Publisher's Synopsis
Heart of the Sunset is a Western novel written by Rex E. Beach. The story is set in the early 1900s in the American West and follows the life of a young cowboy named Gene Stewart. Gene is a tough and determined man who has spent his whole life working on his family's ranch in Arizona. When his father dies, Gene inherits the ranch and must learn to run it on his own.However, Gene's life takes a dramatic turn when he meets a beautiful woman named Helen. Helen is from the East and has come to the West to start a new life. Gene and Helen fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the fact that Helen is already engaged to another man.As Gene struggles to keep his ranch afloat and win Helen's heart, he must also contend with a group of ruthless cattle rustlers who are determined to steal his livestock. With the help of his loyal friends and his own grit and determination, Gene fights to protect his land and the woman he loves.Heart of the Sunset is a classic Western tale that explores themes of love, loyalty, and the rugged beauty of the American West. Beach's vivid descriptions of the landscape and his authentic portrayal of cowboy life make this novel a must-read for fans of the genre.1915. With frontispiece by M. Stockton Mulford. Rex Beach was well on his way to becoming a lawyer when he was hit by Gold Rush Fever and left for the Klondike to strike it rich. He never found gold, but his travels had sparked his imagination and he began to write. His tales of adventures quickly made him into a popular author. Heart of the Sunset begins: A fitful breeze played among the mesquite bushes. The naked earth, where it showed between the clumps of grass, was baked plaster hard. It burned like hot slag, and except for a panting lizard here and there, or a dust-gray jackrabbit, startled from its covert, nothing animate stirred upon its face. High and motionless in the blinding sky a buzzard poised; long-tailed Mexican crows among the thorny branches creaked and whistled, choked and rattled, snored and grunted; a dove mourned inconsolably, and out of the air issued metallic insect cries-the direction whence they came as unascertainable as their source was hidden. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.