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Betty Zane : the authorized edition

Elizabeth "Betty" Zane (July 19, 1759 - August 23, 1823) was a heroine of the Revolutionary War on the American frontier. She was the sister of Ebenezer Zane and his brother Isaac, and a direct aunt of the author Zane Grey.-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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  • "Elizabeth "Betty" Zane (July 19, 1759 - August 23, 1823) was a heroine of the Revolutionary War on the American frontier. She was the sister of Ebenezer Zane and his brother Isaac, and a direct aunt of the author Zane Grey.-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia."@en
  • "A fictional account of the life of one of the author's ancestors, a "supremely courageous woman" who aided in the defense of a principal frontier fortress during the Revolutionary War."@en
  • "During the American Revolution, Betty Zane helps her brothers save their frontier settlement from British troops and Indians, whose aggression culminates in an attack on Fort Henry."
  • "Besieged by British rangers and Shawnee Indians, the settlers of Fort Henry must make a valiant stand in one of the last battles of the American Revolution, and their only hope is Betty Zane, who runs the gauntlet to retrieve the last keg of gunpowder."@en
  • "Besieged by British rangers and Shawnee Indians, the settlers of Fort Henry must make a valiant stand in one of the last battles of the American Revolution, and their only hope is Betty Zane, who runs the gauntlet to retrieve the last keg of gunpowder."
  • "Grey's first novel, self-published in 1903, was based on the journal of one of his ancestors, Betty Zane, famed for braving hostile fire to bring desperately needed gunpowder to the patriots defending Fort Henry in 1782. Grey's rousing depiction of life along the Ohio frontier proved popular, enabling him to close his dental practice and become a full-time writer."
  • "West Virginians recall that it was the colonel's young daughter, Betty, who saved the fort during a British-Indian onslaught in 1782, the last battle of the Revolutionary War."@en
  • "In the midst of the American Revolution, tensions grow between white man and Indian as the British goad the Indians to violence, culminating in an attack on Fort Henry."@en
  • "This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. Early American Heroine."@en
  • "After the success of Zane Grey's first novel, Betty Zane, first published in 1903, Grey gave up his dental practice in New York City to concentrate on writing the westerns that would make him as rich and famous as a movie star. But ancestral pride, not money, was the impetus for Betty Zane. It was based on family stories about his great-grandfather, Colonel Ebenezer Zane, who had defended Fort Henry during the American Revolution. West Virginians remember that the colonel's young daughter, Betty, saved the fort during a British-Indian onslaught in 1782 - the last battle of the Revolutionary War. Her act of courage gives focus to this rousing novel, replete with other historical figures like the ferocious Lewis Wetzel, the notorious renegade Simon Girty, and the Seneca chief Cornplanter. Betty Zane, the headstrong heroine moves in an authentic atmosphere of danger and romance."@en
  • "After the success of Zane Grey's first novel, Betty Zane, first published in 1903, Grey gave up his dental practice in New York City to concentrate on writing the westerns that would make him as rich and famous as a movie star. But ancestral pride, not money, was the impetus for Betty Zane. It was based on family stories about his great-grandfather, Colonel Ebenezer Zane, who had defended Fort Henry during the American Revolution. West Virginians remember that the colonel's young daughter, Betty, saved the fort during a British-Indian onslaught in 1782 - the last battle of the Revolutionary War. Her act of courage gives focus to this rousing novel, replete with other historical figures like the ferocious Lewis Wetzel, the notorious renegade Simon Girty, and the Seneca chief Cornplanter. Betty Zane, the headstrong heroine moves in an authentic atmosphere of danger and romance."
  • "The historical novel Betty Zane was famed Western writer Zane Grey's first published book. The plucky protagonist was an ancestor of Zane Grey who fought ferociously during the Revolutionary War, serving as a key go-between during several battles against the British and their Native American allies."@en
  • "Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 - October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the American frontier, including the novel Riders of the Purple Sage, his bes selling book. This is one of his stories."@en
  • "The sweeping novel of red-blooded Americans caught up in the furious strife of the Revolution."@en
  • "Daily struggles of a herione of the American revolution."@en
  • "Besieged by British rangers and Shawnee Indians, the settlers of Fort Henry must make a valiant stand in one of the last battles of the American Revolution, and their only hope is Betty Zane, who runs the gauntlet to retrieve the last keg of gunpowder"@en
  • ""The story follows Betty's courageous life in the frontier. This includes her defense of the fort at Wheeling from Indians" --Provided by publisher."@en
  • "Dialy struggles of a heroine of the American Revolution."@en
  • "This novel was based on family stories about his great-grandfather, Colonel Ebenezer Zane, who had defended Fort Henry during the American Revolution. West Virginians remember that the colonel's young daughter, Betty, saved the fort during a British-Indian onslaught in 1782: the last battle of the Revolutionary War. Her act of courage gives focus to this rousing novel, replete with other historical figures like the ferocious Lewis Wetzel, the notorious renegade Simon Girty, and the Seneca chief Cornplanter. Betty Zane, the headstrong heroine moves in an authentic atmosphere of danger and romance."
  • "During the American Revolution, Betty Zane helps her brothers save their frontier settlement from British troops and Indians."@en
  • "During the American Revolution, Betty Zane helps her brothers save their frontier settlement from British troops and Indians."
  • "This story tells of the bravery and heroism of Betty, the beautifulyoung sister of old Colonel Zane, one of the bravest pioneers. Lifealong the frontier, attacks by Indians, Betty's heroic defense of thebeleaguered garrison at Wheeling, the burning of the Fort, and Betty'sfinal race for life, make up this never-to-be-forgotten story."@en

