http://www.tv.com/shows/zane-grey-theater/
Wife’s family owned a cabin at Lake of the Ozarks in the 50’s.
It was stocked with Zane Grey.
I have two of his hardcovers on my bookshelves, and I’ve never read them. Riders of the Purple Sage and Knights of the Range.
Your post has tempted me to tackle one very soon.
My grandfather emigrated from Russia and was the absolute classic Willy Loman traveling clothing salesman during the 1930’s, all the way to the early 60’s when he retired. In Michigan and the Midwest. He had a bar across the back seat of his Cadillac and hung dozens of suits on it. He knew every fishing hole in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois and when he didn’t have to put on a bunch of miles for his next appointment, religiously took off every day at 3 pm, carefully hung up his suit, donned his grubbies, and went fishing almost every day. He absolutely adored Western novels, was crazy about them.
Was my mom’s favorite novelist, and I’ve yet to read one. I’ve got several of his books upstairs - I’m going to make it my mission this week to read one.
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Awesome writer.
As a kid, I could not read enough of his works, over and over and over again.
There was a TV show in the mid 50s which was on for a long time. Oddly enough, I can’t recall ever watching it despite the fact that it was the kind of show I normally would have liked.
http://www.tv.com/shows/zane-grey-theater/
I have a pretty good collection of Western novels, including most of Zane Grey. Riders of the Purple Sage is probably a good place to start. But I don’t think I read any that I didn’t like.
It was very similar to this one. . . I have a photo of his somewhere in my slides but I haven't digitized them yet.
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It was about in that condition, maybe a little worse. I bought it from his daughter abut 45 years ago. She said it was the one he used for hunting and provided a letter and photographs of him with the gun. You could see it was his gun because of distinctive grain patterns in the stock.
Several years later I traded it to a Zane Grey memorabilia collector for a Nickel Plated Model 1872 Colt Factory Richards Conversion of the 1860 Colt with the original period gunslinger's type holster in .44 Center Fire with a box of original Ammo from 1872. That was a really cool gun.
Owned a cabin on the Rogue River in Southern Oregon. Would take the SP passenger train to the hotel at West Fork in the Cow Creek Canyon and then take a mule over the mountains into the lower Rogue River. Wrote a book called Rogue River Feud while there.
I heard Zanesville, Ohio has an association with Mr. Grey...great author.
His first name was Pearl. NTTAWWT...
Another great but less known author on the American West was Terry C. Johnston.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_C._Johnston
His 31 historical fiction books feature the interface between the Indians, and the influx of whites onto their territories.
Starts with trappers and Mountain Men, and ends around the time of Wounded Knee (1890).
Very balanced and insightful treatment of all involved.