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- 2051: The Life and Times of Peter Straub
- ... the real behind.”13 Bibliography Event Horizon Web Productions Inc. “Transcript of Chat with Peter Straub.” 23 Sept. 1999 Peter Straub Official Home Page. Biography. 15 February 2000 . Straub, Peter. Mr. X. New York: Random House Books, 1999. Piccoli, Sean “Subterranean Terror In Going Underground, ‘Descent’ uncovers depths of meaning.” Star-Telegram [Fort Worth] 22 Aug. 1999, 6 “The Ghosts of Peter Straub.” The Washington Times [DC] 4 June 1993,E1 ... Web Productions Inc. “Transcript of Chat with Peter Straub.” 23 Sept. 1999 5. Event Horizon Web Productions Inc. “Transcript of Chat with Peter Straub.” 23 Sept. 1999 6. Peter Straub, Mr. X. (New York: Random House Books, 1999). 7. Event Horizon Web Productions Inc. “Transcript of Chat with Peter Straub.” 23 Sept. 1999 8. Peter Straub Official Home Page. Biography. 15 February 2000 9. Joanne Wilkinson, “The Hellfire Club,” Booklist, 1 ...
- 2052: The Yellow Wallpaper - Journey
- ... real problem until the end of the story -- at which time he fainted. John could have obtained council from someone less personally involved in her case, but the only help he seeks was for the house and baby. He obtains a nanny to watch over the children while he was away at work each day: "It is fortunate Mary is so good with the baby." (Gilman 195). And he had his sister Jennie take care of the house. "She is a perfect and enthusiastic housekeeper." (Gilman 196). He does talk of taking her to an expert: "John says if I don't pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in ...
- 2053: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
- ... many of his days alone, contemplating or writing in his journal, he did entertain some family and close friends like Elleny Channing, Nathaniel Hawthorne, his sister Cynthia, and Emerson. "I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, and three for society" (usmh12.usmd.edu/thoreau). He even shared some of his cherished walks with Emerson. Despite his dislike for money, he also spent some time working ... more well" (Thoreau 247). Emerson, too, was a great writer and lover of nature. He lived in the town of Concord with his second wife and children. He entertained many guest in his moderately sized house when he wasn't traveling to places like Europe, St. Augustine or South Carolina (www.poets.org/LIT/poet/rwemefst.htm). Unlike Thoreau, Emerson enjoyed the luxuries of the day. Yet he also recognized the ...
- 2054: Daniel Webster
- ... eventually graduated from Dartmouth College in 1801. Webster opened a legal practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in1807. Rising quickly as a lawyer and Federalist party leader, Webster was elected in 1812 to the U.S. House of Representatives because of his opposition to the War of 1812, which had crippled New England's shipping trade. After two more terms in the House, Webster left Congress in 1816 and moved to Boston. Over the next six years, he won major constitutional cases before the Supreme Court most notably, Dartmouth College Vs. Woodward, Gibbons Vs Ogden, and McCulloch Vs ...
- 2055: Life of John F Kennedy
- Life of John F Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second of nine children. As an infant he lived in a comfortable but modest frame house in that suburb of Boston. As the time went by, the family’s wealth grew, as well as the size of the family. The Kennedy’s moved to larger, more impressive homes, first in Brookline ... Americana. Vol. 16, page362.” He had no idea how much of an important and influential life he was going to lead. Kennedy’s political career began in 1946 when he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and then in 1952 to a seat in the Senate. During his political career he was a strong opponent of Communism. He married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953. She was beautiful, cultured ...
- 2056: Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451
- ... made Montag think. Her views on society, life, and the world around her encouraged Montag to see and enjoy the simple things in life. Montag began to change even more after the old woman\\'s house burned down. When the woman refused to leave the house for her books, she was burned with them. After seeing this, Montag wondered what made books so worthwhile to read. Faber also challenged Montag, much like Clarisse did. Faber discussed solutions to the issues of ...
- 2057: The Works of William Faulkner
- ... Ferguson). To solve this, he created his major theme, the decline of the southern elite society, around which all other themes revolve. A Rose for Emily shows this decline very well in describing the Grierson house “garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily’s house was left, lifting it’s stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton gins and gasoline pumps.” (716 Faulkner). ”Faulkner saw the south as a nation unto itself, with a strong sense of it’s noble ...
- 2058: Charles Babbage: The Pioneer Of The Computer
- ... him. Adults followed, too, but at a distance. Over a hundred people once skulked behind him before he could find a constable to disperse them. Dead cats and other "offensive materials" were thrown at his house. Windows were broken. A man told him, "You deserve to have your house burnt up, and yourself in it, and I will do it for you, you old villain". Even when he was on his deathbed, the organ grinders ground implacably away. Bibliography Babbage, Henry P. (ed.). 1889 ...
- 2059: Rosa Parks
- ... private school when she was 11 years old. But, while she was attending high school, her mother had become ill so she had to quit. After quitting high school, she got a job as a house servant and began sending money back to her family. When she married Raymond Parks, she returned to high school and graduated. In 1943 she joined the NAACP and worked to ensure voting rights for blacks ... 10 plus $4 in court costs. The Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens Council started threating the MIA organizers. Leaders and supporters were arrested, including Rosa Parks. They all lost their jobs. Dr. Kings house was dynamited. They boycott still continued. After 381 days of boycotting, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Rosa Parks. In April 1956, the bus company, which had lost more than $750,000 during ...
- 2060: The Time Machine
- ... model of the time machine, which was nearing completion. After seeing this, the storyteller recalls, "None of us knew quite how to take it." next Thursday the group met once again at "The Time Travelers" house at his request. Most of the usual attendants were there, yet when the storyteller arrived he noticed there was a couple of new members to the discussion group. One of the new concomitants was a ... local paper, and a very shy man who said nothing throughout the night. They group sat and chatted as they awaited the arrival of their host, "The Time Traveler." Finally, "The Time Traveler" entered the house to his abiding guests, looking sickly. Eventually, after taking a shower and eating "The Time Traveler" began to tell his story of his experience with his time machine. He had journeyed far into the future ...
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