Has anyone heard of a Zane Grey novel called "The Dude Cowboy?"?

Question

Not "The Dude Rancher," which is another one of his titles. A book specialist told me that a book by the name of "The Dude Cowboy" was inaccurately credited to Zane Grey in the 30's or 40's, then taken off market, but I simply can't find any other information about it. My grandfather remembers the title and synopsis from his teenage years and swears it was by Zane Grey, and I would love to find it for him (regardless of author). A quick synopsis: a rodeo cowboy finds himself in over his head when he gets work on a ranch. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Well, i've never read it, but I've heard of it and one of my really close friends said that it was really good. At least I think that's what she read.... It was something like that... It was a long time ago, and she said that the book was really, really old....

Answer 2

Here are some possibles.

The Dude
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1940
by Max Brand (real name Frederick Faust)

Dude cowboy (Holt no. 2)
Hollywood, Calif., RKO Radio Pictures, 1941.
by Morton Grant
This title is the script for a motion picture; it's hard to tell if it ever was published as a book.

Dude ranch; the story of a modern cowboy,
Chicago, A. Whitman & Co., 1939.
by Creighton Peet
Juvenile title.

Dude goes cowboy; before and after.
Boston, Humphries [©1949]
by Oraline (Meyer) Benhard