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Sunday, October 27, 2024
Old Obscure Versifier Contemplates Two Great Young Dead Poets
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Dylan Thomas in a characteristic pose before a bookstore reading. Some years ago, I noticed that Dylan Thomas and Sylvia Plath shared a ...
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Igor Sikorsky—Builder of Airliners, Bombers, Flying Boats and Choppers
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Igor Sikorsky was born in Kiev , Ukraine , 1889 the youngest of five children of Ivan Alexeevich Sikorsky , a Russian professor of psycho...
Friday, October 25, 2024
Upon St. Crispin’s Day a Nasty Surprise for the French
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The Battle of Agincourt as depicted in the French manuscript Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre by Jean of Wavrin circa 1480. The Bat...
Thursday, October 24, 2024
The Lady Who First Went Over the Falls in a Barrel
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Annie Edson Taylor, her barrel, and Niagara Falls. America fell in love with stunts and daredevils almost from the beginning. The firs...
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