The Light of Western Stars

Zane Grey wrote some of the best-known Westerns of his time and excelled at creating complex and believable female heroines. The lead character in Light of Western Stars is Majesty Hammond, an heiress to a wealthy New York family. Rather than focus on the usual gun-slinging adventures, the book focuses on the cultural differences and the changes Majesty experiences as she learns to embrace the southwest's wild frontiers.