Zane Grey
Zane Grey 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.
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- Born in
- Zanesville
- Educated at
- University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
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1872
Born
Birth1939
Died
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