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Gibbs505
10-10-2007, 12:40 AM
The author is Zane Grey, and what do you think he is doing in this forum? Well, he wrote three books based on his familys early life in the Ohio river valley. The books were based on the true exploits of his family in the last years of the Americian revolution and depict, among other things, the weapons of the revolution along with the use made of them.

Three people stand out in each of these books, and each of them lived a real and dangerious life. In turn they are, Elizabeth "Betty" Zane; Lewis Wetzel; and Jonathan Zane.

From the first to the last, the books are:

"Betty Zane."
The story of a remarkable young women who ran a gauntlent of fire to bring gunpowder to the people of Fort Henry during the seige of Sept 11, 1782.

"Spirit Of The Border."
After the war, there remained the renegade, the worst of which were Simon and Jim Girty. To stop them and to save the settlers, there were only the Borderman. Veterans of the indian war, they were as deadly as any of the enemies, either white or Indian, they faced and no one, red or white was as deadly as the man the Indians called "Deathwind".

"The Last Trail."
Johathan Zane is now the companion of Lewis Wetzel. Together they will take the 'Last Trail' to rid the frontierof the last remaining outlaws.


I think that these are the best that Zane Grey ever wrote, mainly because he was writing about real people from the stories he learnt at his grand mothers knee.
Badger
10-10-2007, 07:38 AM
Fascinating ..... :)

I've never read any of his material, but now you've peaked my interest and I think I'm going to have to pick up these books.

Thanks for posting this ... :thup:

Regards,
Badger
Skippy
10-10-2007, 03:07 PM
My father has every book Grey ever wrote. WHE even named his old duck dog Zane ;)
Gibbs505
10-11-2007, 12:33 AM
Yes he was a great writer and I have read a number of his book's. Less well know is the fact that he was a great outdoorsman.

Amongst other trips, he visited New Zealand and put the country on the map for big game fishing. He really loved fishing for Marlin!
Stevo
10-12-2007, 11:56 AM
The only Zane Grey novel I've read was about a shot-down B-52 crewman walking home across the Soviet Union.
Gibbs505
10-12-2007, 06:56 PM
Really, I have never read or heard of that one! Can you do a review of it, please?
Stevo
10-12-2007, 08:24 PM
Really, I have never read or heard of that one! Can you do a review of it, please?

Yikes, it's probably been 15 years since I read it. I'll see if I've still got it around here somewhere.

I can't find it listed in any online info, but I don't think I'm misremembering the author.:confused:
Gibbs505
10-12-2007, 10:22 PM
Yikes, it's probably been 15 years since I read it. I'll see if I've still got it around here somewhere.

I can't find it listed in any online info, but I don't think I'm misremembering the author.:confused:

I think you may well have mistaken the author as Zane Grey met an untimely death of heart failure on October 23, 1939. He was 67.
Stevo
10-13-2007, 10:10 AM
I think you may well have mistaken the author as Zane Grey met an untimely death of heart failure on October 23, 1939. He was 67.

He sure has published a lot after his death then. Franchise setup like Robert Ludlum?

I bet that's where Tupac Shakur learned about continued commercial success after dying.
Gibbs505
10-13-2007, 01:51 PM
He sure has published a lot after his death then. Franchise setup like Robert Ludlum?

I bet that's where Tupac Shakur learned about continued commercial success after dying.

Proberly there were a number of books written that were unfinished and completed in his name, possibly by his family. Robert E. Howard, who wrote the 'Conan' series, amongst others, was the same.

If you find that book, please do a review of it, sounds interesting!:)