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- 4861: William Tecumseh Sherman
- ... s disposal. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, had little faith in Johnston's ability to oppose Sherman and on July 17, 1864, Davis relieves Johnston of his command and replaces him with the aggressive John B. Hood. Hood was even more unsuccessful in stopping Sherman's armies. Finally on September 1, 1864, Sherman's troops captured the city of Atlanta, but not before Hood destroyed the railroad yards. Sherman declared ...
- 4862: Trudeau: The Politics of My Way
- ... because all three were trial combat, all three required one strong man to push them through. In this minefield Canada's political loner had walked alone and apparently loved it. Canada's other solo flyer, John Diefenbaker, may or may not have been a renegade in power, but the input his holitics received from Senate cronies and Kitchen cabinets was enormous. The letters and advice that daily poured in to the ...
- 4863: Joshua Larwence Chamberlin
- ... Brewer, Maine. Maine is the northern most state on the Atlantic coast of the continental United States. I grew up on a 100-acre farm, the oldest of five children. I had three brothers: Horace, John, and Thomas and one sister Sarah. My mother, Sarah Dupee Brastow Chamberlain, was a woman of great wit, a gentle but firm hand, and strong Christian faith. My father, Joshua Jr., was a strict but ...
- 4864: Margaret Laurence
- ... 1944, Margaret attended United College (now the University of Winnipeg), and was an assistant editor of the college paper, Vox. She graduated from United College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1946, and married John Fergus Laurence on September on September 13, 1947, in the Neepewa United Church. She then worked for a time as a reporter for the Winnipeg Citizen. In 1950, after living for a year in England ...
- 4865: Jonas Salk
- ... virus. Due to the consequences, polio "aroused as much alarm in that era as does AIDS today." Finally, on April 12, 1955 it was announced that Dr. Jonas Salk, using a technique reported by Dr. John F. Enders in 1949, had discovered a cure that could be depended upon to immunize humans from polio. "Overnight, Jonas E. Salk was a hero," said Kathleen Arsenault, a librarian at the University of South ...
- 4866: Martin Luther King Jr
- ... 1968).Richard L. DeMolen. The Meaning of the Reformation. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1974).Arthur Dickens, Martin Luther and the Reformation. (London: Oxford University Press, 1967).Richard Marius, Luther. (New York: Erdicott Press, 1973).Olin, John C. Luther, Erasmus and the Reformation. (New York: Fordham University Press, 1969).Parsons, Talcott. The Theory of Social and Economic Organization. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1947).Thompson, Craig. Christian Humanism and the Reformation. (New ...
- 4867: Adolf Hitler
- ... Europe. Heinemann Educational Books: London, 1987. Stewart, Gail B. Hitler's Reich. Lucent Books: San Diego, 1994. The Guinness Encuclopedia. Guinness Publishing (pgs. 341, 439, 441, 444, 445, 678). Middle Sex, Great Britain: 1990. Kirk, John. The Rise and Fall of A. Hitler. Johnson House. New York, 1979.
- 4868: Alfred Hitchcock
- ... upon what was already there. The next film I am going to discuss is the 1935 film "The 39 Steps", or otherwise titled "The Thirty-nine Steps", named and fashioned after the novel written by John Buchan. This film is one of the most popular early works of Hitchcock, and it was from this movie that Hitchcock became "Hitchcock", not just a director but a name. It emanated his distinct and ...
- 4869: Allen Sapp
- ... beyond the canvas, what was being said and why. His paintings reveal the way of life of the Cree people in the 1930s and 1940s, a way of life still common today. Bibliography 1. Warner, John Anson, and Bradshaw, Theda. A Cree Life: The Art of Allen Sapp. Vancouver: J.J. Douglas Ltd., 1977 2. Allen Sapp Gallery: The Story of His Art. [Online] Available, http://www.allensapp.com/art.htm ...
- 4870: James Joyce
- ... Dead, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Araby. James Joyce, was born February 2, 1882 in Dublin, Ireland. He was the first of fifteen kids born to Mary Jane Murray, and John Stanslaus Joyce. He was christened James Augustine Aloysius Joyce. His mother was a mild woman who had intelligent opinions but didn't express them. His father was a violent, quick tempered man who was a ...
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