1 Chapter 1majestic opening with Chane and Nokin viewing WHM from
commanding height - |
1 2 ..." The Indian had the solemn look of one whose confidence had not been well received." ... "There awoke in Chane then something of abandon to what he had always longed for--a wild freedom without work or restraint our will other than his own wandering fancies." 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "They called themselves Jim Horn, Hod Slack, and Bud McPherson— names that in this wilderness did not mean anything." 10 "... He had become a lone hunter, a wanderer of the wild range, and it was not likely that he could settle down to the humdrum toil of a farmer or cattle- man. ... " 11 ... "Chane endured a bitter hour of reflection and self- 12 analysis." 13 14 15 |
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I am making the connection within the past
half-hour between WHM and PCT in that they both developed
around this powerful geographical area !!! 1 2 Does ZG mean "...one whom people did not believe."- I am changing my understanding about confidence in the Toddy Nokin - it just refers to Chane’s change - this is explained further on this page, a good example of text deriving meaning from context - I love Nokin's "slow, sweeping gesture ... ' - ¶ on Chane's care for Chess, his brother BUT this expeerience is embedded within ZGs larger description of this moment in Chane's life following Nokin's survey of the vast WHM , this ""above - resonates with William Blake’s romantic instinct as stated “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom...You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.” ― William Blake, Proverbs of Hell 3 Chane Weymer & family story - Toddy's concern for his daughter - goes back to camp leaving Chane to reflect on why he has scaled the heights of Wild Horse Mesa 4 interlaced scenic description of land, weather, time of ending day with Cs reflections on what all draws him here 5 continuation - Cs descent, return to traditional half-circle campfire scene 6 description of the 3 - suspicions of Manerube - Ms squaw remark to snickers 7 argument over Sosie 8 C gives orders to pack out as argument escalated with warning NOT to contact Sosie 9 C then leaves the men - beds down at a distance - "...dissatisfaction with his life... " 10 Cs worries about these 3 men - elaboration of Cs dissatisfactions 11 his further reflections on relationships with women and self-image 12 variation on classic bipolar conflict of love vs honor 13 breakfast - men talk focusing on C packing guns 14 C analyzes McPherson - deep as sea - M joins for breakfast and apologizes to C 15 conflicts over what to do for the day - dissension from M by McPherson - "break was imminent." |
2 Chapter 2a lot about Cs horse, Brutus, their ride and Cs
continuing thinking about Brutus, returns to camp, then
goes to find M at hogan, talks w Sosie, then with Indians
about the horses, then back to encounter M who is w Sosie
- C has a serious fight - frees Sosie to father's
scolding |
20 21 22 23 24 25 "Chane discovered McPherson and his two comrades in camp, but Manerube was not in sight." 26 “I’ll beat him to Toddy’s hogan,” interrupted Chane, leaping on Brutus. 27 "...at Chane’s approach, and the shepherd dogs barked viciously." 28 29 30 "Chane found his mission rather embarrassing, as it had not occurred to him that Sosie would prefer the company of a bad white man to the best Indian her father could present. ..." 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 |
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3 Chapter 3Sue Melberne described - The families, Melbernes & Loughbridges, Sue, Ora, ... the cowhands - the female rivalry - Sue, Chess aka "Boy Blue" and the anticipated Chane - Sue's awakening amorous interest and sexual drive |
43 44 45 46 47 48 “I refuse to call out that cowboy slogan,” announced Mrs. Melberae, cheerfully, “but I say come to supper.” 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 |
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4 Chapter 4lots of camp members interaction flirting, female and
Male Rivalry Manerube re-enters the story (after appearing
in Chs 1&2) and lies about Chane as squaw man |
62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 |
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62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 |
5 Chapter 5rounding up horses with Chane, Toddy Nokin, the Piutes - Cs experience w Brutus |
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 |
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90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 |
6 Chapter 6Horn, McPherson & gang shoot at Piute band and C -
bloody horse and gun fight - C escapes with gang on his
trail - 124: Panquitch - the chapter ends with C
reflecting on the day - see in text box |
He made his bed in the lee of a rock, and
tying Brutus with his lasso he lay down. What amazing Wild Horse Mesa 129 good fortune had been his ! He thought of the horse thieves and of his miraculous escape. The cold night wind swept mournfully down this bench; the colossal black wall loomed back of him; white stars burned through the blue sky. Wild-horse hunter though he was, and with the secret of Panquitch revealed, Chane thought last of Brutus, and prayed he could get him safely across the barren land. |
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7 Chapter 7Melberne&Loughbridge band hunt horses, return to camp
downcast, see that Chane has camped down and was asleep |
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8 Chapter 8
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9 Chapter 9
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10 Chapter 10........................ - closes with end of first phase
of barbed-wire roundup - Chane's comment (see in text box) |
