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by Zane Grey

Author:

Zane Grey

ISBN13:

978-1417926091

ISBN:

1417926090

Language:

English

Publisher:

Kessinger Publishing, LLC (July 2, 2004)

Category:

Fiction

Subcategory:

Contemporary

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1321 kb

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1723 kb

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Rating:

4.6

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798

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The Shortstop by Zane Grey

The Shortstop by Zane Grey. Originally published in 1937. Usually western writer Zane Grey does a swell job on this tale of life and the diamond in a simpler era but you still had to be tough on and off the field to make your way in world. If you read this story I hope you find it like I did, "Sweeter 'n a basket of red monkeys.

The Short Stop - Zane Grey. Mother, since father left us to shift for ourselves I’ve been the head of the house. I never disobeyed you before, but now-I’ve thought it out. I’ve made my plan. Bah. Players are good-for-nothing loafers, rowdies. Chase Calloway hurried out of the factory door and bent his steps homeward. He wore a thoughtful, anxious look, as of one who expected trouble. Yet there was a briskness in his stride that showed the excitement under which he labored was not altogether unpleasant. I won’t have my son associate with them. They’ve a bad name, I’ll admit; but, mother, I don’t think it’s deserved.

Pearl Zane Grey was best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that were a basis for the Western genre in literature and the arts, but he also wrote two hunting . The Short Stop’ is a small-town American success story.

Pearl Zane Grey was best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that were a basis for the Western genre in literature and the arts, but he also wrote two hunting books, six children’s books, three baseball books, and eight fishing books.

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.

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.

Below you'll find a Zane Grey books list, including published and even unpublished works.

Any type of book or journal citing Zane Grey as a writer should appear on this. Below you'll find a Zane Grey books list, including published and even unpublished works. Any type of book or journal citing Zane Grey as a writer should appear on this list. The full bibliography of the author Zane Grey below includes book jacket images whenever possible.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Samulkis

Great book. Was curious to give it a try as I had not read a non-western book by Zane Grey. Thoroughly enjoyed it. If you like baseball as I do you will like this book. Great insight into how the game of baseball used to be. This digital edition was not properly justified for my Kindle which was a little irritating but I got used to it. (Many of the words at the end of a line had some of their letters on one line and the rest on the next line.) I did not rate the book any lower because of this, however, as it has nothing to do with the original version of the book.

elektron

On top of his vast collection of western dramas, Zane Grey also penned a number of boys' stories, especially those involving team sports. Even at this age, I am often taken back to some of those great stories when I see the kinds of things that today's children are often obligated to read. This is a story of a young man named Chase Alloway, a factory worker in the very early twentieth century who dedicated himself to taking care of his widowed mother, but also had a driving need to pursue his great love, baseball! At a critical point in his life, he makes a decision to strike out on his own to try to play professional ball, and does find a place on a minor league tem in Ohio. The trials and tribulations he endures to realize his dream are daunting, but it is also a tale of touching relationships, even romance, that really is "all about character." I was so pleased to finally find a book from my youth that my dear mother had thrown out when I went to college and then the military!

Bukus

Zane Grey is known for his westerns, and they are great, but his baseball stories are maybe even better. Baseball is the American small town game. It is linked forever in the tradition of family, community, and the hard knocks of life that give young men a chance at being real men. Zane Grey loved the game. He understood it. He also understood the old American midwest, and it is fun to relive it. If you love baseball, Ohio, young men trying to make good, you will love this novel.

Karon

This story is just plain fun. Everything turns out great. Sure, it is often unrealistic, but who cares. Baseball is fun, the poor kid who leaves home and does well is fun, reliving our childhood dreams is fun, so let's enjoy this slightly fantasy-filled story.

Tehn

While an early story by Zane Grey, it is not the quality of his later work. But local professional baseball hardly exists today and this story provides a window into how baseball was played back when it was probably the only professional team sport. People had few entertainment options for their leisure time except baseball. The relationships of owners, coaches, players, and fans that Zane Grey knew well are far different than today in a game that has changed in interesting ways though not fundamentally. It was fun to read for someone that enjoys sports history.

Xisyaco

This was a fun read about the early days of big league baseball before commercialism took over. However as a download for Kindle it was difficult to read. It came in a form that had to be converted and in the process the formatting was very poor-especially words split in the middle.

Androrim

This is a great baseball story from the old days of baseball, early part of the 20th century. It follows the life of a fictional industrial league baseball player, Chase Alloway and documents his development into a star player in semi-pro ball. If you love baseball, this is your book. Great prose, written by a big time baseball fan from the period. Fast moving, great story, something in it for everyone, even romance!

Enjoyed the book very much. Early baseball the beginning and how the players lived back then. A must read for anyone that like baseball.

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