{"product_id":"betty-zane-used-good","title":"BETTY ZANE - USED , GOOD","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a fascinating piece of Western literary history. While it might look like a standard reprint at first glance due to the Grosset \u0026amp; Dunlap name, the specific internal plates and text layout reveal a much more significant story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eAbout the Book \u0026amp; Historical Context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eBetty Zane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zane Grey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grosset \u0026amp; Dunlap (Printed using the original plates of the Charles Francis Press)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eIllustrator:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis F. Grant\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Backstory:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"15\"\u003eBetty Zane\u003c\/i\u003e was Zane Grey's very first novel. He wrote it about his real-life ancestor, Elizabeth \"Betty\" Zane, a heroine of the American Revolutionary War who famously saved Fort Henry in 1782 by running a gauntlet of gunfire to fetch gunpowder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe \"Vanity\" Connection:\u003c\/b\u003e No major publisher would take a chance on an unknown dentist-turned-writer at the time, so Grey famously used his wife Lina's savings to self-publish the book in 1903. He hired the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"206\"\u003eCharles Francis Press\u003c\/b\u003e in New York to print a small run (estimated around 2,000 copies). Shortly afterward, Grosset \u0026amp; Dunlap stepped in, bought the rights (and the physical printing plates), and reissued the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethis is a \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"258\"\u003eFirst Grosset \u0026amp; Dunlap Edition (circa 1913–1914)\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47747584000163,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6831\/6835\/files\/20260606_160515.jpg?v=1780787076","url":"https:\/\/kicksmixbooks.store\/products\/betty-zane-used-good","provider":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}