Description: ZANE GREY Zane Grey to His Future Wife Autograph letter, 1 page (recto only), 5" x 8", in pencil on ruled paper,Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, circa June 1904 Signed: "Pearl" To Lina Elise Roth **(his future wife): "Dear Sweetheart - I have been worried thinking you might have been on that steamboat *** which was burned. ... / sorry to tell you that I have hurt myself...badly. / I lifted a big stone and wrenched my back...have been [bedridden] for 2 days and can't move. ... / Write to me....Pearl" Together with the original holograph mailing envelope addressed to Miss Lina E. RothNew York City, N.Y.701 St. Nicholas Ave stamped with a 2 cent George Washington stamp and postmarked Lackawaxen, PA. June 17, 1904 Condition: very good ** Lina Elise Roth (1883-1957), better known as "Dolly," married to Zane Grey November 5, 1905 until his death in 1939. *** The PS General Slocum was an American sidewheel passenger steamboatbuilt in Brooklyn, New York in 1891. On June 15, 1904 it caught fire and sank inthe East River of New York City. Nearly 1,400 passengers including officers and crew were on board;957 deaths and 180 injuries. Zane Grey was a noted American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. "Riders of the Purple Sage" (1912) was his bestselling book. Credited with over 100 films and a TV series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, all based loosely on his novels and short stories. Grey's son Loren claims, in the introduction to "Tales of Tahitian Waters," that Zane Grey fished on average 300 days a year throughout his adult life. Born: 1872, Zanesville, Ohio; died: 1939, Altadena, California. George Houle Houle Rare Books & Autographs Palm Springs, California SINCE 1976 PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 2 DAYS OF PURCHASE. Multiple purchases may be combined to save on shipping. All items are shipped viaUSPS - MAIL. International packages ship at HIGHER RATES. WE SHIP WORLDWIDE THROUGH EBAY'S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM. Ebay will send an invoice for shipping and will add any duties or taxes that apply. Before buying, please print out this page as your LOA or COA. We Guarantee Authenticity Of All Signed Items! We Are Members of ABAA and PADA.
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