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- 5811: Tennessee Williams
- ... prominent Tennessee family who traveled constantly and moved his family several times during the first decade of William’s life. Cornelius was often abusive towards his son, calling him “Miss Nancy” (Bigsby 236), because the child preferred books to sports. In A Streetcar Named Desire, William’s father is portrayed through the role of Stanley Kowalski. His mother, Edwina, was a southern belle and the daughter of a clergyman; she id ...
- 5812: The Life Of Stalin
- ... was an unsuccessful cobbler. Who drank heavily and beat the boy savagely. Stalin's mother, Yekaterina Geladze Dzhugashvili, worked as a house servant for various upper-class Georgian families. Stalin was rather sickly as a child; he was badly scarred by smallpox, and septicemia crippled his left arm. Stalin reportedly had an exceptional singing voice and sung in his school choir. Nevertheless, he is described as having been in excellent physical ...
- 5813: The Life of My Grandfather
- ... grandfather. He should know considering he was born March 3, 1930. Son of Robert and Clara Long, Robert Long was born in Richmond, Kentucky and lived most of his childhood there. He was the fifth child of six, and the third son of the children. Mildred and Beulah are his two sisters' names, and his three brothers' names are Carl, Alonzo, and Carl. "As a kid, there wasn't television, or ...
- 5814: William Wordsworth Biography
- ... amidst the tumult of the French Revolution, where he met Michel Beaupuy, a French officer who is spoken of in The Prelude. In France, he also met Annette Vallon, with whom he had an illegitimate child, Caroline. Wordsworth returned to England in 1793 and published An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches. During a walking tour that year, Wordsworth journeyed across the Salisbury Plain and to Tintern Abbey, both of which are ...
- 5815: Stonewall Jackson
- ... I know more about the Union’s role. Stonewall Jackson was born in 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), with the name Thomas Jonathan Jackson. He went through an inadequate country school as a child there. In 1842, he managed to secure a place for himself at the U.S. Military Academy. While there he was assigned to a war zone in Mexico (during the Mexican War), this is where ...
- 5816: The Life and Rule of Cleopatra
- ... married her cousin but soon had him strangled because she wanted to marry again. In 55 B.C. Ptolemy XII returned and had Bernice beheaded and her husband executed. Cleopatra VII was the pharaohs oldest child and when he dies in 51 B.C., she and her younger brother Ptomely XIII took over the thrown. Cleopatra became queen when she was around the ages of 17 or 18.She really was ...
- 5817: JFK: His Life and Legacy
- ... equal job opportunity, and the civil rights movement. His biggest success came in the form of his Labor Reform Bill which passed by a margin of 90 to 1 in Senate debate. Kennedy's first child, Caroline, was born during this time. Due to his enormous success in Congress, the Democratic party nominated him for the presidential ticket in 1960. Lyndon Johnson was chosen as the running mate with Kennedy to ...
- 5818: Rembrandt
- ... off to pay outstanding debts. Even though Rembrandt is considered one of the greatest artists of all time, his sketching ability is what brought him the most fame, and the most money. Saskia with her child is considered one of his greatest sketching ability. Rembrandt used pen and wash to create this masterpiece. Enclosed in this report is the sketching which made him the famous artist that he is. Also enclosed ...
- 5819: Mark Twain (1835-1910)
- ... is an indication of Twain's dark side. The controversial 'Huckleberry Finn', which is periodically banned in schools or libraries because of alleged racial overtones, can be read by children, but it is not a child's book. It has elements of heartbreak and wisdom that can be appreciated best by adults. On the other hand, 'Tom Sawyer' is primarily a juvenile book but one that can be read with pleasure ...
- 5820: Jim Henson, a Gentle Genius
- ... threatened by our coarse, cynical age. Henson created the muppets which led to his great success with children. Henson was very successful in life. He accomplished many things that people might dream of as a child. His success first started in high school when his family first moved to Washington and he became fascinated by television. In the summer of 1954, just before he entered the University of Maryland he learned ...
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