys -- Fiction; Montana -- Fiction; Ranch life -- Fiction; Western stories
In this vivid story the author has captured the breezy charm of
"Cattleland," and brings to us the turbid life of the frontier with
all its engaging dash and vigor. It is the kind of book one reads at a
sitting far into the night.
A young woman, fresh from the conventional East, drives her motor car
into an absorbing adventure which is the first of a series of dramatic
events that tread upon each other's heels and grow more intense and
thrilling from page to page.
The gallant vagabond, Ned Bannister, who enthralls the heroine's
fancy, against her will, is reputed to be a lawless desperado of the
worst type. Yet the reader joins with the wholly delightful young
heroine in yielding him full sympathy. How the mystery is solved to
the satisfaction of all is one of the pleasures that must be reserved
for a reading.
The characters each and all are drawn with masterly vigor and help
forward the swift movement of the plot.
_12mo. Illustrated. Cloth bound, $1.50._
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G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
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WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT
RIDGWAY OF MONTANA
BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
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"To-day I had it out with 'Ridgway.' I opened the book and I did not
lay it down till I had raced eagerly through it. I find it a story
with many elements of power in its treatment of plot and personality.
The men are all well-marked types. The women are all possible and
pleasant beings. The story gives dramatically the inner life of a
mining camp. The atmosphere of wild nature and primeval human passion
is well sustained. The exuberance of detail and suggestion, the easy
drawing of character, the fine massing of effects, all show a strength
and fire in the author which ought to give us a line of good books
from his pen in the coming days."
--EDWIN MARKHAM, in _The New York American_.
"Whatever else the reader of this novel may say, he certainly will be
forced to admit that it is highly interesting. Mr. Raine is not only
skillful in devising incidents which compel unwearied attention; he
also has the rarer and finer craftsmanship which enables him to create
characters that have a high degree of personal charm."--_Boston
Transcript_.
"A story engrossing all the way through."--_New York World_.
"It is a real pleasure to pick up a book like this one. To use an old
phrase, the story is one which can hardly be put down."
--_Minneapolis Tribune_.
"The action starts with the first line, and there is no suspension
until the last word is written. It is a story of thrilling situations,
busy people and stirring times. Once started to read it there is no
quitting the book."--_Denver Republican_.
"Full of action and written with remarkable vigor."
--_Charleston News and Courier_.
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