Sally Dows vs Valley of Wild Horses: Which Should You Read?

Sally Dows Bret Harte · 1887 ★★★★☆ 3.8 164 pages · ≈ 3 h 02 m · Challenging

What had been in the cool gray of that summer morning a dewy country lane, marked only by a few wagon tracks that never encroached upon its grassy border, and indented only by the faint footprints of a crossing fox or…

Valley of Wild Horses Zane Grey · 1927 ★★★★☆ 4.1 250 pages · ≈ 4 h 38 m · Challenging

The tall young cowpuncher known as Panhandle Smith had roped, gambled and fought his way from Montana to New Mexico, but Marco was the most lawless place he had ever seen. And when Panhandle faced down Dick Hardman, he…