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Word: zane (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Parker, no novice at fish painting, once tinted a broadbill purple for R. H. Grey, brother of Author Zane Grey, who assured her that was the way they looked under water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Swordfish | 11/12/1934 | See Source »

Divorced. Dorothy Emmogene Grey, 23; from Romer Zane Grey, 26, son of the novelist; in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 24, 1934 | 9/24/1934 | See Source »

...Howell is still unimpressed, have him read Zane Grey's Tales of the Angler's Eldorado...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Letters, Sep. 3, 1934 | 9/3/1934 | See Source »

...early morning of the fourth day and the fight that had ended was the longest (by 42 hours) on record between man and fish. When Angler Howell reached shore he weighed his catch. Its 792 lb. were 34 lb. heavier than the record Nova Scotia tuna caught by Novelist Zane Grey in 1929, 6 lb. lighter than the world's record rod and reel tuna caught by Colonel E. T. Peel off Scarborough, England, two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Speculator's Catch | 8/20/1934 | See Source »

...great, jagged teeth snap their oars, rip off their rudders and crunch their boats' sides would rather not make the test. Fisherman Grey puts mako fishing in a class with tiger and elephant hunting for thrill and danger. Largest game fish ever caught with rod & reel was Zane Grey's 1,040-lb. marlin. But the mako is the only shark which will take fast-moving bait, and at leaping, it is unsurpassed. Tarpon and sailfish also leap clear of the water, but not so high. And like those of tuna and marlin which thresh on the surface...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Sharks by Grey | 5/14/1934 | See Source »

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