1913 ZANE GREY SIGNED “PEARL” TLS TO HIS WIFE DOLLY -COLUMBUS OHIO FLOOD For Sale

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1913 ZANE GREY SIGNED “PEARL” TLS TO HIS WIFE DOLLY -COLUMBUS OHIO FLOOD:
$1119.98

Item: 1913 Typed Letter Signed by Famous Western Author Zane Grey (Signed as "Pearl")

Date: April 9, 1913

Location: The Chittenden Hotel, Columbus, Ohio

About the Author:

Zane Grey (1872–1939) was a world-renowned American author whose blockbuster novels, such as Riders of the Purple Sage, defined the Western genre. Born Pearl Zane Gray, he dropped his first name for his public career but continued to use it with close family.

About the Item:

This is an incredible, historically significant 1-page typed letter addressed to his wife, Lina Elise "Dolly" Roth. Signed intimately with his birth name, "Pearl", the letter details the immediate aftermath of the devastating Great Flood of March/April 1913.

Grey vividly describes the disaster, noting that the river "crested it's banks by 40 ft," that "homes were uplifted from their foundations," and that the National Guard was brought in to keep order. He mentions writing the letter by candlelight because the hotel's electricity was out.