Hormoz
Hormoz , Hormuz or Ormuz , island (1989 est. pop. 2,500), 5 mi (8.1 km) long and 3.5 mi (5.6 km) wide, S Iran, in the Strait of Hormuz (Hormoz), between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Salt and red ochre are produced. The town of Hormoz, originally built on the mainland, was moved (c.1300) to the island after repeated attacks by marauding raiders. The new port prospered and served as a center of trade with India and China. It was attacked by the Portuguese under Alfonso de Albuquerque in 1507 and was captured by them in 1514. Its recapture in 1622 by Shah Abbas I with the aid of an English fleet marked the end of the island's prosperity; the shah abandoned Hormoz for the new mainland port of Bandar Abbas . The town's proximity to the Persian Gulf has lent it strategic importance in the 20th cent.
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This week in history.(YOUR TURN)(Gutzon Borglum's famous stone carving)
Magazine article from: WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin); 11/3/2006; 537 words
; ...became the life's work of American sculptor Gutzon Borglum. Starting in 1927, Borglum and 400 workers used dynamite and gas-powered...work on the project ended on October 31, 1941. Borglum died seven months later. Name the famous stone...
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Borglum, Gutzon Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mount Rushmore.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Biography; 3/22/2003; ; 375 words
; John Taliaferro. New York: Public Affairs, 2002. 453 pp. $27.50. "Taliaferro, who previously wrote biographies of the western sculptor Charles M. Russell and the 'Tarzan' novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs, tells a wide-ranging story, touching on everything from the Indian Wars of the 1870's to a biker
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THE OLYMPIAN EGO BEHIND MOUNT RUSHMORE
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/15/2003; 700+ words
; ...could it be with Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor who...psychic scars on little Gutzon who always claimed...Los Angeles where Borglum grew up and began...his brother, Solon Borglum, already had found...cowboy sculptures. Gutzon fell under the influence...
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The 5th face of Rushmore; Sculptor's monumental ambition.(ARTS)(TELEVISION)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...Rushmore." Instead, it began when Gutzon Borglum, the eccentric sculptor who envisioned...story unfolds, viewers learn that Borglum was known not only for his grand...Rushmore" tells about sculptor Gutzon Borglum. [NO CREDIT]
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The 5th face of Rushmore.(D)(Arts & Entertainment)(Television)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Rushmore." Instead, it began when Gutzon Borglum, the eccentric sculptor who envisioned...story unfolds, viewers learn that Borglum was known not only for his grand accomplishment...Mount Rushmore" tells about sculptor Gutzon Borglum.
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A DIFFERENT VIEW OF RUSHMORE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/19/2002; ; 594 words
; ...oversaw its 16-year construction, Gutzon Borglum. For Borglum, the monument was always...berated anyone who got in his way. "Gutzon Borglum's most gripping creation," says the film's narrator, "was Gutzon Borglum."
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Roadside attraction.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Taliaferro Public Affairs, $27.50 GUTZON BORGLUM WAS EXACTLY the sort of contractor...and delusions of grandeur." But Borglum quickly converted insult into triumph...in a nutshell, is the story of Borglum's life, as told by John Taliaferro...
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What's behind faces of Mount Rushmore?
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 12/14/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...keeping with American life," said Gutzon Borglum. For all the superlatives, Rushmore...this year, and which documents Borglum's Klan connection. "The truth...complications are part of that." Gutzon Borglum was the son of a Danish Mormon...
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THE MAGNITUDE OF RUSHMORE Great, messy and wholly American
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...keeping with American life," said Gutzon Borglum. For all the superlatives, Rushmore...this year, and which documents Borglum's Klan connection. "The truth...complications are part of that." Gutzon Borglum was the son of a Danish Mormon...
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Great White Fathers: The Story of the Obsessive Quest to Create Mount Rushmore
Magazine article from: Montana; The Magazine of Western History; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...When Taliaferro turns his attention to Gutzon Borglum, however, the story comes to life. He characterizes Borglum as a lousy businessman, consummate...and great artist, and he illustrates Borglum's own efforts at myth building, catching...
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John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum An American sculptor and engineer...worked on a gigantic scale, John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (1867-1941) is best known...National Memorial in South Dakota. Gutzon Borglum was born on March 25, 1867...
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Gutzon Borglum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gutzon Borglum (John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum) , 1867-1941, American...Casey and M. Borglum, Give the Man Room: the Story of Gutzon Borglum (1952); W. Price, Gutzon Borglum, Artist and Patriot (1961); A. M. Davies, Solon H...
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Borglum, Gutzon
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Borglum, Gutzon (1867–1941). American...details were added in 1941, after Borglum's death, by his son Lincoln...1,000,000. Solon Hannibal Borglum (1868–1922), Gutzon's brother, was also a sculptor...
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Borglum, (John) Gutzon
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Borglum, (John) Gutzon (1867–1941) US sculptor. From a six-ton marble block he fashioned a head of Abraham Lincoln, which now stands...
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Borglum, (John) Gutzon (De La Mothe)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Borglum, [John] Gutzon [De La Mothe] (1871–1941), sculptor and painter, trained in San Francisco, Paris, and London, was influenced...
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