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May 04, 2020
April 22, 2020
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950)
Edgar Rice Burroughs was a creative genius. Besides the famous character of Tarzan, Burroughs published science fiction and crime novels. Burroughs was born and raised in Chicago. He loved art and poetry and always would dream of horses, which came true when he joined the army calvary. He was kicked out of the army. He later married Emma Centennia Hulbert, first of two wives (divorced in 1934). He started writing not because he loved to but needed money. Burroughs wrote in 1911, Under the Moon of Mars, actually a story in a magazine and he developed it into a novel series. The story is about John Carter, who is transported to Mars following a battle with Apaches. The Martian series totaled 11 books. His true successful and memorable novel is Tarzan. Burroughs wrote a series of 25 Tarzan books. He created suspense between each novel. He would use cliff hangers to make the reader feel the need to read another one of his books. He was a true genius when it came to writing his books. Tarzan brought success to Burroughs especially after the movies began in 1918. Edgar Rice Burroughs died of a heart ailment on March 19, 1950.
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April 13, 2020
April 08, 2020
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902. He attended but did not graduate from Stanford University (1920-1926). While writing, Steinbeck took odd jobs, he worked as a painter, caretaker, watchman, surveyor and a fruit picker. Working as a watchman of a house in the High Sierra, Steinbeck wrote his first novel, Cup of Gold (1929). He received a $250 advance from his publisher.
Steinbeck was married three times. His son John had problems in later years with drugs and alcohol and died in 1991.
Steinbeck was a natural storyteller and was able to capture the feelings and lives of working people who were the central characters of his most important novels. John Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He is best remembered for The Grapes of Wrath (1939). In 1943 Steinbeck moved to New York City and spent his summers at Sag Harbor.
John Steinbeck died of a heart attack on Dec.20,1968.
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April 04, 2020
List of 19th Century Famous Authors
Some of the most famous writers included the Russians Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekov and Fyodor Dostoevsky; The English Charles Dickens, John Keats and Jane Austen; the Scottish Sir Walter Scott; the Irish Oscar Wilde; the Americans Edgar Allen Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mark Twain; and the French Victor Hugo, Honore de Balzac, Jules Verne and Charles Baudelaire.
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March 27, 2020
March 20, 2020
March 12, 2020
List of 17th Century Famous Authors
In England, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was still writing during part of the 17th century. Other 17th century writers include: Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682), John Donne (1572-1631), Ben Johnson (1572-1637) and Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1651) along with Robert Herrick (1591-1674). Other seventeenth century writers include Anne Killigrew, Joseph Addison, William Wycherley, George Herbert and John Aubre. This period includes the book which unquestionably occupies the highest place in English literature, that is the King James version of the Bible, and in poetry it includes one of the greatest figures John Milton, together with a varied assemblage of lesser lyricists.
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March 06, 2020
September 03, 2019
Steve V. - Trader To The Stars
Her we have a picture of Steve getting ready for a day of trading stocks and rare collectibles.
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