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THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER

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THE MYSTERIOUS RIDER is western novel by the American author and dentist, ZANE GREY, first published by HARPER AND BROTHERS in 1921. It was adapted in 1938 for the film of the same name. It’s the story of a man's return to a place from which he had once been exiled. A return that is an opportunity for redemption-or revenge. It is also a tale of secrets, in the present, and in a past that will not stay dead. The female protagonist, a girl named Columbine, is concerned with her origin and the upcoming return of Jack Belllounds, the son of her guardian, Bill Belllounds, who plans for her to marry Jack., She is conflicted by an unrecognized connection to Wilson Moore, a cowboy and her childhood friend. Bill tells Columbine that she is not his biological child but was found abandoned in the wilderness. Faced with this revelation, Columbine is torn between her loyalty to Bill and her feelings toward Jack, whom she doesn’t love. In the midst of this emotional turmoil, Wilson Moore, a cowboy who has harbored feelings for Columbine, appears, complicating her situation further.

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