Toronto: The Musson Book Company, [1925], 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Grey, Zane. THE VANISHING AMERICAN. Toronto: Musson, (1925). 8vo., First Canadian edition. 8vo., 308pp + 4 pages of ads. Embossed dark brown cloth stamped in black at the spine & luxuriously on the upper board. Neat name on the ffe date 1925. A fine lovely copy in dustwrapper with one tiny chip at the bottom of the front panel. A very nice copy of this edition. 50 times scarcer than the American first. Considered one of Zane Grey's best novels, The Vanishing American was originally published in serialized form in the Ladies Home Journal in 1922. It reveals Grey's empathy for the Native American & his deep concern for the future survival of that culture. It is the story of Nophaie, a young Navajo, who is picked up by a party of whites at the age of seven. White parents bring the child up as though he were their own, eventually sending him to a prestigious Eastern college where he distinguishes himself by his outstanding athletic skill. The Vanishing American is about Nophaie's struggle to find a place in society. On a larger scale it is about all Native Americans & their future in America. An important book.

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On Aug 3 2020, a reader said:

When I first read this book more than 50 years ago, I did not really appreciate it for the powerful book it really is, nor understood the full impact it made on the reading public at the time of its publication in the Ladies' Home Journal. Nor did I rate this book as highly as I did other Zane Grey novels; but with each successive reading the higher I place it against such work as Riders of the Purple Sage, or Heritage of the Desert. The Vanishing American IS a great work, one of ZG's finest. And whether you read the "original" as published by Harpers or the expurgated version which restores ZG's original ending and the more offensive sections dealing with the harsh treatment of the missionaries on the reservation, either one will stir you deep down to your very core. Marian Warner's and Nophaie's love story will reach you to your inner self, and the struggle the Indian faces as he battles for his soul in the face of Indian values verses the white man's will touch you and force you to look at your own relationship with God and nature. The Vanishing American is a book which needs to be read and studied by every American, and taught in the school system along with the history of the United States and its dealings with the Native Americans--a subject woefully disregarded in American History classes--except for Custer's last stand at the Little Big Horn. There is, nor has there ever been, a more powerful book dealing with this subject been written. And even though this one is fiction, and a romance, it tells it like it was, and for the most part afraid still is today on the Indian reservations. Indeed, a sad chapter in the nation's history. I cannot urge you enough to purchase this book!

On Jan 17 2020, a reader said:

Great Book.

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Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collection Library (CA)
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Title: THE VANISHING AMERICAN
Author: Grey, Zane
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: The Musson Book Company, [1925]
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1946
Keywords: WESTERN AMNERICANA. COWBOYS. INDIANS. NATIVE AMERICANS. CHEYENNE. CUSTER. LITTLE BIG HORN.
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