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From: The Independent - London
Date: 19970316
Author:Sue Gaisford

There's a small town in America called Misseldines, where Ernest Hemingway once paused briefly. Its awe-struck citizens begged him for a commemorative poem and this was his response: "Misseldines, O Misseldines, a dive I'll ne'er forget/ The taste of its banana splits is on my tonsils yet." Though it treasures this link with the great man, Misseldines isn't the first place most of us would connect with Hemingway.

But think of the wild west in terms of a writer and the name you'll ne'er forget is Zane Grey, who created the ideal of the brawny pioneer - generous, impulsive, brave and tough as ...

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