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Top 8 Books by Zane Grey

By Judy Hedding, About.com

Here are some of the best selling books written by Zane Grey. About 60 of the 90 books that he wrote were Westerns, and he and his family had a cabin near Payson, Arizona.

1. Riders of the Purple Sage

This is the most recognized title of all the novels that Zane Grey wrote. Riders of the Purple Sage was the first of Zane Grey's many best-sellers. It was published in 1912. In this story a young woman tried to fight of cattle rustlers who threaten her ranch. A stranger comes to her aid.
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2. Rangers of the Lone Star

This novel is Zane Grey's only Western written in first person. The story revolves around U.S. Deputy Marshall Russ Sitwell's efforts to help a Texas Ranger clean up a lawless cattle-rustling town.
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3. To The Last Man : A Story of the Pleasant Valley War

A story of an opld-fashioned blood feud. There's the rivalry between cattlemen and sheepherders, and there are two lovers are caught in the middle.
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4. The Desert of Wheat

A story of a young farmer trying to decide whether to France to fight the Germans or remain at home to protect the woman he loves and his wheat crop.
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5. Zane Grey on Fishing

Zane Grey may be known for his Western Nocels, but he loved fishing. Zane Grey fished every day that he could. This is a collection of writings about Zane grey's view of the sport of fishing, and the world.
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6. Betty Zane

Inspired by the life his great-great grandmother, this was was Zane Grey's first novel. It is the story of the events leading up to the last battle of the American Revolution.
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7. Heritage of the Desert

Zane Grey's first Western for adults. The heroine of the story, a part-Navajo woman named Mescal, is abducted by a group of Mormons.

8. The Desert Crucible

The sequel to "Riders of the Purple Sage." These are stories of the old, untamed Southwest and the Native Americans, Mormons, and Easterners who populated it.
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