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Peter Pan: The Happy Home

The Never Bird Wendy's Story The Happy Home One important result of the brush [with the pirates] on the lagoon was that it made the redskins their friends. Peter had saved Tiger…

Gorgas, William Crawford

(Encyclopedia) Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854–1920, American disease and sanitation expert, surgeon general of the United States, b. Mobile, Ala., grad. Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1879. He…

Lusinchi, Jaime Ramón

(Encyclopedia) Lusinchi, Jaime RamónLusinchi, Jaime Ramónhīˈmā rämōnˈ l&oomacr;sĭnˈchē [key], 1924–2014, Venezuelan political leader. Lusinchi joined the Democratic Action party (AD) upon its…

Alfonsín, Raúl

(Encyclopedia) Alfonsín, RaúlAlfonsín, Raúlrä-&oomacr;lˈ älfônsēnˈ [key] (Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes), 1927–2009, president of Argentina (1983–89). A long-time political activist, a member of…

Velasco, José María

(Encyclopedia) Velasco, José MaríaVelasco, José Maríahōsāˈ märēˈä vāläsˈkō [key], 1840–1912, Mexican landscape painter; teacher of Diego Rivera. A gifted artisan descended from a family of shawl…

Portolá, Gaspar de

(Encyclopedia) Portolá, Gaspar dePortolá, Gaspar degäspärˈ dā pôrtōläˈ [key], fl. 1734–84, Spanish explorer in the Far West. After serving in Italy and Portugal, he was sent (1767) to America as…

Peter Pan: The Little House

The Island Come True The Home Under the Ground The Little House Foolish Tootles was standing like a conqueror over Wendy's body when the other boys sprang, armed, from their trees…

Peter Pan: Peter Breaks Through

The Shadow Peter Breaks Through All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was…

Peter Pan: The Flight

Come Away, Come Away! The Island Come True The Flight "Second to the right, and straight on till morning." That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland; but even birds…

Robert Carlos DE LARGE, Congress, SC (1842-1874)

DE LARGE Robert Carlos , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Aiken, S.C., March 15, 1842; received such an education as was then attainable and was graduated from Wood High School;…