Yaqui and Other Great Indian Stories

This book contains one of the most beloved Indian stories Zane Grey ever wrote. First published in 1920 in Country Gentleman it has always been a fan favorite. Captured and taken away from wife and family to become a slave far away from his mountain home and forced to live in the tropical lowlands of the Yucatan, Yaqui plots his escape and revenge on the man who did this to him--a young arrogant officer in the Mexican army named Perez. Perez means to break the Indian as well as obtain the land and the power of an aristocratic elite by marrying a powerful landowners' daughter. I won't tell you any more, you'll have to read it for yourself. The other stories in this collection are actually excerpts from other works. The story, Escape, comes from the novel Desert Gold; The Breaker of Wild Mustangs from The Heritage of the Desert; The Land of the Wild Musk-Ox from The Last of the Plainmen; and The Hogan of Nas Ta Bega from The Rainbow Trail. These excerpts, provided you have never read any Zane Grey novels, should provoke you to want to read the books from which they were taken; they are all among his best fiction written early in his career. The only other place I know where the story Yaqui can be found is in a short story collection called Tappan's Burro, another fine grouping of works. Enjoy.