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Maverick heart : the further adventures of Zane Grey / Stephen J. May.
Van Pelt Library PS3513.R6545 Z78 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- May, Stephen J. (Stephen James), 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grey, Zane, 1872-1939.
- Grey, Zane.
- Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
- Novelists, American.
- Adventure and adventurers--United States--Biography.
- Adventure and adventurers.
- United States.
- Western stories--Authorship.
- Western stories.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 267 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- His novels are legendary: Riders of the Purple Sage, Betty Zane, The Vanishing American, and The U.P. Trail. His characters are unforgettable: Jim Lassiter, Bern Venters, Lew Wetzel, Buck Duane, and Madeline Hammond. His settings are colorful, austere, and filled with romantic mystery. In the early twentieth century, Zane Grey not only defined the cowboy hero and captured the Western landscape, he created one of the most elaborate and memorable bodies of folklore in American literature. Who was the man behind the legend? In Zane Grey: Romancing the West, Stephen J. May examines Grey's personal life, revealing that the writer was frequently immobilized by depression and insecurity. Grey's characters stemmed from an idealized vision of himself. His settings, most often centered in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, were pleasurable, picturesque escapes from the rigors of the writing life. Zane Grey: Romancing the West analyzes the writer's enduring mystique, from Grey's middle-class beginnings as a dentist's son in Zanesville, Ohio, to his mature roles as a world-class novelist, explorer, Hollywood film producer, fisherman, and outdoorsman. Grey's legend continues to enthrall a new generation of readers who are rediscovering the sights, sounds, and wild spaces of the historic American West.
- Contents:
- 1 The Boy of Summer 1
- 2 Those Damned Cowboys 31
- 3 The Strong Brown God 49
- 4 My Dear Dolly 73
- 5 The Pathfinder 104
- 6 The Sea Gypsy 130
- 7 The Barefoot Adventurer 156
- 8 King Maverick 210
- 9 The Desert Sage 228.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0821411810
- 0821411829
- 0821413163
- 0821413171
- OCLC:
- 43365805
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