RHODES, Marion Edwards, a Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Glen Allen, Bollinger County, Mo., January 4, 1868; attended the public schools and Will Mayfield College; was…
Senate Years of Service: 1972-1997Party: DemocratJOHNSTON, John Bennett, Jr., (father-in-law of Tim Roemer), a Senator from Louisiana; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parrish, La., June 10, 1932;…
Senate Years of Service: 1891-1897Party: DemocratBRICE, Calvin Stewart, a Senator from Ohio; born in Denmark, Ashtabula County, Ohio, September 17, 1845; attended Miami University, Oxford,…
WILLIAMS, William, a Representative from Indiana; born near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., May 11, 1821; attended the common schools and received a very limited education; studied law; was…
(Encyclopedia) Kerouac, Jack (John Kerouac)Kerouac, Jackkĕrˈəwăkˌ [key], 1922–69, American novelist, b. Lowell, Mass., studied at Columbia. One of the leaders of the beat generation, a term he is…
(Encyclopedia) parody, mocking imitation in verse or prose of a literary work. The following poem by Robert Southey was parodied by Lewis Carroll:
“You are old, Father William,” the young man cried…
(Encyclopedia) beat generation, term applied to certain American artists and writers who were popular during the 1950s. Essentially anarchic, members of the beat generation rejected traditional…
