These books were chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, and other professionals for the Association for Library Service to Children. Younger Readers…
BERRY, Ellis Yarnal, a Representative from South Dakota; born in Larchwood, Lyon County, Iowa, October 6, 1902; attended Philip (S.Dak.) High School; student in Morningside College, Sioux City…
Senate Years of Service: 1916-1916Party: DemocratTAGGART, Thomas, a Senator from Indiana; born in County Monaghan, Ireland, November 17, 1856; immigrated to the United States in 1861 with his…
LIVINGSTON, Robert R., (brother of Edward Livingston and cousin of Philip Livingston and William Livingston), a Delegate from New York; born in New York City November 27, 1746; was graduated…
(Encyclopedia) ChaeroneaChaeroneakĕrənēˈə [key], ancient town of Boeotia, Greece, in the Cephissus (now Kifisós) River valley and NW of Thebes. There the Athenians and Thebans were defeated (338 b.c…
(Encyclopedia) Abydos, ancient town of Phrygia, Asia Minor, on the Asian side of the Hellespont opposite Sestos, in present-day Turkey. It was originally a Milesian colony. Near there Xerxes built…
(Encyclopedia) PhilippiPhilippifĭlĭpˈī [key], ancient city of Macedon and Macedonia, now in Greece, in E Macedonia. Inhabited by Thracians and then Thasians, it was renamed (probably 356 b.c.) by…
(Encyclopedia) Saavedra y Fajardo, Diego deSaavedra y Fajardo, Diego dedyāˈgō ᵺā sävāˈᵺrä ē fähärˈᵺō [key], 1584–1648, Spanish writer and diplomat in the reign of Philip IV. His chief works are…
(Encyclopedia) AnjouAnjouäNzh&oomacr;ˈ [key], region and former province, W France, coextensive roughly with Maine-et-Loire and parts of Indre-et-Loire, Mayenne, and Sarthe depts. Angers, the…
(Encyclopedia) Richard I,&sp;Richard Cœur de LionRichard I,kör də lyôNˈ [key], or Richard Lion-Heart, 1157–99, king of England (1189–99); third son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Although…
