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Where I was raised a woman's word was law. I ain't quite outgrowed that yet.

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Zane Grey
Age: 67 †
Born: 1872
Born: January 31
Died: 1939
Died: October 23
Author
Baseball Player
Dentist
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Zanesville
Ohio
Law
Word
Woman
Raised
Quite

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