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   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.   
      
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   John W Kennedy   
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