Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1975
Abstract
No one knows how many words Zane Grey wrote for publication, but the estimates vary between five million and nine million. No one knows how many copies of his novels have been sold, but the number must be well over forty million. No one knows how many different languages his novels have been translated into, or how many copies of those translations have been sold, but again, the figures must be high. Ultimately, no one knows how large an audience Zane Grey’s novels have reached, either directly or through serialization and reprint, as well as through movies and television. One can guess conservatively, though, that his audience numbers well over 250 million. Two generations of Americans grew up on The Heritage of the Desert, Riders of the Purple Sage, Desert Gold, The Light of Western Stars, and fifty-four subsequent novels of the West, besides a variety of such other offerings as short story collections, books for boys, and tales of hunting and fishing.
Recommended Citation
Ronald, Ann. Zane Grey. Boise, ID: Boise State University, 1975. Digital. Western Writers Series, 17.