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 Message 143,752 of 144,799 
 John W Kennedy to William Vetter 
 Re: Tarzan and ERB. 
 13 Oct 14 19:36:05 
 
From: jwkenne@attglobal.net

On 2014-10-13 22:40:46 +0000, William Vetter said:

> I read Tarzan of the Apes last week for a reason involved with one of
> my projects.
>
> One thing I noticed was that he never swung from a vine in this book.
>
> I think that he wrote about 20 Tarzan books, and I don't think I'm
> going to read the rest.
>
> My question is whether he ever swings from a vine in any of the others,
> or was that entirely an invention of movies.

Judging from the books available in Gutenburg, when vines appear, they
are generally barriers or decoration. Tarzan uses some vines to climb
over a wall in one book, but that seems to be it.

--
John W Kennedy
"...when you're trying to build a house of cards, the last thing you
should do is blow hard and wave your hands like a madman."
  --  Rupert Goodwins

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