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Peter Pan: The Island Come True

The Flight The Little House The Island Come True Feeling that Peter was on his way back, the Neverland had again woke into life. We ought to use the pluperfect and say wakened, but…

1997 NHL Goaltending Regular Season Leaders

(Minimum 26 games) —Offense— GmMinGAAGAShotsSv%ENShORecordGAPtsPMEd Belfour, Dallas6135811.881121335.9161937-12-1000018Martin Brodeur, New Jersey7041281.891301569.91741043-17-…

Major League Soccer Through the Years

Sanctioned by U.S. Soccer and FIFA, the international soccer federation. MLS was founded on the heels of the successful 1994 World Cup tournament hosted by the United States and it remains the only…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 25, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 24, 1806August 26, 1806August 25, 1806 Monday 25th August 1806 a cool clear morning a Stiff breeze ahead we Set out at the usial hour and…

Arnold, Benedict

(Encyclopedia) Arnold, Benedict, 1741–1801, American Revolutionary general and traitor, b. Norwich, Conn. As a youth he served for a time in the colonial militia in the French and Indian Wars. He…

Boxer Uprising

(Encyclopedia) Boxer Uprising, 1898–1900, antiforeign movement in China, culminating in a desperate uprising against Westerners and Western influence. By the end of the 19th cent. the Western powers…

Savoy

(Encyclopedia) SavoySavoysəvoiˈ [key], Fr. Savoie, Alpine region of E France. The boundaries of old Savoy have changed with time, but presently the region comprises the departments of Savoie and…

Saratoga campaign

(Encyclopedia) Saratoga campaign, June–Oct., 1777, of the American Revolution. Lord George Germain and John Burgoyne were the chief authors of a plan to end the American Revolution by splitting the…