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- 3741: Ernest Hemingway 3
- ... started drinking most of his days away. He would host wild, fancy parties and did not write at all during the next three years. At war's end, Ernest went to England and met an American foreign correspondent named Mary Welsh. He divorced Martha and married Mary in Havana, in 1946. Ernest was a man of extremes; living either in luxury or happy to do without material things. Ernest, always haunted ... of them were regular army personnel. Like Hemingway, Henry was shot in his right knee, during a battle. Both men were Americans, but a difference worth noting was that Hemingway was a driver for the American Red Cross, while Henry was a medic for the Italian Army. In real life, Hemingway met his love, Agnes, a nurse, in the hospital after being shot; Henry met his love, Catherine Barkley, also a ...
- 3742: Emerson
- ... the source of most of his essays. He gave his first lecture, "The Uses of Natural History," on November 5, 1833 at the Masonic Temple is Boston. One of his well-known lectures is, "The American Scholar," which was given to Harvard seniors in 1837. Here, he told the students to learn from life, know the past through books, and express themselves through actions. On July 15, 1838, Emerson gives another ... 20, 1841. This book included "Self-Reliance" and "The Over-Soul." A second series of "Essays" came out on October 19, 1844. It sold well. Emerson also wrote poems and they are considered classics of American literature. "Poems" and "May-Day" were two volumes of poetry that was published in his lifetime. "The Rhodora" and "The Snowstorm," poems about nature, were included in these volumes. (Clendenning) He had not written or ...
- 3743: Edgar Allan Poe 6
- Although not originally well received, Edgar Allan Poe, became one of the most influential literary writers in American history. As a child, he wrote numerous poems, many which were later published. As a young adult he focused much of his attention on short fiction. He was credited with creating the detective story and ... out of the classroom today. Works Cited Benfey, Christopher. Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. The New Republic 24 Feb. 1992. Carlson, Eric W. Edgar Allan Poe. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 74 American Short-Story Writers Before 1880. 1988 pp. 303-322. The Gale Group Harrison, James A. Life of Edgar Allan Poe New York: Haskell, 1970. Nilsson, Christoffer. Qrisse s Edgar Allan Poe Pages 1996-1998. 29 ...
- 3744: Edgar Allan Poe 4
- ... way of writing in which he does not have to reveal too much, or paint a pretty picture for the reader in order to attract his attention. In D.H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature, the author states, "Poe's narrowness is like that of a sword, not that of a bottleneck: it is effective rather than constricting. Nothing adventitious is in his great stories, only the essentials, and ... Bloom, Harold, Ed. Modern Critical Views on Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. 2.Buranelli, Vincent. Edgar Allan Poe. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1977. 3. Lawrence, D.H. Studies in Classic American Literature New York: The Viking Press, 1961. 4.Lawrence D.H. Modern Critical Views on Edgar Allan Poe. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. 5. Wilbur, R. Modern Critical Views on Edgar ...
- 3745: Eliot Ness
- ... his life was cut short by a heart attack before he was able. Eliot Ness was born on April 19, 1903 in Chicago. He was a lucky boy born into an almost storybook type of American family. His parents, Peter and Emma Ness, were Norwegian immigrants who had earned a comfortable middle class life for their family by very hard work and practical living. Over the years, Peter had made his ... urban driver ever to live 7. Paul Robsky: telephone expert with extraordinary courage 8. Mike King: unobtrusive man with a talent for analyzing facts 9. Bill Gardner: an enormous former pro football star of Native American decent Even with his team of specialists Ness was not without human fears. It was well known that Al Capone was the greatest criminal ever to walk the earth and every honest cop who ever ...
- 3746: Ernest Hemingway
- ... in later years. During his senior year in high school, World War 1 was intensifying in Europe. The United States tried to stay out for as long as possible, but when German submarines sank four American ships, America declared war in April 1917. Most of his friends either enlisted or were drafted. He wanted to join the war but, his father thought he was too young so he got a job ... he fell in love with a nurse attending him. The book A Farewell to Arms, was based after this. He was awarded The Italian Medal of Valor several years later, and was also the first American soldier to be wounded in Italy. This started a lifetime of fame for Ernest Hemingway. When he returned home he was only 19 and still immature in many ways but he had drastically changed. He ...
- 3747: Emily Dickinson 3
- ... answer, and discuss at least four of them in close detail. During the late nineteenth century, Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) featured as one of the few female poets in the largely male-dominated sphere of American literature. Although she authored 1800 poems, only seven were published during her lifetime - why? Emily Dickinson has always provoked debate; over her life, her motivations for the words she wrote and the interpretations of those ... in this form it became both a defence, and a game. The riddles concealed her anarchy, her dissension and her audaciousness in questioning the status quo. She achieved her most audacious commentaries and attacks on American perceptions and values through riddle and ruse; by ellipsis, dodge, a vague daring, an evident superiority of language and idea, staying virtually unknown . The ambiguities in the riddles were her defence against authority, religious tyranny ...
- 3748: Eisenhower
- ... would be concentrated on before Japan. President Roosevelt and army chief of staff George Marshall both supported him on this plan. Marshall liked it so much that he placed Eisenhower as the commander of the American forces in Europe and promoted him to major general. In February 1943 Rommel counterattacked at Kasserine Passin Tunisia. This was Eisenhower s first real battle, and he did poorly. But he recovered, stopped Rommel, and ... unconditionally to Eisenhower. Eisenhower had won one of the greatest military victories in history, using the largest single force ever put together. Following the surrender, he remained in Germany to conduct the occupation of the American zone, where he taught about democratic practices and urged the formation of a democratic government. In Dwight David Eisenhower s entire military career, he spent 33 hours on active duty, served in World Wars I ...
- 3749: Charles W. Chesnutt
- ... having left the South originally in 1856, returned after the Civil War. Chesnutt who had little formal education taught himself and also received tutoring from family members. Chesnutt is known as one of the great American novelist and short-story writers of the late 19th century. Chesnutt lived most of his childhood in Fayetteville, NC where he worked part time in a family grocery store and attended a school founded by ... a full time writer Chesnutt he publishes The Wife of His Youth in the Atlantic Monthly. Later in 1899 he publishes his best known book The Conjure Woman which is a retelling of seven African-American slave folk tales from the cape fear region of North Carolina. Chesnutt s use of irony and humors in his works prevented the alienation of white readers. The success of The Conjure Woman brought much ...
- 3750: Courageous John Quincy Adams
- ... history of the United States. John Quincy took part in more important events, and held more important positions than any person in United States history. Some of the important positions he held were he was American Ministers to four different European Countries (Hague, Prussia, Russia and England), a State Senator representing Massachusetts, peace negotiator to England, a member of the House of Representatives, Secretary of the State, and President of the ... retaliation on the British, leaders of the federalists party said that no just honorable man should attend this meeting, but John Quinsy did. John Quincy supported the bill to not let any British vessels onto American waters and end trade with them. (embargo act). This angered the Federalists. The thought that one of their own was going against them. He was thought of as a traitor to the Federalist Party and ...
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