Majesty's Rancho

In this the sequel to The Light of Western Stars written twenty years earlier, we are introduced to Madge Stewart, the daughter of Gene Stewart and Madeline Hammond, the hero and heroine of The Light of Western Stars. She is a fun-loving, "modern" girl that trouble always seems to find, and Lance Sidway, an ex-Hollywood hopeful because of his great horse, Umpqua; he himself shied away from being an actor, and he hated doubling for the "handsome Apollos" of the silver screen. This novel has gangsters and kidnappers, and cattle thieves who use trucks--just like those good old Gene Autry movies I love to watch. Is the book dated? Yes, somewhat, by the exaggerated slang Zane Grey uses, and for which in later years he was harshly criticized, but overall this is a good book, a very readable one, an enjoyable time with the written word as only Zane Grey can produce.