Tales of freshwater fishing

Zane Grey, known and loved primarily for his Western novels, was an avid fisherman. When his writing started paying off, he managed to spend as many as 300 days a year enjoying the sport. And while he is remembered for his record-breaking catches, such as the 464-pound marlin caught off the coast of...

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Main Author: Grey, Zane, 1872-1939.
Other Authors: Hope, William, 1955- (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., [2019]
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Summary: Zane Grey, known and loved primarily for his Western novels, was an avid fisherman. When his writing started paying off, he managed to spend as many as 300 days a year enjoying the sport. And while he is remembered for his record-breaking catches, such as the 464-pound marlin caught off the coast of Tahiti, Zane Grey also enjoyed freshwater fishing for bass, trout, steelhead, and salmon. In Tales of Freshwater Fishing, Grey recounts his expeditions on the Delaware River, off the West Coast of the United States, and in British Columbia.
Item Description: Originally published: Tales of fresh-water fishing. New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, 1928.
Physical Description: ? audio discs (12 hr., 39 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 12:39:00
ISBN: 9781982685881
1982685883
Author Notes: Zane Grey was born Pearl Zane Gray in 1872, in Zanesville, Ohio. He studied dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania, married Lina Elise Roth in 1905, then moved his family west where he began to write novels. The author of 86 books, he is today considered the father of the Western genre, with its heady romances and mysterious outlaws. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) brought Grey his greatest popular acclaim. Other notable titles include The Light of Western Stars (1914) and The Vanishing American (1925).

An extremely prolific writer, he often completed three novels a year, while his publisher would issue only one at a time. Twenty-five of his novels were published posthumously. His last, The Reef Girl, was published in 1977. Zane Grey died of heart failure on October 23 in Altadena, California, in 1939.

(Bowker Author Biography)