The Drift Fence

A Western Story

By: Zane Grey

Narrated by: John Traven

Business ain't easy when the locals stand to lose it all.

Although he doesn't know cattle or cowboys, Missourian Jim Traft finds himself as the foreman of a tough Arizona outfit tasked with fencing a hundred miles of open cattle range. Brought on by his wealthy uncle, he faces this difficult trial with youthful aplomb.

But Traft faces a community that stands to suffer because of this new drift fence, and he must walk a fine line in order to honor his uncle's business while not incurring the wrath of longtime residents. The Drift Fence shows how this tender young man struggles to overcome the odds he faces and ultimately wins over the heart of the beautiful young lass, Molly Dunn.

©1929 Zane Grey. Foreword © 2016 by Joseph Wheeler, PhD (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

What a story!!

This is a wonderful western. Not all fists and guns and predictable plot. The characters are well developed and fully fleshed out people the reader can empathise with. The plot is excellent and holds up to the end.
The narrator keeps his characters’ voices true throughout. I think it’s the best western I’ve ever read. I’ve enjoyed every minute.

I Want to be inside this book.

John Traven reads this book so well. I feel like I know the characters from the ranch, and at the same time I wish I could hang out with them and work the range. Superb book and reading.

Great beginning of a fabulous love story

Great characters and the story was also very good both exciting and thrilling and the beginning of a great romance!

A Solid Story of the West

The narration was limited, I felt, because the inflection, for many characters, like Molly, lacked the poignancy they could have had and it just didn’t work for me. That said, just a great story of the Old West.

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Women's character voices woefully inadequate otherwise what are great story. Detailed narrative was excellent .