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Maverick Heart
Stephen J. May
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Description for Maverick Heart
hardcover. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2ABM; 3JJG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
In 1927, at the peak of his career, Zane Grey bought a three-masted schooner, which he sailed to the Galapagos Islands, later journeying to Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji.
As colorful as his characters were, so too was their creator. A consummate explorer, Zane Grey toured the world, was an acclaimed expert on salt- and freshwater fishing, and incorporated the sights and sounds he witnessed into his writings.
As a companion to his biographical work of Grey’s literary life, Zane Grey: Romancing the West, author Stephen J. May now gives as a remarkable look into another aspect ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821413166
SKU
V9780821413166
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Stephen J. May
Stephen J. May, who also wrote Pilgrimage and Footloose on the Santa Fe Trail, resides in Craig, Colorado.
Reviews for Maverick Heart
“May pulls the reader fully into Grey's growth from an Ohio boy to a lifelong fisherman, a baseball player—and finally a novelist fulfilling the capabilities of the dime novel to become the American myth.”
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“Though he is best known for his Western novels, May suggests that Grey deserves critical recognition as an outstanding interpreter of the outdoors ... Read more
Choice
“Though he is best known for his Western novels, May suggests that Grey deserves critical recognition as an outstanding interpreter of the outdoors ... Read more