Pearl Zane Grey was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. As of June 2007, the Internet Movie Database credits Grey with 110 films, one TV episode, and a series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater based loosely on his novels and short stories.
This was a dopey story. A man asks his brother to kidnap a girl he's sweet on so that he can rescue her. The brothers seek to teach the flirty girl a "lesson". I don't know how it would have been received in the early 1900s but it reads as pretty stupid and ridiculous here in 2024.
This is definitely a book from another time, as what would be classified now as Stockholm Syndrome is laughed off as a woman coming to her senses. That being said, it's pretty well written, is quite humorous in parts, has good character development, and keeps you turning the pages until the very end.