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Word: donne (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Britisher, given to protracted orgies, and his color less, passionate wife. The Britisher fled during a drunken spell, joined the circus in which Phoebe was featured. One guessed at the ending. In his better moments (The Chicken-Wagon Family) Author Benefield has been compared with Barrie, Morley, Donn Byrne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Education, Respectability | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

DESTINY BAY-Donn Byrne-Little Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: More Irishry | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

...Died. Donn Byrne (Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne), 39, mystic Irish author (Messer Marco Polo, Blind Raftery, Hangman's House, etc.), self-styled "last of the traditional Irish story tellers"; in an automobile accident, at Bandon, County Cork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 2, 1928 | 7/2/1928 | See Source »

Hangman's House. An authentic Irish flavor, a grand horse race and a Citizen Hogan (Victor McLaglen) who says: "You'll have to excuse me for a while, as I've got a man to kill," are refreshing in the film version of Donn Byrne's fine novel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures May 28, 1928 | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

...CRUSADE-Donn Byrne-Little Brown ($2). There is almost no getting around it, and Donn Byrnians will have to survive it as best they can-their favorite author has rewritten The Sheik with reverse English. Perhaps, though, the reverse is Irish enough to keep the faithful in the fold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Reverse Irish | 4/9/1928 | See Source »

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