Search
Search results
Displaying 401 - 410
The Ordeal
Recommended Reading: Ordeal by Hunger, George R. Stewart (Donner Party) Alive, Piers Paul Read (Plane Crash) Related Links: Encyclopedia: Donner PartyNew Light on the Donner PartyDaniel M. Rosen's…William Morris STEWART, Congress, NV (1827-1909)
Senate Years of Service: 1865-1875; 1887-1905 Party: Republican; Republican; Silver; Republican STEWART William Morris , a Senator from Nevada; born in Galen, near Lyons, Wayne County, N.Y.,…Cornwall, Barry
(Encyclopedia) Cornwall, Barry, pseud. of Bryan Waller Procter, 1787–1874, English author. His sentimental songs were much in vogue during his lifetime. Included among Cornwall's longer works are…T'ao Yüan-ming
(Encyclopedia) T'ao Yüan-ming or T'ao Ch'ien, 365–427, Chinese poet. After several bitter experiences in government employment, he became a gentleman farmer. His poems, composed in simple diction at…peddler
(Encyclopedia) peddler or hawker, itinerant vendor of small goods. In rural America peddlers carried their packs or drove a horse and cart from door to door. While the importance of peddlers to the…Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, British statesman, soldier, and author
(Encyclopedia) Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874–1965, British statesman, soldier, and author; son of Lord Randolph Churchill. Churchill was undoubtedly one of the greatest public…Goldsmith, Oliver
(Encyclopedia) Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?–1774, Anglo-Irish author. The son of an Irish clergyman, he was graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1749. He studied medicine at Edinburgh and Leiden,…Marshall, George Catlett
(Encyclopedia) Marshall, George Catlett, 1880–1959, American general and cabinet member, b. Uniontown, Pa. A career army officer, Marshall graduated from the Virginia Military Institute. He first…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 3, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 2, 1806August 4, 1806August 3, 1806 Saturday August 3rd 1806. I arrose early this morning and had the perogue and canoes loaded and set…Baring
(Encyclopedia) BaringBaringbârˈĭng [key], British family of bankers. Sir Francis Baring (1740–1810) founded (1763) the John and Francis Baring Company, which he renamed Baring Brothers and Company in…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