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  • "War stories"@en
  • "Biographical fiction"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Dobrodružné romány"
  • "Adventure stories"
  • "American fiction"
  • "American fiction"@en
  • "Biographical fiction, American"@en
  • "Biographical fiction, American"
  • "Historical fiction, American"@en
  • "Historical fiction, American"
  • "Western stories"@en
  • "Western stories"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Downloadable World Book ebooks"@en

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  • "Betty Zane [sound recording]"
  • "Heroina de Fort Henry"
  • "Posljedni graničar"
  • "La heroína de Fort Henry : novela"@es
  • "Betty Zane : the authorized edition"@en
  • "La heroina de Fort Henry"@es
  • "La heroina de Fort Henry"
  • "La heroina de Fort Henry : "Betty Zane" : novela"
  • "Betty Zane : regény"
  • "Posljednji graničar"
  • "Betty Zane Western-Roman"
  • "Betty Zane : seikkailukertomus Pohjois-Amerikasta intiaanisotien ajoilta"@fi
  • "La Heroína de Fort Henry = Betty Zane"
  • "La heroina de Fort Henry : novela"@es
  • "La heroína de Fort Henry : Novela"@es
  • "La heroína de Fort Henry : (Betti Zane)"@es
  • "La heroína de Fort Henry"@es
  • "La heroína de Fort Henry"
  • "Betty Zane; roman"
  • "Een kind van het Westen"
  • "Betty zane"@en
  • "Betty zane"
  • "Betty Zane e. klass. Western-Roman"
  • "Betty Zane : romanzo"@it
  • "Betty Zane"@it
  • "Betty Zane"@hr
  • "Betty Zane"
  • "Betty Zane"@en
  • "Betty Zane"@ca
  • "La Heroína de Fort Henry"
  • "Betty Zane : Roman"
  • "Betty Zane [dt.] Western-Roman"
  • "Betty Zane : an abridged edition of the novel"
  • "Neodovzdaný list"
  • "Betty Zane : ein klassischer Western-Roman"
  • "La heroína de Fort Henry : "Betty Zane" ; novela"
  • "Betty Zane Roman"

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