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George Brown MARTIN, Congress, KY (1876-1945)

Senate Years of Service: 1918-1919 Party: Democrat MARTIN George Brown , a Senator from Kentucky; born in Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Ky., August 18, 1876; moved with his parents to Catlettsburg…

William Morgan BECKNER, Congress, KY (1841-1910)

BECKNER William Morgan , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Moorefield, Nichols County, Ky., June 19, 1841; attended the public schools, Rand and Richeson Seminary, Maysville, Ky., and…

Jim Sheridan Biography

Jim Sheridanfilm directorBorn: 2/6/1949Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Sheridan's movies most often deal with the realities of Irish working-class life and the human consequences of Northern Ireland's…

Thomas Kinsella Biography

Thomas Kinsella poetBorn: 1928Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Considered to be the most experimental of the contemporary Irish poets, Kinsella is credited with bringing the techniques of…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 8

Part 8The little one sleeps in its cradle, I lift the gauze and look a long time, and silently brush away flies with my hand.The youngster and the red-faced girl turn aside up the bushy…

Best of the Booker Award

Celebrating 40 years of the Man Booker Prize by Liz Olson Related Links Man Booker Prize Booker Prize Slideshow: Ten Years of Man Booker Prize…

Doris Kearns Goodwin Biography

Doris Kearns GoodwinPulitzer Prize-winning writer of historical biographiesBorn: 1/4/1943Birthplace: Rockville Centre, New York Goodwin has won wide praise for her meticulous, in-depth…

James Bennett McCREARY, Congress, KY (1838-1918)

Senate Years of Service: 1903-1909 Party: Democrat McCREARY James Bennett , a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Richmond, Madison County, Ky., July 8, 1838; attended the common…