223 ... Chane last bent a curious look upon Melberne. This was where the Texan must be judged. The leader of the outfit showed nothing of the feeling that characterized Loughbridge. He was weary,and heavy on his feet. “Well, Melberne, what do you think of your barbed-wire drive?’ demanded Chane, in a voice full of scorn and curiosity. Melberne turned to disclose a gray face and gleaming eyes. He seemed another man. Savagely he cursed, and gave Chane no intelligible reply. Bu this profanity was expressive enough. It took the edge off Chane’s bitterness, as he replied: “Man, the worst is yet to come.” |
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11 Chapter 11
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12 Chapter 12
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13 Chapter 13
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14 Chapter 14................... begins with end of round-up season
(see text box) - features Sue and Chess tracking Chane as
Chane seeks Panquitch - ends with C,C, and Sue seeing
Panquitch |
201 October ended, but Indian summer still
lingered down under the zigzag walls of Wild Horse Mesa. |
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15 Chapter 15Climactic chapter featuring Chane catching Panquitch, Sue
catching Chane |
311 CHANE rode Brutus down the dark-walled
portal rocky into the maze of the canyon country. This he meant to be the first of an exhaustive exploration of every possible place that could be an exit or egress of the wild horses to and from Wild Horse Mesa; yet, as it was by no means uncertain that he might not meet Panquitch at any time, he was prepared for such momentous event. ... 316 From the far side of them Panquitch appeared, trotting with long strides, something in his leonine beauty Wild Horse Mesa 317 and wildness, his tawny black-maned beauty, striking Chane as half horse and half lion. 322 Wild Horse Mesa The stallion saw Brutus and his rider—the swinging rope. Intothedarkwildeyescameaterrorthatdis- tendedthem. Asoundlikeahorridscreamescaped him. Heplungedtoturn. Hisheadcameout. Then Chane cast the lasso. It hissed and spread, and the loop, like a snake, cracked over Panquitch, under his chin and behind his ears. One powerful sweep of Ghane’s arm tightened that noose. “Whoopee!” yelled Chane, with all the power of his lungs. “He’s roped! He’s roped! Panquitch!—Oh —^ho!ho! He’sours,Brutus,oldboy. Afterhim,old !” boy Panquitch plunged back, pounding the water, and as Chane held hard on the lasso the stallion went under, Chane clacked the rope, and urged Brutus off the rocks. Pandemonium had begun round that corner of wall. As Brutus soused in, and lung ... 329 Ghane became aware that Sue had come quite close to him. “Let me do it,” she said, taking the scarf. And without looking up she began to bind his injured hand. She was earnest about it, but not at all deft. Her fingerstrembled, Chane,gazingdownuponher,saw moresignsofagitation. Underthegoldbrownofher skin showed a pearly pallor; the veins were swelling onherroundneck. Hernearness,andtheunmistak- able evidences of her distress and excitement, shifted the current of Chane’s mind. How momentous this day ! What was the vague portent that beat for en- trance to his consciousness? Sue finished binding his hand, and then she looked up into his face, not, it seemed, without effort. She was strained with the exertion and excitement of this adventure. Butwouldthathaveaccountedforasubtle difference in her? “There’s a cut on your temple,” she said, and unty- ing her own scarf she began to fold it in a narrow band. Her blouse was unbuttoned at the neck, now exposing the line where the gold tan met the white of her swell- ingbosom. “Bendyourhead,”sheadded. Chane did as he was bidden, conscious of mounting sensations. The soft gentle touch of her hands sud- denly inflamed him with a desire to seize them, to kiss diem, to press them against his aching heart. Stern repression did not, however, on this occasion, bring victory. HehadnotimetothinL Itwaslikebeing ... 330 Chane felt as helpless in her slight hand as Panquitch now was in his. |
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322 Wild Horse Mesa CHANE ROPES PANQUITCH
!!! 329 LARRY'S REMEMBERED PASSAGE !!! 331 Sue asks Chane to let Panquitch free ... 335 THE BIGGEST HORSE TRADE: PANQUITCH FOR SUE 338 Chane & Sue free Panquitch |
16 Chapter 16Climactic chapter featuring gunfight and salvation by
Piutes |
341 CHANE strode up the canyon as one in a
dream, leading Brutus, with Sue in the saddle. From time to time he looked back to see if she were a reality. Her dark eyes shone, her lips were parted. There was a smile on her face, an exquisite light, a spirit that must be the love she had confessed. Life had become immeasurably full and sweet for him. Chess had passed from every manner of congratula- tion, boastfulness as to his bringing about this match, delight in Chane’s good fortune, back to his, former despair at the loss of Panquitch. “Now you two have each other, you don’t care for nothing,” he growled, with finality, and forged on ahead to leave them alone. |
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17 Chapter 17Melberne&Loughbridge band anti-climactic debriefing
and immediate future plans - Sue and C see Panquitch
rejoin herd and head for WHM ... concluding symbolism |
..... 365 ... - “ ... But these thoughts are beautiful ... you are pan Quidditch and I am wild horse mesa.” |
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Zane Grey, Wild Horse Mesa and the Kaiparowitz Plateau
by Dr. Kevin Blake, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Kansas State
University
https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2097/35790/Zane%20Grey%2C%20Wild%20Horse%20Mesa%2C%20and%20Kaiparowits%20Plateau.pdf?sequence=1
Wild Horse Mesa
Thread starter Desertrat Start date Apr 14, 2014
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https://backcountrypost.com/threads/wild-horse-mesa.3050/
Aerial Video of the Little Wild Horse Mesa near the San Rafael
Reef in Utah (with the Mavic Pro)
Aerial Video of the Little Wild Horse Mesa near the San Rafael
Reef ...
