Riders Of The Purple Sage An Annotated Editing

Author : Zane GREY
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book Wildfire (annotated) written by Zane GREY and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-18 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS THE ANNOTATED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL BOOK. THIS IS THE SUMMARIZED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL BOOK. THIS SUMMARY BOOK VERSION CONSISTS OF 50% TO 55% OF THE TOTAL BOOK WORTH 50000 WORDS APPROXIMATELY. THIS IS THE GREAT NOVEL BY GREAT AUTHOR ZANE GREY. ABOUT ZANE GREYPearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 - October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist best 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.In addition to the commercial success of his printed works, his books have had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and television productions. His novels and short stories have been adapted into 112 films, two television episodes, and a television series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.While Dolly managed Grey's career and raised their three children, including son Romer Zane Grey, over the next two decades Grey often spent months away from the family. He fished, wrote, and spent time with his many mistresses. While Dolly knew of his behavior, she seemed to view it as his handicap rather than a choice. Throughout their life together, he highly valued her management of his career and their family and her solid emotional support. In addition to her considerable editorial skills, she had good business sense and handled all his contract negotiations with publishers, agents, and movie studios. All his income was split fifty-fifty with her; from her "share," she covered all family expenses.[25] Their considerable correspondence shows evidence of his lasting love for her despite his infidelities and personal emotional turmoil. The Greys moved to California in 1918. In 1920 they settled in Altadena, California, where Grey bought a prominent mansion on East Mariposa Street, known locally as "Millionaire's Row." Designed by architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey (no relation to the author), the 1907 Mediterranean-style house is acclaimed as the first fireproof home in Altadena, built entirely of reinforced concrete as prescribed by the first owner's wife.[citation needed] Grey summed up his feelings for the city: "In Altadena, I have found those qualities that make life worth living." In Altadena Grey also spent time with his mistress Brenda Montenegro. The two met while hiking Eaton Canyon. Of her, he wrote,I saw her flowing raven mane against the rocks of the canyon. I have seen the red skin of the Navajo, and the olive of the Spaniards, but her ... her skin looked as if her Creator had in that instant molded her just for me. I thought it was an apparition. She seemed to be the embodiment of the West I portray in my books, open and wild. With the help of Dolly's proofreading and copy editing, Grey gradually improved his writing. His first magazine article, "A Day on Delaware," a human-interest story about a Grey brothers' fishing expedition, was published in the May 1902 issue of Recreation magazine. After attending a lecture in New York in 1907 by Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones, western hunter and guide who had co-founded Garden City, Kansas, Grey arranged for a mountain lion-hunting trip to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. He brought along a camera to document his trips and prove his adventures. He also began the habit of taking copious notes, not only of scenery and activities but of dialogue. Zane Grey died of heart failure on October 23, 1939, at his home in Altadena, California. He was interred at the Lackawaxen and Union Cemetery, Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania.