About the book
Zane Grey (Pearl Zane Gray) born in 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio was best known for his western stories, most notably Riders Of The Purple Sage which has been filmed four times, the last in 1996 starring Ed Harris and Amy Madigan. Among his other interests was baseball. He attended the University of Pennsylvania on a baseball scholarship where he earned a degree in dentistry. Grey later played minor league baseball with a team in Wheeling, West Virginia. According to the Internet Movie Data Base he is credited with 110 films made from his stories and books. Grey died from a heart attack in 1939 in Altadena, California.
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- Persuading Mother · 8 minutes
- Riding Away · 7 minutes
- Fame · 20 minutes
- Vicissitude · 11 minutes
- The Crack Team Of Ohio · 15 minutes
- First Innings · 26 minutes
- Mittie-Maru · 23 minutes
- Along The River · 15 minutes
- On The Road · 27 minutes
- Marjory and Pond Lilies · 13 minutes
- Inside Ball · 18 minutes
- Popularity · 25 minutes
- Sunday Ball · 28 minutes
- Waiting It Out · 23 minutes
- The Great Game · 26 minutes
- Last Innings · 22 minutes