Reviews for The Rainbow Trail [With Headphones]

The average rating for The Rainbow Trail [With Headphones] based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-06-26 00:00:00 Lee Thompson The Rainbow Trail, a worthy sequel to "Riders of the Purple Sage".John Shefford ,a former minister,(he was told to leave by the church , for being a suspected atheist !)meets Bern and Elizabeth Venters in Illinois.They tell him an unbelievable story of Lassiter, Jane Withersteen and Fay Larkin ,their "adopted" daughter .Stuck in Surprise Valley for 12 long years!Strangely Shefford falls in love with Fay ,without ever seeing her.He needs someone to love.Arriving in Arizona, John encounters an Indian girl being attacked, by a missionary ,in a trading post.Shefford rescues her,this makes him a brother to her brother!This Navajo ,Nas Ta Bega, teaches the tenderfoot the ways of the West and saves the paleface's life, several times. John continues searching for the valley without success. But by good fortune, Shefford finds Fay ,under a different name ,in a secluded village of sealed wives. She shows him the hidden vale in Utah and rescues her "parents " and a big bag of gold, also.A problem arises, when he makes an enemy with Shaun, the Indian outlaw. Running away from Shaun's gang,after a puzzling killing, his friend Nas Ta Bega shows Shefford ,The Rainbow Bridge.A natural rock formation ,in a remote area.The highlight in the novel, is a trip down the Colorado River's treacherous rapids ,with his new friends.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-06-18 00:00:00 Frederick Quartey After reading a few classic Westerns, I've figured out why the heroes have been reflective, thoughtful, intelligent characters. It's so that the author can put in a lot of description, mostly of the land. The terrain and vegetation descriptions set this apart from other non-genre novels - Grey describes like he is there, so that you could picture the cinematic version of the story. There wasn't as much going on in this one compared to "Riders of the Purple Sage", and multiple bad guys exit with but a whimper. But Grey didn't seem to be adding words unnecessarily, and the ending was surprisingly drawn out, instead of cut short like some other older Westerns that I've read - presumably because a word count was reached. I am looking forward to reading more.