The Bell-Ringer of Angel's vs Valley of Wild Horses: Which Should You Read?

The Bell-Ringer of Angel's Bret Harte · 1894 ★★★★☆ 3.7 334 pages · ≈ 6 h 11 m · Challenging

Where the North Fork of the Stanislaus River begins to lose its youthful grace, vigor, and agility, and broadens more maturely into the plain, there is a little promontory which at certain high stages of water lies like…

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…