New book on Zane Grey focus of Nov. 1 talk

2:45 p.m., Oct. 18, 2005--The English department is holding a book signing and talk by author Thomas Pauly, professor of English at UD, at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 1, in 123 Memorial Hall.

Pauly will speak on his recently published book Zane Grey, His Life, His Adventures, His Women, including discussion about Grey’s baseball, dentistry, Westerns, fishing and “many women, especially his wife Dolly.”

Pauly was director of UD’s American Studies Program for 10 years, while teaching American literature and specializing in the period from the Civil War to the Vietnam, concentrating in the 1920s. He has written many books on Elia Kazan and the historical background of the musical Chicago, and also edited a reprint of Around the World on a Bicycle by Thomas Stevens.

Copies of Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women will be available for purchase before and after the event.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (302) 831-2361.

Article by Kim Sharrah, AS ‘06

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