Zane Grey
Subtitle: his life, his adventures, his women
By: Thomas H. Pauly.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780252030444
Subjects: Grey, Zane, 1872-1939.; Grey, Zane, 1872-1939 -- Relations with women.; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.; Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography.; Western stories -- History and criticism.
Genres: Biography.
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 authors of the 1920s, a significant figure in the early development of the film industry, and vital to the early popularity of the western.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-370) and index.
Table of contents: title: Wayward youth : 1872-90; title: Quest for direction : 1890-1905; title: Adventurous apprentice : 1906-10; title: Pursuit of the dream : 1911-14; title: Movie making and button fish : 1915-19; title: Calamity : 1920-23; title: Movin' on : 1924-25; title: Fresh starts and farewells : 1925-30; title: Undone : 1931-39.