The Western novel became a reality around the turn of the 20th century. But no one else stamped the Western bookshelf as much as the Ohio baseball player and dentist Zane Grey did with his brand of Westerns. Zane’s novels Heritage of the Desert in 1910 and Riders of the Purple Sage in 1912 launched his career as the top selling Western novelist. But all wasn’t that easy for Zane. Riders of the Purple Sage was a controversial novel, which his publisher originally refused to print due to Za

October 2005
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- Were there any outlaws or cowboys who were disabled?
- The Early West
- Inspired by the Prairie
- Rekindling Campfires
- More than Just O.K.
- Trailing Wilson Price Hunt’s Astorians West
- B&W Trailer Hitches
- Some cowboys supposedly took a photograph of a prehistoric-like bird or reptile
- Which type of horse and saddle were the most liked and used by the U.S. Cavalry?
- True West’s Best of the West 2006 Winners