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Betty Zane - Stories of the Ohio Frontier by Zane Grey Paperback
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Highlights
- Inspired by the life and adventures of his own great-great grandmother, Betty Zane was Zane Grey's first novel and launched his career as a master writer of rousing frontier and Western adventures.
- About the Author: The father of the western novel, Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) was born in Zanesville, Ohio.
- 320 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Westerns
- Series Name: Stories of the Ohio Frontier
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About the Book
Originally published: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915.
Book Synopsis
Inspired by the life and adventures of his own great-great grandmother, Betty Zane was Zane Grey's first novel and launched his career as a master writer of rousing frontier and Western adventures.
Betty Zane is the story of the events culminating in the last battle of the American Revolution, when two hundred Redcoats from British-controlled Detroit along with four hundred Shawnee Indian attacked the small, wood-palisaded Ford Henry on the western frontier. The heroine of the battle--a young, spunky, and beautiful frontier girl--was Betty Zane
Review Quotes
"No man has employed the Western story formula with better results." --The New York Times
About the Author
The father of the western novel, Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He wrote 58 westerns and almost 30 other books. Over 130 films have been based on his work.