Zane Grey – Master Writer Of The Western Story
Zane Grey (1872–1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his bestselling book.
In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and TV productions.
Zane Grey, the Western writer, shaped the way the world will forever perceive the “Old West.”
In 57 novels, 10 books of Western nonfiction, and 130 movies, Grey, who died in 1939 at age 67, almost single-handedly created the “Myth of the West.” His respectful treatment of Indians was ahead of its time; his word paintings of some of the most spectacular country may never be equalled.
A prolific American writer and pioneer of Western as a new literary genre, Zane Grey produced over sixty books during his career. He presented the West as a moral battle ground, in which his characters are redeemed through a final confrontation with their past, or destroyed because of their inability to change.
Grey’s stories, set against the beautiful but harsh landscape of the West, have fascinated readers all over the world.
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