Zane Grey, Man Of The West: A Biography

By Jean Karr

Book Overview

Zane Grey, Man of the West: A Biography by Jean Karr is a comprehensive account of the life and career of the renowned American author Zane Grey. The book explores Grey's upbringing in Zanesville, Ohio, his love of the outdoors, and his passion for writing. Karr delves into Grey's prolific writing career, which spanned over 30 years and produced more than 90 novels, many of which were bestsellers.The biography also covers Grey's personal life, including his marriage to Dolly Roth-Grey and his relationships with his children. Karr examines Grey's love of fishing and hunting, which inspired many of his novels, and his interest in conservation and environmentalism.Throughout the book, Karr provides insights into Grey's writing process and the themes that were important to him, such as the American West, the frontier, and the struggle between civilization and the wilderness. She also explores the impact of Grey's work on American popular culture and the Western genre.Zane Grey, Man of the West: A Biography is a well-researched and engaging account of one of America's most beloved authors. It offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and work of a man who helped shape the American literary landscape.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432557149
• ISBN13: 9781432557140
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Writer of the West

When Jean Karr wrote this book in 1949, as far as I know there had not been a biography about Zane Grey published. I can't find one listed any earlier than this, only Zane Grey's self written treatise of his life published as "My Maiden Effort" in a magazine, or the short book Harpers published "Zane Grey: The Man and His Work" in the late 1920's. This book covers Grey's entire life as told to her by surviving people who had known Zane Grey as a boy, and by residents of Zanesville where he grew up. Other information was gathered from the publishing house, Harper and Brothers; but nothing from the family, as best as I can tell. And given what we know today, that is understandable. Yet, having said all of that, this book gives the reader a wealth of information about Zane Grey, his travels as adventurer, wanderer, investigator, and sportsman. This book is well worth the price for anyone who wishes to know about the greatest western novelist of all time, and it just might lead you to want to know more about the 'real' Zane Grey, as many other biographies and studies have been done in recent years about the man and his work. But this one started it all.