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Kenneth Lewis Roberts

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Kenneth Lewis Roberts 1885-1957, American author, b. Kennebunk, Maine, grad. Cornell, 1908. Well known as staff correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post and as an author of travel books, Roberts retired in 1928 to write the Chronicles of Arundel, a series of American historical novels; the series eventually included Arundel (1930), The Lively Lady (1931), Rabble in Arms (1933), and Captain Caution (1934). All Roberts's novels are colorful, exciting, and historically accurate. His later novels include Northwest Passage (1937), Oliver Wiswell (1940), Lydia ... Read more

Roberts, Kenneth (Lewis)
Roberts, Kenneth [Lewis] (1885–1957), Maine novelist, graduated from Cornell (1908), became a journalist, and later achieved recognition as a vivid... Read more

Lorimer, George Horace 1867-1937
...Ring W. Lardner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, John P. Marquand, Sinclair Lewis, John Galsworthy, Rudyard Kipling, Booth Tarkington, and Kenneth Roberts during the 1920s. Prominent illustrators worked for the Post, and Norman Rockwell... Read more

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	Documents Show Roberts Influence In Reagan Era ; ...approve intervention in this case," Roberts wrote. He said that such a step...bringing suit. On June 15, 1982, Roberts faulted the Justice Department...entered the country illegally. Roberts argued that if the solicitor general...off the ground, and should have," Roberts wrote. Much of ... Read more
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	Lewis Back On Stand in Barry Trial; Defense Lawyer Tries To Tarnish Testimony Of Principal Accuser ; Charles Lewis, one of D.C. Mayor Marion Barry's...her to have sex against her will. Lewis did not testify, however, on the...Edmond's father. Defense lawyer R. Kenneth Mundy had hoped to ask Lewis about the notes of a police interview...party and others watched as Charles Lewis snorted. ... Read more

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