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Early Life. Elijah McCoy was born on May 2, 1844, in Colchester, Ontario, Canada. His parents—George and Mildred McCoy—had been enslaved from birth and became freedom seekers leaving Kentucky for Canada on the Underground Railroad. George McCoy enlisted in the British forces, and in return, he was awarded 160 acres of land for his service.

Jesse James, an infamous outlaw of the late 19th century, left an indelible mark on American history and folklore. Born on September 5, 1847, in Clay County, Missouri, he became a central figure in the tumultuous post-Civil War era.

Biography. Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, the fourth child of Jerome, an ironmonger, and Marguerite. He had two sisters, Paulina and Blandina, and a brother Milton, who died at an early age. Due to bad investments in the local mining industry, the family incurred debts, and Jerome was brought up in poverty.

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Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).

Samuel Johnson (usually known as Dr Johnson) (18 September 1709– 13 December 1784) was an English author, poet, moralist and literary critic. One of Dr Johnson’s greatest contributions was publishing, in 1747, The Dictionary of the English Language.

Call Me Burroughs: A Life. Barry Miles. Twelve, $32 (736p) ISBN 978-1-4555-1195-2. The pioneering American countercultural writer and artist William Burroughs emerges as his own greatest character in this raucous biography.

Bessie Smith Bessie Smith, photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1936. (more) Known in her lifetime as the “Empress of the Blues,” Smith was a bold, supremely confident artist who often disdained the use of a microphone and whose art expressed the frustrations and hopes of a whole generation of Black Americans.

My life by Meir, Golda, 1898-1978. Publication date 1975 Topics Meir, Golda, 1898-1978, Women prime ministers, Zionists Publisher New York: Putnam Collection.

Two books about Orwell's relationship with his first wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy, and her role in his life and career, have been published: Eileen: The Making of George Orwell by Sylvia Topp (2020) [313] and Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder (2023). [314] [307] In her book Funder claims that Orwell was misogynistic and sadistic.

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When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, seven slave states left the Union to form the Confederate States of America, and four more joined when hostilities began between the North and South. A bloody civil war then engulfed the nation as Lincoln vowed to preserve the Union, enforce the laws of the United States, and end the secession.

This definitive life of the Post Impressionist includes color and black-and-white reproductions and includes the author's 1930 photographs of the French countryside paired with the famous paintings of each landscape. Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book! Loading Can't find what you're looking for?.

Written in simple, elegant prose and illustrated with Reader's own photographs, Africa: A Biography of the Continent is an unforgettable book that will delight the general reader and.

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Complete summary of Anton Chekhov's The Bet. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Bet. Select an area of the website to search All Study Guides Homework Help Lesson Plans.

This is a list of all the known birthdays of Naruto characters: January 1 - Maito Gai. January 2 - Tatami Iwashi. January 8 - Hyuuga Hiashi, Hyuuga Hizashi. January 9 - Haku. January 19 - Gaara. January 23 - Aburame Shino. January 24 - Yamanaka Inoichi. January 25 - Yondaime. February 8 - Third Hokage Sarutobi. February 10 - Uchiha Obito.

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Brown, Peter, 1935-Publication date 1969 Topics Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 Publisher Berkeley: University of California Press Collection.

Kitty Kelley chronicles "Ole Blue Eyes" from his spoiled New Jersey beginnings to his sad death. Kitty covers in detail his lengthy career, his four wives and many mistresses, his domestic violence due to his bi-polar diagnosis and his violence in relationship with the "mob" connections.

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Blake Bailey [1] (born July 1, 1963) is an American writer, and educator. Bailey is known for his literary biographies of Richard Yates, John Cheever, Charles Jackson, and Philip Roth. He is the editor of the Library of America omnibus editions of Cheever's stories and novels.