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(1872-1939) Writer of Westerns. During his lifetime, over 13 million copies of his books were sold. He is said to have opened up the west to millions of readers in the early 1900s. Works: “Heritage of The Desert,” “Riders of the Purple Sage” (1912), “The Day of the Beast” (1922), etc. He spent winters in Middletown, NY.

Full Name

Zane Grey

Locations

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Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Grey spent winters in Middletown, New York.

1872

BIRTH

Zane Grey was born in 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio.

1896

OTHER

Zane Grey opened his dental office at 100 West 74th Street, Manhattan, New York in 1896.

1903

LITWORK

Betty Zane


Novel.

1910

LITWORK

Heritage Of The Desert


Novel.

1912

LITWORK

Riders Of The Purple Sage


Novel.

1915

LITWORK

The Rainbow Trail


Novel. Sequel to "Riders of the Purple Sage."

1921

LITWORK

Mysterious Rider


Novel.

1922

LITWORK

The Day Of The Beast


Novel.

1925

LITWORK

Tales of Fishing


Nonfiction.

1926

LITWORK

Tales of the Angler���s Eldorado, New Zealand


Novel.

1934

LITWORK

Code of the West


Novel.

1939

DEATH

Zane Grey died in 1939 in Altadena, California.

1939

INTERMENT

Zane Grey is interred in Union Cemetery, Lackawaxen, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

1940

LITWORK

Thirty Thousand on the Hoof


Novel.

1950

LITWORK

The Maverick Queen


Novel.

1981

LITWORK

The Lord of Lackawaxen Creek


Novel.

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