Pearl Zane Grey was an American author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage was his best-selling book.
Known For
Western Union
(1941)
Novel
Full Filmography
Writing
Fighting Blood
(1911)
Novel
The Heart of Texas Ryan
(1917)
Novel
Riders of the Purple Sage
(1918)
Novel
The Border Legion
(1918)
Novel
The Rainbow Trail
(1918)
Story
Desert Gold
(1919)
Novel
The Last of the Duanes
(1919)
Story
The Lone Star Ranger
(1919)
Novel
Riders of the Dawn
(1920)
Novel
The Man Of The Forest
(1921)
Novel
The Last Trail
(1921)
Novel
The Mysterious Rider
(1921)
Novel
The Lone Star Ranger
(1923)
Novel
To the Last Man
(1923)
Novel
The Call of the Canyon
(1923)
Story
Wanderer of the Wasteland
(1924)
Novel
The Heritage of the Desert
(1924)
Novel
The Last of the Duanes
(1924)
Story
The Border Legion
(1924)
Novel
The Vanishing American
(1925)
Novel
Code of the West
(1925)
Novel
The Rainbow Trail
(1925)
Story
Wild Horse Mesa
(1925)
Novel
The Light of Western Stars
(1925)
Novel
The Thundering Herd
(1925)
Novel
Riders of the Purple Sage
(1925)
Novel
Desert Gold
(1926)
Novel
Forlorn River
(1926)
Novel
Man of the Forest
(1926)
Novel
Born to the West
(1926)
Story
Nevada
(1927)
Novel
The Last Trail
(1927)
Novel
Lightning
(1927)
Story
The Mysterious Rider
(1927)
Novel
Drums of the Desert
(1927)
Novel
Avalanche
(1928)
Novel
The Vanishing Pioneer
(1928)
Novel
The Water Hole
(1928)
Story
Under the Tonto Rim
(1928)
Novel
Sunset Pass
(1929)
Novel
Stairs of Sand
(1929)
Novel
The Light of Western Stars
(1930)
Novel
The Border Legion
(1930)
Novel
The Last of the Duanes
(1930)
Novel
The Lone Star Ranger
(1930)
Novel
The Last of the Vargas
(1930)
Writer
Fighting Caravans
(1931)
Novel
Riders of the Purple Sage
(1931)
Novel
Heritage of the Desert
(1932)
Story
Wild Horse Mesa
(1932)
Novel
Robbers' Roost
(1932)
Novel
The Rainbow Trail
(1932)
Story
End of the Trail
(1932)
Story
The Golden West
(1932)
Story
The Thundering Herd
(1933)
Story
Man of the Forest
(1933)
Novel
To the Last Man
(1933)
Story
Sunset Pass
(1933)
Novel
Life in the Raw
(1933)
Novel
Under the Tonto Rim
(1933)
Novel
The Last Trail
(1933)
Novel
The Woman Accused
(1933)
Author
The Mysterious Rider
(1933)
Writer
The Dude Ranger
(1934)
Story
Wagon Wheels
(1934)
Novel
West of the Pecos
(1934)
Novel
The Fighting Westerner
(1935)
Novel
Wanderer of the Wasteland
(1935)
Novel
Nevada
(1935)
Novel
Thunder Mountain
(1935)
Novel
Home on the Range
(1935)
Novel
Arizona Mahoney
(1936)
Novel
King of the Royal Mounted
(1936)
Story
Rangle River
(1936)
Novel
The Arizona Raiders
(1936)
Novel
End of the Trail
(1936)
Novel
Drift Fence
(1936)
Novel
Desert Gold
(1936)
Novel
Thunder Trail
(1937)
Story
Born to the West
(1937)
Novel
Forlorn River
(1937)
Novel
The Mysterious Rider
(1938)
Characters
Heritage of the Desert
(1939)
Novel
The Border Legion
(1940)
Novel
Knights of the Range
(1940)
Story
Light of Western Stars
(1940)
Novel
Western Union
(1941)
Novel
Riders of the Purple Sage
(1941)
Novel
Last of the Duanes
(1941)
Novel
Lone Star Ranger
(1942)
Novel
Nevada
(1944)
Novel
West of the Pecos
(1945)
Novel
Wanderer of the Wasteland
(1945)
Novel
Sunset Pass
(1946)
Novel
Code of the West
(1947)
Novel
Thunder Mountain
(1947)
Novel
Under the Tonto Rim
(1947)
Novel
Wild Horse Mesa
(1947)
Novel
Gunfighters
(1947)
Novel
Red Canyon
(1949)
Novel
Robbers' Roost
(1955)
Story and Novel
The Vanishing American
(1955)
Novel
The Maverick Queen
(1956)
Novel
Riders of the Purple Sage
(1996)
Novel
Acting