Ken Ward in the Jungle Contributor(s): Grey, Zane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1409939987 ISBN-13: 9781409939986 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 192 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 66223 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: (Pearl) Zane Grey (1872-1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and pulp fiction that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. He became especially interested in the West in 1907, after joining a friend on an expedition to trap mountain lions in Arizona. Grey wrote steadily, but it was only in 1910, and after considerable efforts by his wife, that his first western, Heritage of the Desert, became a bestseller. It propelled a career writing popular novels about manifest destiny and the "conquest of the Wild West. " Two years later he produced his best-known book, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912). He became one of the first millionaire authors. Over the years his habit was to spend part of the year travelling and living an adventurous life and the rest of the year using his adventures as the basis for the stories in his writings. His other works include: Betty Zane (1903), The Young Pitcher (1911), The Border Legion (1916), Wildfire (1917), To the Last Man (1922) and The Day of the Beast (1922). |