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The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley

Author
Zane Grey
Language
English
Length
276 pages
ISBN
9781836102014
Published
8 January 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • frontier
  • Ohio Valley
  • settlers
  • romance
  • adventure
  • wilderness
  • survival
  • Native Americans
  • courage
  • pioneer life

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Description

Set in the Ohio Valley frontier, the novel follows Joe and Nell, two young settlers whose budding romance is tested by the dangers and hardships of early American life. Guided by the journal of Colonel Ebenezer Zane, they face wilderness perils, Native American encounters, and moral dilemmas. The opening introduces their adventurous spirits and the tension between love and duty, foreshadowing a tale of courage, survival, and frontier adventure.

Author

Zane Grey (1872–1939) was the great popular mythmaker of the American frontier — one of the first authors to turn adventure fiction into a national industry. Obsessed with the real West, he travelled widely through Arizona and Utah and brought back stories of outlaws, ranchers, gunmen, and the women and landscapes that shaped their fate.

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