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.
Books in order of publication:
Betty Zane – 1903
The Spirit of the Border – 1906
The Last of the Plainsmen – 1908
The Last Trail – 1909
The Short Stop – 1909
The Heritage of the Desert – 1910
The Young Forester – 1910
The Young Pitcher – 1911
The Young Lion Hunter – 1911
Riders of the Purple Sage – 1912
Ken Ward in the Jungle – 1912
Desert Gold – 1913
The Light of the Western Stars – 1914
The Rangers of the Lone Star – 1914
The Lone Star Ranger – 1915
The Rainbow Trail – 1915
The Border Legion – 1916
Wildfire – 1917
The Roaring U. P. Trail – 1918
The Desert of Wheat – 1919
Tale of Fishes – 1919
The Man of the Forest – 1920
The Redheaded Outfield and other Baseball Stories – 1920
The Mysterious Rider – 1921
To the Last Man – 1921
The Day of the Beast – 1922
Tales of the Lonely Trails – 1922
Wanderer of the Wasteland – 1923
Tappan’s Burro – 1923
The Call of the Canyon – 1924
Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon – 1924
Tales of Southern Rivers – 1924
The Thundering Herd – 1925
The Vanishing American – 1925
Captives of the Desert – 1925
Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas – 1925
Under the Tonto Rim – 1926
Tales of the Angler’s Eldorado, New Zealand – 1926
Forlorn River – 1927
Tales of Swordfish and Tuna – 1927
Nevada – 1928
Wild Horse Mesa – 1928
Don, the story of a Lion Dog – 1928
Avalanche – 1928
Tales of Fresh Water Fishing – 1928
Fighting Caravans – 1929
Stairs of Sand – 1929
The Wolf Tracker – 1930
The Shepherd of Guadalupe – 1930
Sunset Pass – 1931
Tales of Tahitian Waters – 1931
Book of Camps and Trails – 1931
Arizona Ames – 1932
Robbers’ Roost – 1932
The Drift Fence – 1933
The Hash Knife Outfit – 1933
The Code of the West – 1934
Thunder Mountain – 1935
The Trail Driver – 1935
The Lost Wagon Train – 1936
West of the Pecos – 1937
An American Angler in Australia – 1937
Raiders of Spanish Peaks – 1938
Western Union – 1939
Knights of the Range – 1939
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