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Gray, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Gray, Thomas, 1716–71, English poet. He was educated at Eton and Peterhouse, Cambridge. In 1739 he began a grand tour of the Continent with Horace Walpole. They quarreled in Italy, and…

Bowles, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Bowles, Paul, 1910–99, American writer and composer, b. New York City. He studied in Paris with Virgil Thomson and Aaron Copland and composed (1930s–40s) a number of modernist operas,…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 8, 1804

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 7, 1804August 9, 1804August 8, 1804 August the 8th 1804 Set out this morning at the usial time at about 2 miles (1) passed a part of the…

Don McLean

Don McLeansinger, songwriterBorn: 10/2/1945Birthplace: New Rochelle, New York Don McLean has recorded more than 20 albums in a musical career that has spanned more than 25 years. But most…

The Koran/ Select Bibliography

Select Bibliography ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. From the original Arabic by G. Sale, 1734, 1764, 1795, 1801; many later editions, which include a memoir of the translator by R. A. Davenport, and…

Don McLean Biography

Don McLeansinger, songwriterBorn: 10/2/1945Birthplace: New Rochelle, New York Don McLean has recorded more than 20 albums in a musical career that has spanned more than 25 years. But most…

Bob Hayes 2002 Deaths

Bob HayesAge: 59 big-play wide receiver with world-class speed, who was a star with the Dallas Cowboys in the late 1960's and remains the only person to win an Olympic gold medal and a Super…

Good Burger

Director: Brian RobbinsWriters: Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow and Heath SeifertDirector of Photography:Mac AhlbergEditor:Anita Brandt-BurgoyneMusic:Stewart CopelandProduction Designer:Steven…

Stepmom

Director: Chris ColumbusWriters: Gigi Levangie, Jessie Nelson, Steven Rogers, Karen Leigh Hopkins and Ron BassTriStar; PG–13; 120 minutesRelease:12/98cast: Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed…