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Zane Grey의 "The Lone Star Ranger"는 1915년에 출판된 서부 소설입니다. 이 작품은 텍사스 주를 배경으로 하며, 무법자에서 텍사스 레인저로 변모하는 한 남자의 이야기를 그리고 있습니다.

소설의 주인공 Buck Duane은 자기방어로 인한 살인 사건 후 도망자가 됩니다. 그는 텍사스-멕시코 국경 지대의 무법 지대로 도피하여 무법자들 사이에서 살아갑니다. 하지만 그는 자신의 운명을 바꾸고자 하는 강한 의지를 가지고 있습니다.

Captain MacNelly라는 텍사스 레인저 대장의 제안으로 Buck은 비밀리에 레인저가 되어 무법자들을 소탕하는 임무를 맡게 됩니다. 이 과정에서 그는 자신의 과거와 맞서며 구원과 사랑을 찾아 나섭니다.

Grey는 이 작품을 통해 정의, 구원, 그리고 개인의 변화 가능성이라는 주제를 탐구합니다. Buck의 내적 갈등과 성장 과정은 서부의 거친 환경과 맞물려 극적으로 그려집니다.

소설은 액션과 모험으로 가득하며, 텍사스 레인저의 활약상을 생생하게 묘사합니다. 동시에 Grey 특유의 섬세한 자연 묘사가 돋보이며, 텍사스의 광활한 풍경이 이야기의 중요한 배경이 됩니다.

"The Lone Star Ranger"는 Zane Grey의 대표작 중 하나로, 서부 소설의 전형적인 요소들 - 영웅의 여정, 정의의 승리, 로맨스 - 을 잘 보여줍니다. 이 작품은 텍사스 레인저에 대한 대중의 관심을 높이는 데 기여했으며, 서부 문학의 고전으로 자리잡았습니다. Grey의 문학적 기량이 절정에 달한 시기의 작품으로 평가받으며, 그의 작품 세계를 대표하는 소설 중 하나로 여겨집니다.


Zane Grey's "The Lone Star Ranger" is a western novel published in 1915. Set in Texas, it tells the story of a man who goes from being an outlaw to a Texas Ranger.

The protagonist, Buck Duane, becomes a fugitive after a murder in self-defense. He escapes to the lawless lands of the Texas-Mexico border and lives among the outlaws. However, he has a strong will to change his fate.

At the suggestion of Captain MacNelly, a Texas Ranger captain, Buck secretly becomes a ranger and takes on the mission of eliminating the outlaws. In the process, he confronts his past and searches for redemption and love.

Through this work, Grey explores themes of justice, redemption, and the possibility of personal change. Buck's inner conflict and growth are dramatically depicted against the harsh environment of the West.

The novel is full of action and adventure, vividly depicting the exploits of the Texas Ranger. At the same time, Gray's characteristically delicate description of nature stands out, and the vast landscape of Texas becomes an important background for the story.

"The Lone Star Ranger" is one of Zane Gray's representative works, and it well displays the typical elements of Western novels - the hero's journey, the triumph of justice, and romance. This work contributed to increasing the public's interest in the Texas Ranger and has become a classic of Western literature. It is considered to be a work that reached the peak of Gray's literary skills, and is considered one of the novels representing his world of works.

Summary
So it was in him, then?an inherited fighting instinct, a driving intensity to kill. He was the last of the Duanes, that old fighting stock of Texas. But not the memory of his dead father, nor the pleading of his soft-voiced mother, nor the warning of this uncle who stood before him now, had brought to Buck Duane so much realization of the dark passionate strain in his blood. It was the recurrence, a hundred-fold increased in power, of a strange emotion that for the last three years had arisen in him.
“Yes, Cal Bain's in town, full of bad whisky an' huntin' for you,” repeated the elder man, gravely.
“It's the second time,” muttered Duane, as if to himself.
“Son, you can't avoid a meetin'. Leave town till Cal sobers up. He ain't got it in for you when he's not drinkin'.”
“But what's he want me for?” demanded Duane. “To insult me again? I won't stand that twice.”

Contents
BOOK I. THE OUTLAW
CHAPTER I. So it was in him, then?an inherited fighting instinct
CHAPTER II. A thought kept repeating itself to Duane
CHAPTER III. Late that day, a couple of hours before sunset
CHAPTER IV. Two days later, about the middle of the forenoon
CHAPTER V. Of the outlaws present Euchre appeared
CHAPTER VI. Next morning Duane found that a moody
CHAPTER VII. That night Duane was not troubled by ghosts
CHAPTER VIII. What a contrast, Duane thought, the evening of that day
CHAPTER IX. Both men were awake early
CHAPTER X. A hundred miles from the haunts most familiar
CHAPTER XI. After nearly six months in the Nueces gorge the loneliness
CHAPTER XII. Some time during the night Duane awoke
CHAPTER XIII. How long Duane was traveling out of
CHAPTER XIV. When Duane reached the crossing of the roads

BOOK II. THE RANGER
CHAPTER XV. West of the Pecos River Texas extended a vast wild region
CHAPTER XVI. Duane followed the stage through the town
CHAPTER XVII. Duane left the hall
CHAPTER XVIII. Strangers rode into Fairdale
CHAPTER XIX. After supper Duane stole out for his usual evening's spying
CHAPTER XX. A low cry greeted Duane
CHAPTER XXI. Before going to sleep
CHAPTER XXII. Again inaction and suspense dragged at Duane's spirit
CHAPTER XXIII. Duane returned to Fairdale and camped in the mesquite
CHAPTER XXIV. On the morning of the twenty-sixth Duane rode into
CHAPTER XXV. Light shone before Duane's eyes