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Also known as Pearl Zane Grey, Pearl Zane Gray

American novelist (1872–1939)

Person · Open Library

Born
31 January 1872
Died
23 October 1939
Works
534

Top works

  • The day of the beast
  • Zane Grey
  • Nevada
  • The vanishing Indian
  • Spirit of the Border

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Type
Group
Origin
Japan
Active from
1997-02
alternative metalalternative rockavant-garde metaljapanesejapanese bandkote kei

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Listeners
81
Total plays
757

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Southern RockrockUS rock

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Quotes

  • We'll use a signal I have tried and found far-reaching and easy to yell. Waa-hoo!
  • It was the elision of the weaker element — the survival of the fittest; and some, indeed very many, mothers must lose their sons that way.
  • he was a stranger in a strange land
  • Remembering Jane’s accusation of bitterness, he tried hard to put aside his rancor in judging Tull. But it was bitter knowledge that made him see the truth. He had felt the shadow of an unseen hand; he had watched till he saw its dim outline, and then he had traced it to a man’s hate, to the rivalry of a Mormon Elder, to the power of a Bishop, to the long, far-reaching arm of a terrible creed.
  • For hand in glove with that power was an insatiate greed; they were one and the same.
  • He called Tull a binder of women, a callous beast who hid behind a mock mantle of righteousness—an’ the last an’ lowest coward on the face of the earth. To prey on weak women through their religion—that was the last unspeakable crime!

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Key facts

Born
Pearl Zane Gray (later Grey) , ( 1872-01-31 ) January 31, 1872, Zanesville, Ohio , U.S.
Died
October 23, 1939 (1939-10-23) (aged 67), Altadena, California , U.S.
Resting place
Lackawaxen and Union Cemetery, Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania
Occupation
Novelist , dentist
Alma mater
University of Pennsylvania
Genre
Western fiction
Notable works
Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
Spouse
Lina Elise Roth ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1905 ) ​
Children
3, including Romer and Loren

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Wikidata facts

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Zane Grey, a silent film actor and author of westerns (SAYRE 3131).jpg
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Commons category
Zane Grey
date of birth
1872-01-31
date of death
1939-10-23
Commons Creator page
Zane Grey
start of work period
1902-00-00
birth name
Pearl Zane Gray
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Zane Grey (born Pearl Zane Grey; January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book.

In addition to the success of his printed works, his books have second lives and continuing influence through adaptations for films and television. His novels and short stories were adapted into 112 films, two television episodes, and a television series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre.

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