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Autograph manuscript in pencil by Zane Grey for his unpublished story "Loose Bridles," totaling 100 single-sided pages, 8 x 12, titled at the head and blindstamped "Zane Grey." The story begins: "All the way west to Reno Katherine Hempstead had a growing realization that her desire to save her mother from disgrace might develop a far-reaching good for herself. The journey had been a revelation. She belonged to the eastern class who preferred to travel abroad rather than discover their own country. The great plains, the grand Rockies, the glorious desert had charmed and fascinated Katherine, and finally had awakened in her a strange longing. Had she really ever known what it meant to be free, alone, self-sufficient? Her mother's ridiculous affair with the fortune-hunting Leroyd had shocked Katherine out of her gay devotion to amusement, and had driven her post-haste across the continent to try to prevent the impending Hempstead divorce and scandal. Long gazing from a Pullman window through saddened and thoughtful eyes had worked upon her the alchemy of wonder and discontent." Grey makes numerous corrections and amendments throughout. In fine condition. A fantastic original manuscript by one of the master storytellers of the Old West.
