Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1872, Jan. 31 | Born Pearl Zane Gray, Zanesville, Ohio |
1896 | D.D.S, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. |
1896-1904 | Practiced dentistry in New York, N.Y., while pursuing an interest in baseball, including as a professional player in the minor leagues |
1902 | Published first magazine article, Recreation magazine |
1905 | Married Lina Roth and moved to Lackawaxen, Pa. |
1910 | Wrote first Western novel, Heritage of the Desert. New York and London: Harper & Brothers |
1913 | Published Riders of the Purple Sage (New York and London: Harper & Brothers), a best seller and one of his most successful Western novels |
1915 | Published The Lone Ranger: A Romance of the Border. New York and London: Harper & Brothers |
1916 | Began his association with the motion picture industry with the purchase by William Fox of the rights to the Riders of the Purple Sage, eventually forming his studio before selling his company to Jesse Lasky of Paramount Pictures |
1918 | Moved to California, settling in Altadena in 1920 |
1918-1932 | Regular contributor to Outdoor Life |
1925 | Published The Vanishing American (New York and London: Harper & Brothers) previously serialized in Ladies’ Home Journal |
1930 | Release of the motion picture “The Lone Star Ranger,” based on his novel The Lone Ranger: A Romance of the Border |
1939, Oct. 23 | Died, Altadena, Calif. |