(Encyclopedia) British Empire, overseas territories linked to Great Britain in a variety of constitutional relationships, established over a period of three centuries. The establishment of the empire…
Biographies of of U.S. representatives and Senators from Texas Member Name Birth-Death ABBOTT, J/biography/us/congress/o (J/biography/us/congress/oseph) 1840-1908…
(Encyclopedia) novel, in modern literary usage, a sustained work of prose fiction a volume or more in length. It is distinguished from the short story and the fictional sketch, which are necessarily…
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Cooperstown, N.Y.FieldersMember Active yearsAaron, Henry (Hank) 1954–1976Anson, Adrian (Cap) 1876–1897Aparicio, Luis 1956–1973Appling, Lucius (Luke) 1930–1950Ashburh, Richie 1948–1962Averill, H.…
(Encyclopedia) strategy and tactics, in warfare, related terms referring, respectively, to large-scale and small-scale planning to achieve military success. Strategy may be defined as the general…
(Encyclopedia) American literature, literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America.
The years immediately after World War I brought a highly vocal rebellion against…
