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Ring Lardner Ring Lardner
Ring Lardner (Ringgold Wilmer Lardner), 1885-1933, American humorist and short-story writer, b. Niles, Mich. He was a sports reporter in Chicago, St. Louis, and Boston from 1907 to 1919. His first collection of short stories, You Know Me, Al (1916) revealed his talent for the racy sports idiom he... Read more
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Joseph Story Joseph Story
Joseph Story 1779-1845, American jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1811-45), b. Marblehead, Mass. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1801, he practiced law in Salem and was several times elected to the Massachusetts legislature. He served briefly in the U.S. Congress in 1808-9.... Read more
Folk Music Folk Music
F OLKM USIC Folk music entertains, tells or supports a story, and is transmitted from generation to generation. It is the music of the common person as well as the wealthy. A significant number of American ballads were obtained from other societies such as... Read more
William Wetmore Story William Wetmore Story
William Wetmore Story (1819-1895) Source S CULPTOR Legal Profession.As the son of a respected Supreme Court justice, William Wetmore Story appeared to be headed toward a distinguished career in law. But he became sidetracked from that profession... Read more
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu , 1814-73, Irish author. He spent his early career as a journalist. In 1863, he began producing a series of stories noted for their reflections of Irish life and supernatural, mysterious atmosphere. His two best works are the novels The House by the Churchyard (1863) and ... Read more
Erle Stanley Gardner Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner 1889-1970, American detective-story writer, b. Malden, Mass. He served as a trial lawyer for many years. About 1921 he began writing detective stories for magazines; after that time he produced an extraordinary number of novels and stories noted for their fast action and clever... Read more
Hugh Lofting Hugh Lofting
Hugh Lofting 1886-1947, American writer of juvenile stories, b. Maidenhead, England. He settled in the United States in 1912. His famous "Dr. Dolittle" stories, which concern an extraordinary country doctor with a great love of animals, began as letters to his children during World War I. They... Read more
Dashiell Hammett Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett , 1894-1961, American writer, b. St. Mary's co., Maryland. After a variety of jobs, including several years working as a detective for the Pinkerton agency, beginning in the early 1920s he found success as a writer, largely originating the "hard-boiled" school of detective... Read more

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