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Betty Zane

A pioneer woman and her fellow settlers take a stand against a vicious attack in this classic Western adventure by a celebrate American author.

Fort Henry’s besieged by British rangers and Shawnee Indians . . .

. . . and now this small group of settlers must make their valiant stand in one of the last battles of the American Revolution. Their only hope now is heroic Betty Zane, who must run the gauntlet to retrieve the last keg of gun powder—and save the fort.

Inspired by the life and adventures of his own great-great grandmother, Betty Zane was Zane Grey’s first novel and launched his career as a master writer of rousing frontier and Western adventures.

Zane Grey

Zane Grey (1872–1939) was born in Zanesville, Ohio, a city named for a Revolutionary War hero who was his ancestor. After attending the University of Pennsylvania on a baseball scholarship, he started a dentistry practice in New York City and wrote in the evenings. An avid outdoorsman, Grey found his inspiration in the American West, and his bestselling novels, including the iconic Riders of the Purple Sage, established the conventions and the enduring popularity of the Western genre.

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