http://www.landscapeimagery.com/bell.html
Real Estate page containing good description of area:
http://www.wildhorsemesacolorado.com/
and good Googlle satellite aerial map:
http://www.wildhorsemesacolorado.com/images/Wild_Horse_Mesa.jpg
GoodReads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/121226.Wild_Horse_Mesa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Horse_Mesa
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https://www.zgws.org/
Westerns in General
Get list of best western writers -
http://leegoldberg.com/10-favorite-western-authors/ in which
specific discussion of ZG compared:
- Good grief, how could you not include Louis L’Amour and Zane
Grey?
LG- There are a few Louis L’Amours that I’ve really enjoyed, but
for the most part, he leaves me cold with flat story-telling and
one-dimensional characters. Never got much into Zane Grey, either
- Agree re both Grey and L’Amour. I could never read them, either.
- Zane Grey has very few good books although I’ve read them all. I
have NO DOUBT that most are the product of his wife since they are
cheesy women’s perspective romance novels. Grey’s BEST work I
believe is the Last Of The Plainsman and that is one of the few of
his that I own to reread every now and then.
Louis L’Amour are all great reads but the characters are a bit
formulaic. What I like is that his characters are mostly from a
male perspective and give a romantic but realistic perspective of
the West. You can tell that L’Amour did historical research and
incorporates some survival techniques. By far his best works are
the Sackett series since they cover a very wide range of the
development of America.
- The Western story is compelling for me in a way that other
genres are not. It may because a lot of the conflict comes from
“man against nature.” Characters in westerns suffer from the
environment in ways that just don’t happen in urban stories, where
they drive cars, pull up to the drive-thru for a latte, and go to
air-conditioned offices. My favorite sub-genre is “the pioneer
story” and I’ve read several non-fiction books on it. In Canada,
from 1896 to 1911, under the Laurier government, the west was
settled, meaning Saskatchewan and Alberta. Homesteaders had to
sail in crowded ships from Liverpool, spend up to 13 days on cold
train cars, land in Saskatoon and get a horse and cart and tools
together, settle their land claim, build a sod house, plough ten
acres, plant potatoes and try to get work during the winter. It’s
just more compelling than “boy meets girl at McD’s.”
- I’m from Italy and I’ve read about 1400 western novels originals
or Italian Translations. I know that the lists aren’t exhaustive,
but you can’t forget the followings: the late G.D. Shirreffs (a
personal friend of mine), James Warner Bellah (John Ford’s Cavalry
trilogy) Charles Marquis Warren (novelist and film maker) W.r.
Burnett (Saint Johnson, Mi Amigo, Adobe Walls) Chad Oliver (the
Wolf is my brother) Elmer M. Parsons (Fargo) Ernest Haycox and
Luke Short, Clair Huffaker, Bud Shrake.
Last but not least with only a novel, but a masterwork in my
opinion, T.C. Lewellen with the “Ruthless Gun” a novel that all
the aficionados should read on time in a life at least (till now
my score is five times)
Probably your bloggers will wonder about Louis l’Amour: Well, I
don’t like him very much except his first novel “Hondo” truly a
masterpiece in the genre.
Greetings from Italy with my compliments for your good job.
Tiziano.
- Larry McMurtry? Really? Really? But I guess that sort does
translate well to current TV.
