The Zane Grey Collection: Riders of the Purple Sage, The Call of the Canyon, The Lone Star Ranger, The Light of Western Stars, The Mysterious Rider, Betty Zane, The Spirit of the Border, The Last Trail
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Zane Grey was one of the most popular Western writers of the early Twentieth Century, and this collection provides ample evidence of his appeal. Riders of the Purple Sage is easily Zane’s most recognizable work. That story tackles the particular challenges facing Mormon settlers in the West, fighting the government while dealing with the wilderness's challenges. Also notable is the famed Ohio River trilogy contained here, which lovingly describes the challenges faced by settlers in that region.
Zane Grey
American author (Pearl Zane Grey) is best known as a pioneer of the Western literary genre, which idealized the Western frontier and the men and women who settled the region. Following in his father’s footsteps, Grey studied dentistry while on a baseball scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania. Grey’s athletic talent led to a short career in the American minor league before he established his dentistry practice. As an outlet to the tedium of dentistry, Grey turned to writing, and finally abandoned his dental practice to write full time. Over the course of his career Grey penned more than ninety books, including the best-selling Riders of the Purple Sage. Many of Grey’s novels were adapted for film and television. He died in 1939.
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