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- 3791: George Washington Carver
- ... be used by all people and not too hard to make. Carver developed adhesives, bleach, cheese, instant coffee, syntheic rubber, and Worcestershire souce just to name a few. Carver’s crop rotation method did change American agirculture forever. What Carver found out through study helped America today become the world’s top producing nation of agricultural goods. Carver also did not just change agriculture for America, but also changed the way that people looked at the African American. Carver received many awards and prizes during his lifetime, but he always gave the credit to the lord.
- 3792: Poe
- ... A critic named John Neal stated If Edgar Allan Poe of Baltimore whose lines About “ Heaven” , though he professes to r- Egard them as all together superior to any thing in the whole range of American poetry, Save two or three trifles referred to, are non- sense, rather exquisite nonsense- would but do himself justice (he) might make a beautiful and perhaps a magnificent poem. (Neal, p. 35). This is not ... the rest of society sees him. She states the Poe is both highly acclaimed, and violently disclaimed as a poet. She also says that he is the most controversial, and thoroughly misunderstood figure in the American literary scene. Not only are Poe’s poems controversial and misunderstood, but so are his short stories or “ tales “. Not everybody finds them controversial though, some people admire them and find “ genius “ in them. D ...
- 3793: P. T. Barnum
- ... to bet, and a fee to the jugglers for performing. It was ingenious. Techniques like that are often used today. In 1841 Barnum took his biggest gamble yet. He wanted to buy the nearly bankrupt American Museum in Manhattan. When the bank demanded more collateral than he had, he tried a ploy. He put up his Ivy Island deed. They signed sight unseen. At the age of 31 Barnum now owned a museum. The American Museum was turned into Barnum's Museum Menagerie. "I knew the only way to make millions from my patrons, was to give them an abundant and wholesome attractions for a small sum of money." Barnum ...
- 3794: MARGARET ATWOOD
- ... s story, the less the reader's convictions as to innocence or guilt can be formed. She provides the perfect agent for the provocation of Grace's story in the enthusiastic but hopelessly naive young American doctor Simon Jordan, who takes a clinical interest in her case, hoping to map the unconscious, discover the roots of madness, and make his mark on the burgeoning field of psychology. The interviews start well ... of Physics Programs at the National Science Foundation read it, he called it "the classic book on its subject," and invited me to speak at a seminar he was organizing at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. As you've read, it's long been out of print --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- 3795: Mark Twain
- ... writing is offensive to black readers, perpetuates cheap slave era stereotypes, and deserves no place on today’s bookshelves. Twains writing is also known for realism of place and language. In 1864, Twain met two American writers Artemus Ward and Bret Harte, who encouraged him in his work. Twain was also renowned as a humorist but was not always appreciated by the writers of his time as anything more than that. Successive generations of writers, however, recognized the role that Twain played in creating a truly American literature.For Twains Critics, the novel is racist on the face of it because many characters use the word “nigger” throughout the book. It is not just white people that feel Mark Twain is not ...
- 3796: Malcom X
- Malcolm X Malcolm X (born in 1925 and died in 1965), was black American leader, born in Omaha, Nebraska, as Malcolm Little. Malcolm's father, who was a Baptist minister, was an outspoken follower of Marcus Garvey, a black nationalist leader of the 1920s. The family moved to Lansing ... States President John F. Kennedy was like "the chickens coming home to roost." In the following year, Malcolm broke with the Nation of Islam and formed a secular black nationalist group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU). In 1964 Malcolm made a hajj (pilgrimage) to the Islamic holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. Based on this trip, and other travels to Africa and Europe, he renounced his previous teaching ...
- 3797: Elvis Presley
- ... of the national charts with his first RCA single “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956). He followed with the enormously successful single record “Hound Dog”/”Don’t Be Cruel” (1956) and “All Shook Up” (1957). After that, his American sales have earned him gold, platinum or multiplatinum awards for 111 different albums and singles, far more than any other artist or group. Elvis also starred in 33 films and made history with his television ... can see that Elvis Presley marks the difference in the style of the music, and is renowned as an early pioneer of Rock & Roll music. His music, movies and daunting presence has made him an American icon and an international superstar. However he sold more records in the year following his death than in any previous year in his life. He is more popular today than ever and is sill perhaps ...
- 3798: The Life And Times Of Karl Mar
- ... He decided to head for Brussels, where he and Engels joined, in 1847, a group called the Communist League. At the leagues request Marx and Engels drew up the Communist Manifesto in 1848. Once the Revolution of February 1848 took place, Marx was again banished, except this time from Belgium. He briefly returned to France for the March Revolution, and then traveled to Germany where he published the Neue Rheinische Zeitung, from June 1, 1848 to May 19, 1849. Again Marx was banished from Germany, and again he returned to Paris. After the demonstration ...
- 3799: Edgar Allen Poe
- Edgar Allen Poe Who is Edgar Allen Poe? He was a 19th century American writer born to Elizabeth (“betty”) Arnold Hopkins and David Poe. (Internet source) Poe was an well-educated individual. He would attend a private school in London and then an academy in Richmond. Later being accepted ... the nineteenth century. If it was not of that fateful day in Baltimore Oct. 7, 1849 where he went out with some friends, we would not have lost one of the greatest and most remembered American writers. As it was Edgar Allen Poe died at that age of forty in Baltimore.
- 3800: Hemmingway
- ... on his father. 1929 marked the release of A Farewell to Arms. It was instantly accepted as a great work by critics and the public. With the success of this novel, Hemingway became a true American writer. To many, he also became a hot headed fool. He would make loud remarks about some of his fellow writers. He would make proclamations about artistic integrity that he himself would often not respect ... Africa was The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber, which seeks the meaning of courage. The Spanish Civil War became official in July, 1936. Hemingway was offered a liaison's job by the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). He accepted, much to Pauline's opposition. Being a newsman, officially he remained neutral throughout the war. Despite this, Hemingway could often be overheard raising funds at social gatherings in America to ...
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