The complete online text of Wildfire by Zane Grey.

Perhaps more than any other modern American novelist, Zane Grey caught the imaginations of several generations of readers. From 1910 until 1925, his books appeared regularly on best-seller lists, and even today, in both hardcover and paperback, his ficti...

Of the many authors who participated in the creation of the popular Western, one of the most important was Zane Grey. Although few of the elements of the Western formula were original with Grey, he brought them together in a way that kept him on the best...

Ask anyone to name a western writer and chances are the first name to come to mind will be Zane Grey (1872-1939). Considered to be the father of the modern American western novel, Grey was beloved by two generations of readers. His strength as a writer w...

Two teachers pick up the pieces after the deadly California fires destroy their home. We had seen the fires on the morning that would be the last day in the home we loved. But despite the strong Santa Ana winds, we were convinced...

LAST YEAR the Western Governors Association, concerned about damaging wildfires in the region, put together a 10-year plan for dealing with them. Sensibly, its major goals focused on protecting life and property by thinning trees and underbrush around houses and protecting watersheds. This...

Firefighters faced windy but cooler weather Tuesday as they battled wildfires that threatened hundreds of homes around Montana.More than 100 homes and other buildings were menaced by a trio of wildfires southeast of Missoula. One of those fires, a 1,511-acre blaze east of Clinton, was...

Dozens of people were ordered to evacuate two small central Idaho towns on Tuesday as an 88-square-mile group of fires moved in their direction.Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter ordered the evacuations of Yellow Pine and Johnson Creek at the request of Valley County Sheriff Patti Bolen.Across...