| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 437 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Western literature series |
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Western literature series.
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| Contents |
List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: 1900-1912: Lackawaxen -- 1: 1900-1904: Brown-eyed rose and the black-eyed devil -- 2: 1905-1906: Eternal feminine -- 3: 1907-1910: Hermits of Cottage Point -- 4: 1910-1912: Marriage is for children -- Part 2: 1913-1918: Middletown -- 5: 1913-1915: Great bitterness -- 6: 1916: Tempests and storms -- 7: 1917: Hyena lying in ambush -- 8: 1918: Your only, wife -- Part 3: 1919-1925: California -- 9: 1919-1920: Penelope has taken a wandering streak -- 10: 1921-1923: Froth of enthusiasm -- 11: 1924-1925: Female of the species -- Part 4: 1926-1939: South Seas -- 12: 1926-1927: To know all is to forgive all -- 13: 1928-1929: Dear old comrade of the years -- 14: 1930-1932: I love you till it chokes me -- 15: 1932-1935: Give us this day our daily bread, o paramount! -- 16: 1935-1937: You, who make home -- 17: 1937-1939: I never before loved you so well -- Epilogue: 1939-1957 -- Notes -- Further reading -- Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: Much has been written about Zane Grey but little is known about his wife, Dolly, or their marriage. With three children, houses, yachts, fabulous wealth, and a long lasting marriage, they appear to be a conventional couple, but the reality of their personal life is startlingly different from the public facade. Zane Grey became the name for a huge enterprise based on his writing, which included books, magazine serials, film and stage versions, children's books and even comic strips, but he did not create this enterprise alone: Dolly guided, directed and managed his career. After editing his hand written manuscripts, she handled the business of publishing, meeting and negotiating with publishers, overseeing contracts, directing arrangements with movie studios, managing the finances, keeping her eye on the book market, determining how many and which manuscripts should be published, and perhaps most importantly, maintaining the facade of a conventional married life. His numerous affairs with other women might have threatened his reputation. Most of these relationships lasted many years. Dolly knew all about them, and both Dolly and Zane took great pains to hide his affairs. Much of their married life was spent apart and their marriage was sustained by a constant correspondence. It is in these letters that the nature of the marriage is revealed. It is also in these letters that we can see the extent of Dolly's participation in his business life as well as her own remarkable personality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-425) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Grey, Zane, 1872-1939 -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Grey, Zane, 1872-1939 fast |
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Grey, Zane. swd |
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Grey, Lina Elise. swd |
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Authors, American
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Literature
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| SUBJECT |
West (U.S.) -- In literature
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| Subject |
West United States
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Grey, Lina Elise, -1957.
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Kant, Candace C., 1949-
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| ISBN |
9780874177503 |
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0874177502 |
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