The Border Legion - Couverture souple

Grey, Zane

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1604502916 ISBN 13 : 9781604502916

Editeur : Phoenix Rider, 2008

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American dentist and author 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, they 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. Pearl Zane Grey was born January 31, 1872, in Zanesville, Ohio. His birth name may have originated from newspaper descriptions of Queen Victoria's mourning clothes as "pearl grey". He was the fourth of five children born to Alice "Allie" Josephine Zane, whose English Quaker immigrant ancestor Robert Zane came to the North American colonies in 1673, and her husband, Lewis M. Gray, a dentist. His family changed the spelling of their last name to "Grey" after his birth. Later Grey dropped Pearl and used Zane as his first name. He grew up in Zanesville, a city founded by his maternal great-grandfather Ebenezer Zane, an American Revolutionary War patriot, and from an early age, he was intrigued by history. Grey developed interests in fishing, baseball, and writing, all of which contributed to his writing success. His first three novels recounted the heroism of ancestors who fought in the American Revolutionary War. As a child, Grey frequently engaged in violent brawls, despite (or because of) his father's punishing him with severe beatings. Though irascible and antisocial like his father, Grey was supported by a loving mother and found a father substitute. Muddy Miser was an old man who approved of Grey's love of fishing and writing, and who talked about the advantages of an unconventional life. Despite warnings by Grey's father to steer clear of Miser, the boy spent much time during five formative years in the company of the old man. Grey was an avid reader of adventure stories such as Robinson Crusoe and the Leatherstocking Tales, as well as dime novels featuring Buffalo Bill and "Deadwood Dick". He was enthralled by and crudely copied the great illustrators Howard Pyle and Frederic Remington.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In this classic and timeless Western novel, heroine Joan Randle is a strong, capable woman living with her uncle in the wilds of Idaho. After a quarrel with her love interest, Joan heads to the lawless Montana border to track him down and bring him back. But she finds herself in trouble when “outlaw” Kells, an outlaw and gunslinger of the border, comes across her camp, taking Joan captive with his legion alogside the Idaho border. What follows is an unexpected tale of crime, dissolution, bravery, and redemption.

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Phoenix Rider
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1604502916
• ISBN 13: 9781604502916
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 180