30 Famous Names in American Literature Though the history of American literature is comparatively not so long‚ it has given the world many outstanding literary names. Washington Irving was the first US writer to gain an international reputation. In 1819 he published his volume of stories with such classic American stories as the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle”. Only 2 years after another American writer began to attract attention - James Fenimore Cooper‚ the first
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Hello‚ I would like to invite you to be a panelist on Thursday‚ June 16th for Corps Member Induction. The panel will take place at the Grandview Library (500 W. Main St.) from 1:30 - 2:15. This panel is a crucial part of the induction of our corps members. Before the panel starts‚ our teachers will have spent the week exploring the Pacific Northwest‚ telling their own story and hearing stories. The week starts off with teachers sharing their own story of self‚ and then hearing the story of the
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The Persons Case: A Milestone for Women’s Rights in Canada On October 18th‚ 1929‚ Emily Murphy‚ Nellie McClung‚ Louise McKinney‚ Henrietta Edwards‚ and Irene Parlby‚ known as the Famous Five‚ celebrated the ruling of the Privy Council in Britain declaring women as legal persons. Prior to this decision‚ Emily Murphy fought for the rights of all women for twelve years‚ never allowing her losses to bring her down. Emily became the first woman police magistrate in the entire British Empire and
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FAMOUS PEOPLE People can become famous for discovering something‚ acting‚ singing‚ dancing and many other things. Some of them become well-known during their life‚ the others after their death. There are many famous people all over the world and one of them is Arthur Nobel who I would like to talk about today. ALFRED BERNHARD NOBEL – a Swedish chemist‚ one of the most famous discoverers of the 19th century‚ was born in 1833 in the capital city of Sweden – Stockholm. His father‚ Immanuel Nobel
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represented through literature. Literary fiction takes concepts of the universe and turns them into tales – perhaps even with touches of fact – that attempt to explain or argue about life and its many complications. One such piece of fiction‚ The Member of the Wedding by Carson
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Famous Botanist Francisco Hernandez During the time of 1700 hundreds many artist made their way to spain to seek out what they believed to be an art form but done in garden designs. So many people thought that this was a great cause and belived that this was they were meant to do for life. Francisco like other believed that this was the way to go so he to set to become a famous garden designer and soon he got his wish and was sent for by the duke of Earl. It took many years to establish a good
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FAMOUS ALL OVER TOWN The story “Famous All Over Town”‚ written by Danny Santiago (1911 – 1988)‚ is a story about Latin boy named Rudy who studies at Audubon Junior High. The story also implies the discrimination of Miss Bontempo who is Rudy’s teacher. By this story‚ the writer wants to raise an awareness of discrimination at his time. One day‚ being happy waking up‚ Rudy decides to turn over his New Leaf‚ It doesn’t mean that he wants to betray his gang‚ Shamrock‚ but to do something new‚ meaningful
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Honorable members of the hanging committee! Dear students and teachers! We want to introduce to your attention our scientific work “The differences between American English and British English.” We know that the language of some English speakers differs from that of others‚ every language allows different kinds of variations: geographical or territorial‚ perhaps the most obvious‚ stylistic‚ the difference between the written and the spoken form of the standard national language and others. For historical
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FAMOUS FOREIGN PHYSICISTS WILLIAM GILBERT -hypothesized that the Earth is a giant magnet GALILEO GALILEI -performed fundamental observations‚ experiments‚ and mathematical analyses in astronomy and physics; discovered mountains and craters on the moon‚ the phases of Venus‚ and the four largest satellites of Jupiter: Io‚ Europa‚ Callisto‚ and Ganymede SIR ISAAC NEWTON -developed theories of gravitation and mechanics‚ and invented differential calculus BENJAMIN FRANKLIN -the first
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In the late 1700’s and early 1800’s the United States was in a transformation from the Jeffersonian vision of an agricultural nation‚ into Alexander Hamilton’s vision of an industrial America. The book Sam Patch‚ the Famous Jumper gives a good idea of what America was like during the Early Republic period. The industrial life would turn America into a country that is dependent on the work of manufactories. Sam Patch came from a long family history of farming and shoemaking. His father Mayo Greenleaf
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