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Autobiography/BiographyHardcoverIsak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller, Judith ThurmanPaperbackNathaniel Hawthorne in His Time, James R. MellowChildren's FictionHardcoverHomesick: My Own…Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The premier prize for American fiction The Pulitzer Prize for fiction, first given in 1918, is widely recognized as one of the biggest prizes in the American publishing industry. Before 1948, the…Famous Firsts by American Women, 1901–Present
Here is a timeline about famous firsts by American women. This information includes such notable figures as the first published author in 1650 (Anne Bradstreet), to Elizabeth Blackwell receiving…Women's Olympic Figure Skating
Multiple gold medals: Sonja Henie (3); Katarina Witt (2).Year 1908 Madge Syers GBR1912 Not held 1920 Magda Julin-Mauroy SWE1924 Herma Planck-Szabö AUT1928 Sonja Henie NOR1932 Sonja Henie…USBC Women's Champions<sup class="fnr" >1</sup>
Year Singles All events1959 Mae Bolt Pat McBride1960 Marge McDaniels Judy Roberts1961 Elaine Newton Evelyn Teal1962 Martha Hoffman Flossie Argent1963 Dot Wilkinson Helen Shablis1964 Jean…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: B
Selected Biographies A to Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+…Musicians and Dancers
Adele Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models Literary…clipper
(Encyclopedia) clipper, type of sailing ship, designed for speed. Long and narrow, the clipper had the greatest beam aft of the center; the bow cleaved the waves; and the ship carried, besides…Brewer's: Davy Jones's Locker
He's gone to Davy Jones's locker, i.e. he is dead. Jones is a corruption of Jonah, the prophet, who was thrown into the sea. Locker, in seaman's phrase, means any receptacle for private…Somme, Battles of the
(Encyclopedia) Somme, Battles of the, two engagements fought during World War I near the Somme River, N France. The first battle (July–Nov., 1916) was an Allied offensive. The British, commanded by…Trending
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