7 best short stories by Zane Grey

by Zane Grey, August Nemo

Overview

Grey's novels however denigrated by critics as empurpled froths of 'virgins, villains and varmints' were only part of the allure that fixed his name in the hearts of millions of Americans. Zane Grey was a self-made model of rugged rural virtue overimbued with what the critic Heywood Broun acidly called "the sanity, the strength and the wholesomeness" of his novels; a teetotaler opposed to the "jiggle and toddle and wiggle" of jazz-age dancing; and a staunch champion of clean outdoor living and hard work and righteous, simple codes of conduct. The New York TimesThis selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:Amber's MirageThe RangerDon: The Story Of A Lion DogThe Wolf TrackerLure of the RiverA Missouri SchoolmarmMonty Price's Nightingale

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783968585192
Publisher:	Tacet Books
Publication date:	05/14/2020
Series:	7 best short stories , #29
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	451 KB

About the Author

Zane Grey [1872-1939] is the best-selling Western author of all time. His work shaped perceptions of the American West and cemented the archetypes and myths of the Western genre. Grey was famously prolific, publishing nearly ninety books in print sixty of which are Westerns in over twenty languages. His novels and short stories have been directly adapted into 112 films, and indirectly influenced many more genre films.