Zane Gray and the Mormons
Zane Grey and the Mormons

Zane Grey was a Sigma Nu frat boy who studied dentistry and played baseball at the University of Pennsylvania before going out West and making his name as America’s most famous Western writer. His experience with the Mormons in Southern Utah influenced his writing and his life.
About the presenter:

Fred Esplin lives in Salt Lake City where he teaches courses on Utah history through the University of Utah’s Osher Institute. He studied at Southern Utah University, the University of Utah, and the American University. Much of his career was in public broadcasting where he worked for PBS in Washington, DC, the Pennsylvania Public Television Network, and KUED Channel 7 (PBS Utah). Before retiring in 2020, Fred worked for two decades as Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the University of Utah. He is a native Southern Utahn whose family still operates a homestead cattle ranch on the North Fork of the Virgin River.
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