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    • Zoom Broom [book review]

    • Zoom Broom [book review]

    • Book review;

    • Palatini, Margie. Zoom Broom. Illustrated by Howard Fine. Hyperion, 1998. ISBN 0-7868-0322-3. $14.95. Unpaginagted. B+ K-4 PB Reviewed by Marsha D. Broadway In this rip-roaring sequel to Piggie Pie, Gritch the Witch is again looking for a...
    • The Woman's Exponent 1896-02-01 vol. 24 no. 17

    • The Woman's Exponent 1896-02-01 vol. 24 no. 17

    • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Periodicals; Mormons--Periodicals; Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)--Periodicals; Women in the Mormon Church--Periodicals;

    • Publication for the women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Began with vol. 1 in 1872 and ceased with vol. 41 in February 1914.
    • Zane Grey Diary - 9 Sep, 1906

    • Zane Grey Diary - 9 Sep, 1906

    • Goals; ambitions; personal; sympathy; money; endurance; poor; weak; maimed; aged; wretched; troubles;

    • "The serious side of life means to me the winning of name and position. Money is not my great object in life. Great achievement, with its consequent fame, would not content me. I want to teach endurance, to help others to live better. I want to...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 8 Apr, 1933

    • Zane Grey Diary - 8 Apr, 1933

    • religion; nature;

    • "I stood entranced one moment, and then the next I was a shuddering mortal, wracked out of my orbit, feeling and seeing the eternity before me, the magnificence and aloofness of nature, and the infinitismal [sic] man gazing with appalling...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 31 Dec, 1927

    • Zane Grey Diary - 31 Dec, 1927

    • religion;

    • "The pangs of mind will not die, however, and they are powerful tonight. The age is not one for optimism, unless there is religion. I think the lack of religion is the main cause of materialism of the age. It would be better not to think, or read,...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 24 Sep, 1936 (1923-1938)

    • Zane Grey Diary - 24 Sep, 1936 (1923-1938)

    • Australia; Adjustment; return;

    • "I spent 8 1/2 months in Australia. It was a big success for me. I overcame many handicaps, my habit of keeping alone, of being unfriendly. I felt grateful to the thousands of my Australian readers, and gradually warmed to them, and was the...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 24 Mar, 1909

    • Zane Grey Diary - 24 Mar, 1909

    • Trip to Mexico; River; St. Rosa; Expedition.; Alacrane; Reef Trip;

    • "Lastly I made a voyage down a Mexican river through the jungle. This was even more difficult, sickening and spiriting than the Alacranes trip. But it was also more thrilling. Many times during the days I spent on those two excursions the thought...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 20 Apr, 1909

    • Zane Grey Diary - 20 Apr, 1909

    • an analysis; characteristics of; women; other women;

    • "A woman who knows me better than any other, or even myself, made me these trenchant remarks: All your life you have held a certain attitude toward women, and they in return of your demand have shown you a certain side of their nature and lives, in...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 1919

    • Zane Grey Diary - 1919

    • Wanderer of the Wasteland; Characters; books; influence; Picacho; Wilcox; description; Yuma;

    • "Met two travelers, one an Irish prospector, very funny. He told about wild cattle chasing him and a comrade up trees, and tore up their baggage. The other man was a young man who had been dying of lung trouble, and had gotten better - a dark...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 19 Oct, 1935

    • Zane Grey Diary - 19 Oct, 1935

    • Writing; facing Depression of the 30's;

    • "It has taken me many years to realize how sensitive and emotional I am, that I am a child, that I can seldom attend to what anyone else is saying because my mind drifts off to vague dreams and thoughts. I question my intelligence when it comes to...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 17 Nov, 1933

    • Zane Grey Diary - 17 Nov, 1933

    • Writing; critics; books; Depression of the 30's; extravagances;

    • "The New York Times reviews my latest book favorable 'Grey holds his own with the new school of western writers'. That was something to read. I saw red. Most of those writers have built their medium upon Zane Grey. The magazine editors read, or say...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 13 May, 1934

    • Zane Grey Diary - 13 May, 1934

    • Depression of the 30's; Lean 30's; Depression

    • "I returned to weighing 139 pounds, hard as nails, black as a native, in the best of physical condition, and in better frame of mind than last year. I found the financial situation worse, after three years-and about to collapse. My debts, including...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 13 May, 1934

    • Zane Grey Diary - 13 May, 1934

    • Writing; Depression of the 30's; Trips; in the future;

    • ""Wants to do: I write better books. I want to take the great Indian Ocean cruise. I want to take the South American cruise. I want to take one to New Zealand. I want to take several to Tahiti. I want to save something, if not all, of the...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 12 Oct, 1932

    • Zane Grey Diary - 12 Oct, 1932

    • Depression of the 30's; Lean 30's; Depression

    • "Every morning is a trial. Everyday, almost, ends in defeat. In all my life I recall a period so terrible as this . The panic in all kinds of business has changed men, time, possibilities, old institutions, habits, work, ideals, success, life...
    • Zane Grey Diary - 11 Apr, 1912

    • Zane Grey Diary - 11 Apr, 1912

    • other women; Olga Petrova; Lina Cavalieri;

    • "Yesterday I saw a perfectly, wonderfully beautiful woman, the only one I ever saw in my life. She was a Russian. I was so moved by her grace and beauty that I cannot remember just what she looked like. But I shall go again to see her and then,...

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