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Zane Grey

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Zane Grey 1872-1939, American writer of Western stories, b. Zanesville, Ohio, as Pearl Zane Gray, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1896. His melodramatic tales of the West and Southwest are vivid in topographical detail but improbable in character and situation. During his lifetime over 13 million copies of his books were sold, and his works did much to romanticize the popular image of the American West. Grey was best known for Riders of the Purple Sage (1912). Bibliography: See biographies by F. Gruber (1970) and T. H. Pauly (2005); study by C. Jackson (1973, rev. ed. 1989). Author... Read more
Zane Grey
Encyclopedia of World Biography Zane Grey Ask anyone to name a western writer and ... are the first name to come to mind will be Zane Grey (1872-1939). Considered to be the father ... remembered it. During his career as a writer, Zane Grey produced a total of 89 books. These included ... Read more
Powell, Dick
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ... Star Productions for television, and regular actor in series Four Star Playhouse , 1952 – 56; host, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre , 1956 – 61, and The Dick Powell Show , 1961 – 63; 1953 — first directed film, Split Second ... Read more

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The Centenary of Zane Grey's Betty Zane
Human Events; 5/12/2003; Coombs, Marian Kester; 787 words ; The Centenary of Zane Grey's Betty Zane One century ago, after rejections ... dentist and former star pitcher named Pearl Zane Grey tapped his wife Dolly's small inheritance ... did spark the long association between Zane Grey and Harper & Sons that was to justify ... Read more
Go West, Grey fans: Western writer Zane Grey is enjoying increased popularity, especially among 'highbrows.'
Insight on the News; 8/3/1998; Richardson, Val; 666 words ; Western writer Zane Grey is enjoying increased popularity, especially ... old-timers at the annual convention of the Zane Grey's West Society. The 16th gathering recently ... He operates a similar organization, Zane Grey Inc., based in Woodland Hills, Calif ... Read more
Pennsylvania museum preserves `very interesting life' of writer Zane Grey.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 9/20/2000; Smith, George; 787 words ; ... can almost feel the ghost of writer Zane Grey happily roaming the sparse, darkened ... there that the home has served as a Zane Grey museum since 1973. Black-and-white ... of Grey's life is also on display. Zane Grey first came to this area in 1896 during ... Read more
TNT REMAKES ZANE GREY MOVIE.(TV WEEK)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC); 1/20/1996; Nye, Doug; 787 words ; ... is the fifth offering based on the Zane Grey novel. ------*------ When Amy Madigan ... remaking a movie based on a novel by Zane Grey. Although his work has been all but ... found a home in the saddle in the Fox Zane Grey outings of the early 1930. He remained ... Read more
Zane Grey cabin now a public site
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 5/19/2008; Jeff Barnard Associated Press; 668 words ; ... with its steelhead, Western writer Zane Grey bought a mining claim in 1926 at ... the public to walk around the old Zane Grey cabin as long as they took nothing ... outbuildings, one of the original boats Zane Grey used to descend the Rogue, a grass ... Read more
Pages from the West, at Zane Grey's Cabin
The Washington Post; 12/3/1989; Gerry Wingenbach; 560 words ; ... proud, virtuous women. But throughout Zane Grey's writing, the land always overshadowed ... often than not, the land was Arizona. Zane Grey made his name describing Arizona ... failed writer in 1906. But by 1915 Zane Grey was famous as one of America's top ... Read more
Zane Grey's cabin: Echoes of Wild West
Chicago Sun-Times; 2/1/1987; Bob Puhala; 664 words ; ... fascination that continues today. But Pearl Zane Grey, whose Western novels have sold more ... in the days of the Wild West. At Zane Grey Cabin, about 25 miles east of Payson ... mountain cabin, restored and opened as a Zane Grey museum in 1965, is not the log lodge ... Read more
Zane Grey and images of the American West.
The Geographical Review; 4/1/1995; Blake, Kevin S.; 787 words ; The western novels by Zane Grey have been a source of imagery about the American ... The Virginian was that it paved the way for Zane Grey (Nye 1970). GREY'S WRITING CAREER Pearl Zane Gray was born in 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio ... Read more
Zane Grey.(Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women)(Brief article)(Book review)
Reviewer's Bookwatch; 11/1/2005; Buhle, Willis M.; 199 words ; Zane Grey Thomas H. Pauly University of Illinois Press ... 95 1-800-545-4703 www.press.uillinois.edu Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women is ... English, University of Delaware) fans of Zane Grey will learn that he was a disappointed aspirant ... Read more
Zane Grey: Romancing the West.
The Economist (US); 7/19/1997; 710 words ; ZANE GREY: ROMANCING THE WEST. By Stephen May. Ohio ... Press; 180 pages; $29.95 and K34.45 WHEN Zane Grey was 15 his father tore up his first attempt ... can write either narrative or fiction. Yet Grey's pioneering westerns were to become so popular ... Read more

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