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Alvin Cullum York Alvin Cullum York
Alvin Cullum York 1887-1964, American soldier known as Sergeant York, b. Fentress co., Tenn. He was reared on a back-country farm in Tennessee. A conscientious objector at the beginning of World War I, he later agreed to fight and was credited with killing 25 German soldiers, capturing 132 others,... Read more
Battle of Cowpens Battle of Cowpens
Cowpens, Battle of (1781).Daniel Morgan and his 1,100‐man American army defeated Banastre Tarleton and 1,100 British and loyalist troops at the Cowpens in northwestern South Carolina on 17 January 1781 in the tactical masterpiece of the Revolutionary War—a classic demonstration of a... Read more
Edward Hicks Edward Hicks
Edward Hicks 1780-1849, American painter and preacher, b. Bucks co., Pa. A member of the Society of Friends, he became a noted back-country preacher in the conservative group of Quakers associated with his cousin Elias Hicks . He supported himself by painting carriages, signs, furniture, and the... Read more
Lyman Copeland Draper Lyman Copeland Draper
Kings Mountain, Battle of (1780).The defeat of Maj. Patrick Ferguson's loyalist force at Kings Mountain in northwest South Carolina by a coalition of frontiersmen on 7 October 1780 marked the start of the American recovery in the South during the Revolutionary War and the beginning of the end for... Read more
Tobacco Road Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road, novel by Erskine Caldwell, published in 1932. The sensational dramatization by Jack Kirkland (1933) had a continuous run of 3182 Broadway performances.In the squalid, cotton‐raising backcountry of contemporary Georgia live the sharecropper Jeeter Lester and his miserable,... Read more
Benjamin Ryan Tillman Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman 1847-1918, U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1895-1918), b. Edgefield co., S.C. A farmer, he became the leader of the backcountry whites in South Carolina and fostered their discontent with the ruling tidewater aristocracy. Supported by the Farmers' Alliance, he was elected... Read more
WinsLoew Furniture Inc WinsLoew Furniture Inc
WinsLoew Furniture, Inc. 201 Cahaba Valley ParkwayPelham, Alabama 35124U.S.A.(205) 403-0206Fax: (205) 403-0403 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1994Employees: 1266Sales: $144 million (1996)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 2510 Household Furniture WinsLoew Furniture, Inc. designs, manufactures, and... Read more
Directoire style Directoire style
Directoire style , in French interior decoration and costume, the manner prevailing about the time of the Directory (1795-99), from which the name is derived. A style transitional between Louis XVI and Empire, it is characterized by a departure from the sumptuousness of the aristocratic regime.... Read more
Harry Bertoia Harry Bertoia
Harry Bertoia , 1915-78, American sculptor and furniture designer, b. Italy. Bertoia emigrated to the United States in 1933 and joined Knoll International (1950). There he designed chairs that brought him wide acclaim. Important examples of his sculptural works are a structural screen for the... Read more
LADD Furniture Inc LADD Furniture Inc
LADD Furniture, Inc. One Plaza CenterBox HP-3High Point, North Carolina 27261U.S.A.(910) 889-0333Fax: (910) 888-6344 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1981Employees: 7,900Sales: $592 millionStock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 2511 Wood Household Furniture; 2512 UpholsteredWood Household Furniture; 2514... Read more

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