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 Author Name: Zane Grey
Title: TALES OF TAHITIAN WATERS
Binding: Paperback
Type: BOOK
Publisher: NATIONAL BOOK NETWORK
ISBN Number: 1568331398 / 9781568331393
Seller ID: 1029045
First pub in 1928, describes hair-raising tales of fishing in shark-infested Pacific waters, fishing for wahoo & marlin in Tahiti. B/w photos; 7x10 inches, 368 pgs.
'At the time of his death more than 50 years ago, Zane Grey was one of the most popular authors in North America. While best known for his famous western novels, he spent an average of 300 days a year fishing throughout his adult life and wrote more than a dozen books on his adventures. Originally published in 1928 by Harper & Brothers, this book describes Grey's hair-raising tales of fishing in shark-infested Pacific waters, fishing for wahoo and marlin in Tahiti, and Grey's unmistakable literary voice. The book version is profusely illustrated with photographs taken by the author.
REVIEW
"Some critics have suggested that Zane Grey's tales of Tahiti provided Ernest Hemingway with the inspiration for The Old Man and the Sea. Maybe so, maybe not, but readers can now judge for themselves, thanks to the publication of this attractive new edition of Mr. Grey's quests for the Giant Tahitian Striped Marlin....The text is illustrated with more than 30 photographs of fishing matters and native life taken by the author." ' Dallas Morning News
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Zane Grey was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1872. He attended the University of Pennsylvania on a baseball scholarship where he became a dentist. However, his heart was not in dentistry, it was in writing. In 1905 he married Lina Roth. They had three children, and eventually moved to California where Zane could both experience the West and write about it. He was one of America's most prolific authors, writing almost 90 books. He died of heart failure in 1939.
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