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D.A. Pennebaker

Name at birth: Donn Alan PennebakerD.A. Pennebaker was a filmmaker who helped pioneer the cinema verité style of documentary filming during the 1950s and '60s. He was given an Oscar in 2013 for his…

Grizzly Mountain

Director: Jeremy HaftWriters: Jeremy Haft and Peter WhiteDirector of Photography:Andy ParkeEditors:Richard Westover and Anthony DalesandroMusic:Jon McCallumProducers:Anthony Dalesandro and…

Thomas, Edward

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, Edward, 1878–1917, English poet, b. London, studied at Oxford. Forced to earn a living for his young family, Thomas began his literary career writing prose: dozens of essays on…

Thomas, George Henry

(Encyclopedia) Thomas, George Henry, 1816–70, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Southampton co., Va. He served in the Seminole War and in the Mexican War. Later he taught at West Point and…

Patriotic Music for Independence Day

The best songs for your 4th of July picnic by Mark Zurlo Related Links Fourth of July by the Numbers Facts on Fireworks History of Fourth of July Celebrations American Flag Quiz…

Deloney, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Deloney, ThomasDeloney, Thomasdəlōˈnē [key], c.1543–c.1600, English ballad writer, fiction writer, and pamphleteer. He was a silk weaver. Deloney's chief works are three prose…

ballad

(Encyclopedia) ballad, in literature and music, short, narrative poem or song usually relating a single, dramatic event. Two forms of the ballad are often distinguished—the folk ballad, dating from…