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Barrie, J. M.
(Encyclopedia) Barrie, J. M. (Sir James Matthew Barrie)Barrie, J. M.bârˈē [key], 1860–1937, Scottish playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for his play Peter Pan (1904), a supernatural…Frost, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Frost, Robert, 1874–1963, American poet, b. San Francisco. Perhaps the most popular and beloved of 20th-century American poets, Frost wrote of the character, people, and landscape of…Walt Whitman: O Tan-Faced Prairie-Boy
O Tan-Faced Prairie-BoyO tan-faced prairie-boy, Before you came to camp came many a welcome gift, Praises and presents came and nourishing food, till at last among the recruits, You came…Thomas Augustine Daly: Da Leetla Boy
Da Leetla BoyThomas Augustine DalyDa spreeng ees com'! but oh, da joy Eet ees too late! He was so cold, my leetla boy, He no could wait.I no can count how manny week, How manny day, dat he…Aesop's Fables: The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks
by Aesop The Fox and the GrasshopperThe Ass and the DogThe Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks A Farmer had just sown a field of wheat, and was keeping a careful watch over it, for numbers of…Sleepy Hollow
Director:Tim BurtonWriter:Andrew Kevin WalkerParamount Pictures; R; 110 minutesRelease:11/99Cast:Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon Viewing Sleepy Hollow, one almost wishes the…Legionaries of Christ
(Encyclopedia) Legionaries of Christ, Roman Catholic order est. 1941 in Mexico by Father Marcial Maciel Degollado. The conservative order, which became wealthy and influential, was noted for…Humphreys, David
(Encyclopedia) Humphreys, David, 1752–1818, American diplomat and poet, b. present Ansonia (then in Derby), Conn. His military talents and patriotism won the friendship of General Washington and a…Huntington, Henry Edwards
(Encyclopedia) Huntington, Henry Edwards, 1850–1927, American financier, b. Oneonta, N.Y. He was prominent in railroad and other enterprises. Until the death of his uncle, Collis P. Huntington, the…Evans, Oliver
(Encyclopedia) Evans, Oliver, 1755–1819, American inventor, b. near Newport, Del. He joined his brothers in a flour-milling business in Wilmington, and after studying similar earlier devices, he…Trending
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