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Ketti Frings
Frings, Ketti (1910–81), after writing two novels, Hold Back the Dawn (1940) and God's Front Porch (1944), and a play, Mr. Sycamore (1943), adapted Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel (1957), for which she won a Pulitzer Prize for drama.... Read more |
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Anthony Perkins
PERKINS, Anthony Nationality:American. Born:New York City, 4 April 1932. Education:Attended Browne and Nichols School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida; Columbia University, New York. Family:Married Berinthia (Berry)... Read more |
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Thomas Clayton Wolfe
Thomas Clayton Wolfe 1900-1938, American novelist, b. Asheville, N.C., grad. Univ. of North Carolina, 1920, M.A. Harvard, 1922. An important 20th-century American novelist, Wolfe wrote four mammoth novels, which, while highly autobiographical, present a sweeping picture of American life. He was the... Read more |
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David Herbert Donald
David Herbert Donald 1920-, American historian, b. Goodman, Miss. After receiving his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Illinois in 1946, he taught at Columbia (1947-49; 1951-59), Smith (1949-51), Princeton (1959-62), Johns Hopkins (1962-1972), and Harvard (1973-91; emeritus 1991-). An authority on the... Read more |
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Southern Cross
Southern Cross, a constellation in the form of a cross visible in the southern hemisphere. It is of no particular significance for navigation, as is, for example, the northern constellation of Ursa Minor which contains the Pole Star or Polaris. However, the last sight of it was a sign for the crews... Read more |
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John Ciardi
John Ciardi , 1916-86, American poet, b. Boston, grad. Tufts College, B.A., 1938, Univ. of Michigan, M.A., 1939. His poetry, noted for its wit and perception, includes Homeward to America (1940), Live Another Day (1949), In the Stoneworks (1961), and For Instance (1979). He also wrote How... Read more |
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George William Russell
George William Russell pseud. A. E., 1867-1935, Irish author, b. Lurgan, educated in Dublin. An active member of the Irish nationalist movement, he edited the Irish Homestead (1904-23) and the Irish Statesman (1923-30). He worked with Sir Horace Plunkett for Irish agricultural improvement,... Read more |
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Adolphus Washington Greely
Adolphus Washington Greely 1844-1935, American army officer and arctic explorer, b. Newburyport, Mass. Entering the Union army at 17, he emerged a brevet major of volunteers at the end of the Civil War. In 1881, as a lieutenant in the regular army, Greely was given command of the Lady Franklin Bay... Read more |
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Maned wolf
Chrysocyon brachyurus (maned wolf) See CANIDAE.... Read more |
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You can't look homeward.(Notes)(Thomas Wolfe and his works)
...up a couple of Wolfes.) Thomas Wolfe...is titled "Look Homeward, Angel." The musical...edition of Look Homeward, Angel. Pop music...Gold song "Look Homeward, Angel," recorded...song ... |