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- 3871: Charles Dickens 3
- ... Great Expectations and also uses this in the book DavidCopperfield. In 1829 he was a reporter for the Doctor's Commoner's Courts. In 1832 he ,was a reporter on the Parliamentary debates in the House of Commons, and he became a reporter for a newspaper. In 1834 he adopted his famous pseudonym " Boz." Soon his father was put in jail for another count of debt and he came to his ...
- 3872: Courageous John Quincy Adams
- ... 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 United States. John Quincy followed in the footsteps of his father John Adams, when he became President of the United States, but both father and ...
- 3873: Clinton Vs. Nixon
- Clinton vs. Nixon The resent scandal in the White House has brought my attention to the American Presidents as people and Presidents. Looking into the American history and her presidents I have found out that presidents are not just political figures but that they are ...
- 3874: Charles Shultz
- ... met Charlie Brown at the beach in 1968. They d never met before because they went to different schools, but they had fun playing ball so Charlie Brown invited Franklin to visit him at this house across town for another play session. Later, Franklin showed up as center-fielder on Peppermint Patty s baseball team and sits in front of her at school. Franklin is thoughtful and can quote the Old ...
- 3875: Charles Dickens 2
- ... infancy. His happiest childhood years were spent in Chatham, an area to which he often talks about in his stories. From 1822 he lived in London, until, in 1860, he moved permanently to a country house, Gad's Hill, near Chatham. His family was middle class, very respectable; one randfather had been a domestic servant, and the other an embezzler. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office and ...
- 3876: Charles Dickens
- ... of his novels were published in sections. Some of the books he wrote include: Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnby Rudge, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol, The Cricket on the Hearth, David Copperfield, Bleak House; Hard times, little Dorritt, and A Tale of Two Cities. Nicholas Nickleby was adapted for film in 1947, The Pickwick Papers in 1954, and Little Dorrit in 1988. A TV series of Nicholas Nickleby was ...
- 3877: Charles Dickens
- ... one being A Christmas Carol. After the Christmas stories, he wrote other work such as The Chimes, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man, The Cricket on the Hearth, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, and many others. These books took him from1837-1848. The works Dickens made later in his life would turn out to be some of his best. Some of Charles Dickens' bests include A ...
- 3878: Bootleggers Boy
- ... appreciate his success until they know what he has gone through to get it. Barry Switzer was born on October 5, 1937. He was born in Crossett, a small town in southern Arkansas. His first house was a houseboat on the Ouachita River. His dad worked at the toll bridge over the river. In 1941 he and his family moved to Long Beach, California. They moved there so his dad could ...
- 3879: Booker T. Washington 2
- ... was considered the spokesperson for the black people. So much so that he was asked important questions by presidents William Taft and Teddy Roosevelt concerning blacks. He was even invited to dinner at the White House by Teddy Roosevelt. Perhaps the most important event in Washington s life came on September 18, 1895 in Atlanta. Political leaders had invited Washington to speak at a convention that celebrated the South s resurgence ...
- 3880: Bonnie And Clyde
- ... unsuccessfully trying to steal a car, and an accomplice of theirs became started and fired his gun, shooting a man in the neck. In Tarant county Clyde had a shootout with deputy s at a house, killing one. Another meeting with the law in Joplin, didn t turn out so well. The scene they left was disastrous. Two lawmen had died and many more were injured. The sting of deaths continued ...
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