(Encyclopedia) Merton, Thomas, 1915–68, American religious writer and poet, b. France. He grew up in France, England, and the United States and studied at Cambridge and at Columbia (B.A., 1938; M.A…
(Encyclopedia) Atkins, Chet (Chester Burton Atkins), 1924–2001, American country guitarist, singer, and record company executive, b. Luttrell, Tenn. Part of a musical family, he played fiddle and…
Andrew Carnegie See also Activists and Reformers People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Charitable Contributions by Type of Recipient Organization…
Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html . This list was compiled from an online survey by the NEA in 2007. See also Kids' Top 100 Favorite…
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1877; 1881-1897Party: Republican; RepublicanSHERMAN, John, a Representative and a Senator from Ohio; born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, on May 10, 1823;…
(Encyclopedia) Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Nights, series of anonymous stories in Arabic, considered as an entity to be among the classics of world literature. The cohesive plot device…
(Encyclopedia) Cotton Belt, former agricultural region of the SE United States where cotton was the main cash crop throughout the 19th and much of the 20th cent. Located on the Atlantic and Gulf…
(Encyclopedia) Walton, Sir William Turner, 1902–83, English composer, b. Oldham. Walton studied at Oxford. One of his earliest works was a piano quartet (1918–19). In 1923, Façade, satirical poems by…
