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Zane Grey

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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 … Continued

William Gaddis

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(1922-1998) Writer, novelist. William Gaddis was born in Manhattan, New York, and raised in Massapequa, New York. He returned to New York, worked as a fact checker for The New Yorker, and as a speech writer for the Pfizer Corporation.

Parke Godwin

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(1816-1904) Writer, editor, publisher. Parke Godwin was the son-in-law of William Cullen Bryant and lived in Nassau County, New York.

Hamlin Garland

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(1860-1940) Writer, poet. Hamlin Garland spent his summers in Onteora Park from 1917 to the 1930s. He was born near West Salem, Wisconsin; lived in Manhattan. He grew up in the middle western farmlands, the region he later wrote about in verse, stories, and autobiography. His tales, collected as “Main-travelled Roads” (1891), “Prairie Folks” (1893), … Continued

Jay Gould

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Autocratic speculator and businessman, who was also a little known writer. He was born and brought up near Roxbury, N.Y. He wrote “A History of Delaware County” (1856).

Frank Gannett

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Writer, publisher. “Gazette,” “The Gannett Company,” owned a half-interest in the Elmira newspaper. Born in Bristol, lived and died in Rochester.

John Gardner

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(1933-1982) Novelist, medieval scholar. John Gardner was born, and is also buried, in Batavia, New York. He grew up in Alexander, New York. He taught at SUNY Binghamtom, New York.