Zane Greyis noted for his careful research and accurate portrayal of the American West. Grey's first book was published in 1904, and he went on to write more than 50 novels, most of them tales of adventure with a Western setting, includingThe Last of the Plainsmen(1908),Riders of the Purple Sage(1912),The Thundering Herd(1925),Code of the West (1934), andWest of the Pecos(1937). His nonfiction works includeTales of Fishing(1925). Many of Grey's novels continue to be extremely popular, and several have been adapted into motion pictures.