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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
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Thomas Mayne Reid
Thomas Mayne Reid (Mayne Reid), 1818-83, British novelist, b. Ireland. He emigrated to the United States in 1840 and after various adventures in the West served as a lieutenant in the Mexican War. He returned to England and began writing adventure stories that were especially popular with boys. The... Read more |
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Edmund Hillary
E DMUNDH ILLARY Born: July 20, 1919 Auckland, New Zealand New Zealander explorer and mountaineer Edmund Hillary was one of the greatest explorers and mountaineers of the twentieth century. His conquest of Mount Everest and the South Pole inspired... Read more |
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American literature
American literature literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America. Colonial Literature American writing began with the work of English adventurers and colonists in the New World chiefly for the benefit of readers in the mother country. Some of these early works reached... Read more |
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The Adventures of Augie March
Augie March, The Adventures of, novel by Saul Bellow, published in 1953.Augie March, a young Chicago Jew, leaves his charity‐supported mother, tyrannical grandmother, and mentally retarded brother George, and with his opportunistic older brother Simon ventures into the world to make a living.... Read more |
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Thomas Chalkley
Chalkley, Thomas (1675–1741), sea captain, divided his time between trading and missionary voyages and preaching his Quaker gospel in England and the colonies. He appears in Whittier's Snow‐Bound as the “gentlest of skippers, rare sea‐saint.” His simple Journal... Read more |
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Laurence Oliphant
Laurence Oliphant , 1829-88, British author, b. Capetown, South Africa. Although he wrote some valuable travel books, he is probably best remembered for his fascinating life. The son of a judge, he became a lawyer and later secretary to Lord Elgin . He was a correspondent for the London Times ... Read more |
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