He has very little skill as an author as far as I’m concerned and
well below L’Amour. He conveys virtually no knowledge of history
and his work is flat and barely entertaining. I’ve found I really
don’t even CARE about his characters.
I just finished the 4 Berrybender Narratives and consider them
pure garbage! I should have quit while ahead and not even bothered
after 50 pages in. McMurtry seems to have a rather unhealthy
fascination with rape, murder, dismemberment and torture in those
novels. He should really seek some psychiatric help as far as I’m
concerned.
- What about; ‘The Last Frontier’; by Howard Fast; ‘Little Big
Man’; by Thomas Berger; ‘Mountain Man’; by Vardis Fisher; ‘From
Sea to Shining Sea’; by James Alexander Thom; ‘Wolf Song’; by
Harvey Fergusson; and ‘Tough Trip Through Paradise’; by Andrew
Garcia; (also include;’The Big Sky’; by A.B.Guthrie Jr.)
- Interesting list. Gives me some ideas in regard to future
reading.
I know I’m late to this discussion, but I’m surprised how little
attention Elmer Kelton gets.Who do Western writers themselves
love? Well, let’s put it this way… Kelton was awarded 8 Spur
Awards (Western Writers of America), 3 Western Heritage Awards,
was the first recipient of the Lone Star Award for Lifetime
Achievement from the Larry McMurtry Center for Arts and
Humanities, and was named him the greatest Western writer of all
time by the Western Writers of America.
I have thought several times, when finishing a Kelton book,
“Someone needs to make this into a film!” The only one that
actually was, “The Good Old Boys,” was Tommy Lee Jones’s
directorial debut and I was disappointed by the outcome. To
Tommy’s defense, I think my expectations were way too high, since
I’m such a Kelton fan.
___________________________________________
- see also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Western_fiction_authors and
https://earlybirdbooks.com/12-best-western-books-time and
https://www.ranker.com/list/western-fiction-authors/walter-graves
and
https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2013/10/my-favorite-western-authors.html?spref=tw
list of western fiction styles and genres: esp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_(genre)
then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_fiction
for larger framework of fiction genres:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genres and
http://www.dummies.com/education/language-arts/creative-writing/exploring-the-different-types-of-fiction/
and
- also:
https://writerswrite.co.za/the-17-most-popular-genres-in-fiction-and-why-they-matter/
and
http://thewriterspot.weebly.com/getting-into-genre/getting-into-genre-westerns
⁃ also film and TV westerns -
my favorite:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longmire_(TV_series)
then:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_westerns_on_television
see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondo_(film)
⁃
- also
http://jeffarnoldblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/monte-walsh-by-jack-schaefer.html
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy
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see at https://www.loc.gov/search/?in=&q=wild+horse+mesa&new=true&st=COLLECTION
Zane Grey
papers, Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
Chiefly drafts of Grey's novels including Arizona Ames (1932);
Fighting Caravans (1929); Forlorn River: A Romance (1927); The
Lost Wagon Train (1936); Raiders of Spanish Peaks (1938); The U.P.
Trail: A Novel (1918); and Wild Horse Mesa (1928). Also includes
play scripts by Grey, several letters by Grey along with
typewritten transcriptions of the letters, and a poem written by
Ivy Houtz Woolley in...
Contributor: Grey, Zane
- Woolley, Ivy Houtz
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from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Horse_Mesa_(1925_film)
Wild Horse Mesa is a 1925 American Western silent film directed by
George B. Seitz and starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery, Sr., Billie
Dove, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Based on the novel Wild Horse
Mesa by Zane Grey, the film is about a rancher who, desperate for
money, decides to trap and sell wild horses using barbed wire. The
local Navajo tribe tries to persuade him not to do it. The film
was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount
Pictures. Wild Horse Mesa was filmed on location in Colorado.
Prints of the film have survived.
Cast
Jack Holt as Chane Weymer
Noah Beery, Sr. as Bud McPherson
Billie Dove as Sue Melberne
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
George Magrill as Bert Manerube
George Irving as Lige Melberne
Edith Yorke as Grandma Melberne
Bernard Siegel as Toddy Nokin
Margaret Morris as Sosie
Gary Cooper as Cowboy (uncredited)
Read more at
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/wild-horse-mesa-v117044#tM10UJEKeXI5C9Zy.99
Synopsis by Hans J. Wollstein
Square-jawed Jack Holt and ornery Noah
Beery were the stars of Paramount's popular Zane
Grey adaptations. Their best efforts were probably their
first two films, the epic Wanderer of the
Wasteland and North of 36 (both in 1924). Although
lesser in scope, Wild Horse Mesa was filmed on
breathtaking locations in Colorado and featured a herd of
beautiful wild horses. Holt plays Chayne Weymer, who is
obsessed with capturing Panguitch, king of the wild stallions. He
is opposed to the local ranchers' use of barbed wire, and an epic
fight ensues. Wild Horse Mesa is best known today for
featuring a brief performance by Gary Cooper, who also
appeared, again very briefly, in Paramount's
following Grey Western, The Enchanted
Hill (1926)
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from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Horse_Mesa_(1932_film)
Based on the novel Wild Horse Mesa by Zane Grey, the film is about
an Arizona rancher who goes after a gang that is trapping and
catching wild horses using barbed-wire enclosures. Wild Horse Mesa
is a remake of the 1925 Paramount silent film of the same name.
