| Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women Contributor(s): Pauly, Thomas H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252074920 ISBN-13: 9780252074929 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Zane Grey was a disappointed aspirant to major league baseball and an unhappy dentist when he decided to take up writing, going on to become the most successful American author of the 1920s. This first full-length biography of Grey to appear in over 30 years includes a hitherto unknown trove of letters and journals plus never-before-seen photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.34" W x 9.2" (1.51 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Zane Grey was a disappointed aspirant to major league baseball and an unhappy dentist when he belatedly decided to take up writing at the age of thirty. He went on to become the most successful American author of the 1920s, a significant figure in the early development of the film industry, and a central player in the early popularity of the Western.
Thomas H. Pauly's work is the first full-length biography of Grey to appear in over thirty years. Using a hitherto unknown trove of letters and journals, including never-before-seen photographs of his adventures--both natural and amorous--Zane Grey has greatly enlarged and radically altered the current understanding of the superstar author, whose fifty-seven novels and one hundred and thirty movies heavily influenced the world's perception of the Old West. |