Zane Grey (International) assertion Zane Grey i(A80887 works by) (birth name: Pearl Zane Grey)
Born: Established: 31 Jan 1872 Ohio,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
; Died: Ceased: 23 Oct 1939 California,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,

Gender: Male
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3 y separately published work icon Wilderness Trek : A Novel of Australia Zane Grey , New York (City) : Harper and Brothers , 1944 Z1101715 1944 single work novel adventure western romance
1 y separately published work icon An American Angler in Australia Zane Grey , London : Hodder and Stoughton , 1936 Z1562700 1936 single work biography travel

'In 1936, the celebrated American author Zane Grey arrived in the sleepy New South Wales town of Bermagui, with the express reason of angling for the world's largest fish - Marlin, sharks and Swordfish. Here is his little classic of the chase.

'Four miles out I sighted a long sickle fin cutting through a swell. Did I yell, "Marlin!"? I certainly did. An instant later Peter sighted another farther out, and this tail fin belonged to a large fish. I could not tell whether or not it indicated a black marlin. It stood up three feet or more, and that much would make a tail spread of over six feet. These marlin were riding the swells and they were moving fast. The tails would come up out of the top of a swell and cut the water at more than a ten-knot speed. Then they would vanish. It is always necessary to run the boat in the right direction to head the fish off. The Avalon is fast - she can do eighteen knots when opened up - but we could not catch up with the big fellow.'  (Publication summary : 2021 edition)

1 form y separately published work icon Rangle River Zane Grey , Charles Chauvel , Elsa Chauvel , ( dir. Clarence G. Badger ) Australia : Clarence Badger Productions , 1936 7748206 1936 single work film/TV western

'It is not devoted entirely to a western setting, but tells the story of how a young girl who has been finishing her education on the Continent is recalled to the station home of her father in an outback Australian settlement, and how her antagonism towards his foreman ultimately develops into love.'

Source:

'Parkside Theatre', Queensland Times, 28 April 1937, p.10.

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