| Betty Zane Contributor(s): Grey, Zane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250311977 ISBN-13: 9781250311979 Publisher: St. Martin's Press OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Biographical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 680 |
| Series: Stories of the Ohio Frontier |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 4.25" W x 7" (0.57 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Topical - Country/Cowboy - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - West Virginia - Locality - Weeling, W.V. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Inspired by the life and adventures of his own great-great grandmother, Betty Zane was Zane Grey's first novel and launched his career as a master writer of rousing frontier and Western adventures. Betty Zane is the story of the events culminating in the last battle of the American Revolution, when two hundred Redcoats from British-controlled Detroit along with four hundred Shawnee Indian attacked the small, wood-palisaded Ford Henry on the western frontier. The heroine of the battle--a young, spunky, and beautiful frontier girl--was Betty Zane |
Contributor Bio(s): Grey, Zane: - "The father of the western novel, Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He wrote 58 westerns, including Spirit of the Border, Wildfire, and Riders of the Purple Sage, as well as almost 30 other books. Over 130 films have been based on his work." |