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MacDonald, John, 4th lord of the Isles
A Dictionary of British History
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MacDonald, John, 4th lord of the Isles (1434–1503). He succeeded his father Alexander, 3rd lord, in 1449, aged 15, and was almost immediately involved in efforts to defend his huge inheritance—which included not only the Hebrides and western coastline from Lewis to Kintyre, but also the earldom of Ross. MacDonald's rebellion of 1451 put him on the wrong side in the James II–Black Douglas civil wars of the 1450s. In 1462 he made the treaty of
Westminster‐Ardtornish with Edward IV of England, an abortive pact which envisaged the tripartite division of Scotland among MacDonald, his cousin Donald Balloch, and the forfeited 9th earl of Douglas. Summoned for treason, MacDonald finally forfeited his earldom of Ross in 1476, and lost his credibility in the Isles at the same time. The forfeiture of the lordship (1493) left John MacDonald apathetic pensioner of the crown until his death in January 1503.
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THE LAST TESTAMENT OF ROSS MACDONALD
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/2/2003; ; 700+ words
; AT THE TIME OF Ross Macdonald's death 20 years ago, critics...killers who did Macdonald in. . . . Ross Macdonald - the pen name for Kenneth Millar...s a monster in human form. But Ross Macdonald's murderers are not monsters...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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'ZEBRA-STRIPED HEARSE' CLASSIC 1962 WORK BY ROSS MACDONALD HITS KCRW AIRWAVES.(Viewpoint)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 5/21/2000; 700+ words
; ...large on the regional landscape as Ross Macdonald. The suspense writer, whose...radio listeners can experience Ross Macdonald's fictional vision in a unique...his generation.'' In 1982, Ross Macdonald was named the third recipient...
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Plotting Chandler's Demise: Ross Macdonald and the Neo-Aristotelian detective novel.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...himself on my behalf to no moral discipline at all. --Ross Macdonald, (1) letter to Gerald Walker Nov. 26, 1973 (Millar...Throughout his career as a writer of detective fiction, Ross Macdonald found the name of Raymond Chandler virtually inescapable...
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Lew's law (Ross Macdonald's mystery literature - is really Kenneth Millar).
Magazine article from: LawNow; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer detective series has...perceptive and passionate." So who was Ross Macdonald? For one thing, in exemplary mystery book fashion, he wasn't really Ross Macdonald but actually Kenneth Millar. The author...
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 "The Record (Kitchener, Ontario)")
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MacDONALD, Ross Paul - Peacefully, surrounded by the love . . .(LOCAL)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Record (Kitchener, Ontario); 9/18/2008; 485 words
; Ross MacDONALD, Paul - Peacefully...age of 44 years. Ross is survived by the...and Shirley (2001) MacDonald. He will be sadly...Dan) Thibault, Jim MacDonald, Helen (Fred) Schaller...Mary (Reg) Guttin. Ross was a loving uncle...
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Like his detective hero, Ross Macdonald endured.(Daily Break)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 8/21/2005; 700+ words
; ...analysis titled "The Novels of Ross Macdonald" by Michael Kreyling (University...Archer's. And, at bottom, Macdonald's. Lashman didn't disappear...his mind and checked out. But Ross Macdonald hung around. From his youth the...
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David Ross MacDonald, David Ross MacDonald.(Sound Recording Review)
Magazine article from: Sing Out!; 12/22/2006; ; 407 words
; DAVID ROSS MacDONALD, David Ross MacDonald, (Pepper Tree 0505). Thoughtful songs in simple arrangements (mostly solo guitar and vocal) from a pretty damn good guitarist. With a voice like a young Bruce Springsteen, MacDonald offers the...
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Gravity's Angel: Ross Macdonald's private detective Lew Archer fought a solitary war against greed and murder on the coast.(The Blue Hammer)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Magazine; 4/1/2008; 700+ words
; When Ross Macdonald finished what would become his final...coastal sprawl, what in Sleeping Beauty Macdonald calls the long beach ... from San...back four generations. No one reading Macdonald doubts the existence of karma. But...
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Swift Retires as Ford Controller; Hansen, Acton, Ross, Macdonald to New Posts.
PR Newswire; 9/15/2000; 700+ words
; ...Wallace, and Dennis Ross as vice president - General...chief of staff. Malcolm Macdonald, formerly vice president...moving to Ford Credit. Ross, 49, has been the chief...new general counsel. Ross was a tax partner at...University of Michigan. Macdonald, 60, assumes the new...
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The novels of Ross Macdonald.(paperback)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 462 words
; 1570035776 The novels of Ross Macdonald. Kreyling, Michael. U. of South...Paperback PS3525 In his examination of Macdonald's 18 detective novels, Kreyling...Vanderbilt U.) suggests that Macdonald elevated a popular genre from the...
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Ross Macdonald
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ross Macdonald pseud. of Kenneth Millar, 1915-83, American novelist, b. Los Gatos, Calif. He was educated in Canada and at the Univ. of Michigan. Macdonald's mystery novels center on the tough but compassionate private detective...
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MacDonald, Ross
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
MacDonald, Ross, pseudonym of Kenneth Millar (1915–83), California‐born novelist, reared in Canada. After graduation...
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MacDonald, John, 4th lord of the Isles
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...but also the earldom of Ross. MacDonald's rebellion of 1451 put...division of Scotland among MacDonald, his cousin Donald Balloch...Summoned for treason, MacDonald finally forfeited his earldom of Ross in 1476, and lost his credibility...
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James Ramsay MacDonald
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Labour government. Ramsay MacDonald, born in October 1866...farm servant, and John MacDonald, a plowman and a Highlander from the Black Isle of Ross. He was reared by his...ardent Gladstonian. In 1885 MacDonald went south to Bristol to...
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Haywood, Gar Anthony 1954–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...Gaughan likened Haywood to other Los Angeles detective fiction writers, among them such stellar names as Mosley, Ross MacDonald, and even Raymond Chandler. “ Each of those writers has given us a different Los Angeles, ”...
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