Cast
Randolph Scott as Chane Weymer
Sally Blane as Sandy Melberne
Fred Kohler as Rand
Lucille La Verne as Ma Melberne
Charley Grapewin as Sam Bass
James Bush as Bent Weymer
Jim Thorpe as Indian Chief
George "Gabby" Hayes as Slack
Buddy Roosevelt as Horn
E.H. Calvert as Sheriff
see also: https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/1079
Zane Grey's novel was serialized in Country
Gentleman magazine, beginning 24 Apr 1924. According to the
copyright synopsis, "Rand" kills "Bent" just before he is killed
by "Panquitch." Neither the viewed film nor the script, however,
suggests that "Bent" is killed, although he does not reappear at
the end of the film. According to copyright records, the film was
shot on location near Flagstaff, AZ, and used 350 Navajo Indians
as extras. Paramount previously made an adaptation of Grey's novel
in 1925, which was directed by George B. Seitz and starred Jack
Holt and Noah Beery (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films,
1921-30 ; F2.6371). RKO produced a third adaptation in 1947,
directed by Wallace A. Grissell and starring Tim Holt (son of Jack
Holt) and Nan Leslie (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films,
941-50 ).
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from http://www.tvguide.com/movies/wild-horse-mesa/122864/
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Wild Horse Mesa is a 1947 American Western film directed by
Wallace Grissell and starring Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, and Richard
Martin, written by Norman Houston based on the novel of the same
name by Zane Grey.
It was the eighth and last of a series of Zane Grey novels filmed
by RKO. The book had been previously filmed in 1925 (starring
Holt's father) and 1933.
Plot
Two cowboys go to work for a rancher and his beautiful daughter.
Together they search for wild horses. When they find the horses, a
rival rancher offers to purchase them, but during the transaction
he murders the good rancher. The rival rancher is soon killed by
one of his own men, and he in turn is killed by the wild horse who
is the leader of the herd.
Cast
Tim Holt as Dave Jordan
Nan Leslie as Sue Melhern
Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty
Tom Keene as Hod Slack
Jason Robards Sr. as Pop Melhern
Tony Barrett as Jim Horn
Harry Woods as Jay Olmstead
William Gould as Marshal Bradford
Robert Bray as Tex
Dick Foote as Rusty
Frank Yaconelli as Clemente
Production
The film was shot at RKO's backlot in Encino and at Lone Pine.
see also:
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/wild-horse-mesa-v117046#EXz18wLjJyOuoh4V.99
Synopsis by Hal Erickson
RKO Radio's "Zane Grey" western series came to an end with the
eighth entry, Wild Horse Mesa. Tim Holtstars as a cowboy who earns
his keep by rounding up wild mustangs. When his boss is murdered
after selling the horses, our hero and his Irish-Mexican sidekick
Chito Rafferty (Richard Martin) try to find out who's responsible.
It would spoil the viewer's fun to reveal the identity of the
killer, but it can be noted that the film's leading lady is the
lissome Nan Leslie. Wild Horse Mesa had been previously filmed in
1925 (with Tim Holt's father Jack), then again in 1933.
Characteristics
Keywords
bad-guy, cowboy, father, friendship, gangster, girlfriend,
good-guy, herd [group], hidden, horse, killing, Mexico, mountains,
outlaw [Western], selling, wild [undomesticated]
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TimeStamp Notes
2:25 Panquitch means 'smart devil'
Chane 1175
Weymer 124
Sosie 59
Piute 76
squaw 12
Sue 458
Manerube 320
McPherson 88
Brutus 281
Panquitch 153
While the traditional symbolism might identify
Panguitch, the stallion, with the male force and WHM with the
female principle, it is interesting how ZG ends the work with its
symmetrical opposite: “ ... But these thoughts are beautiful
... you are pan Quidditch and I am wild horse mesa.”
- This seems to me an interesting switching of masculine feminine
roles and complementarity in the making, an example of the
yin-yang ever interacting dynamically and symbiotically