Zane Grey

Candace Kant (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Ed. by Nick Selby, University of East Anglia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 31 Jan 1872
Died 23 Oct 1939
Activity 1903-1939

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Activities

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Novelist
Story-writer

Resources

Grey's Works

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No other early 20th century American writer was as prolific or as popular as Zane Grey. Between 1903 and his death in 1939 he wrote and published fifty-six western romances, thirteen outdoor books, seven juvenile stories, three historical novels set in the Ohio River area during the American Revolution, a novel of Tahiti, another of Australia, one east coast novel, nine fishing books, and short stories and articles collected in eighteen anthologies. His novels have been made into one hundred and thirteen motion pictures. Over one hundred and thirty million copies of his novels have been sold, and movies made from his stories have been remade as many as four times.

Zane Grey was born in 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio, the fourth of five children of Josephine Alice Zane and Lewis M. Grey. He was

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Citation: Kant, Candace. "Zane Grey". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 January 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1879, accessed 24 November 2024.]