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Word: torsvan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...story proved beyond a doubt that el gringo was born in Chicago of Swedish parents 58 years ago; that he had lived in Mexico since 1913; that he had once worked in the Tampico oilfields. It proved that his name was Berick Torsvan-and that he was B. Traven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: The Secret of El Gringo | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

Spota hurried there, and by some sharp questioning compiled a list of some 50 Americans who might have been drawing checks on Acapulco banks. One of them was Berick Torsvan, the proprietor of El Parque Cach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: The Secret of El Gringo | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

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