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Jack Nance Biography

Jack Nance(Marvin John Nance)actorBorn: 12/21/1943Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Nance acted in several films directed by David Lynch, most memorably in the lead role of Eraserhead (1976); he…

Walt Whitman: What Best I See in Thee

What Best I See in Thee[To U. S. G. return'd from his World's Tour]What best I see in thee, Is not that where thou mov'st down history's great highways, Ever undimm'd by time shoots warlike…

A Boy's Will: Into My Own

by Robert Frost Ghost HouseInto My Own The youth is persuaded that he will be rather more than less himself for having forsworn the world. ONE of my wishes is that those dark trees, So…

Recalls

Several federal agencies enforce product-safety regulations and provide recall information. Central access to recall information is at www.recalls.gov . Consumer products: U.S. Consumer Product…

James Joseph HEFFERNAN, Congress, NY (1888-1967)

HEFFERNAN James Joseph , a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 8, 1888; attended private and public schools; was graduated from Bryant Stratton College,…

Amos ABBOTT, Congress, MA (1786-1868)

ABBOTT Amos , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Andover, Mass., September 10, 1786; attended the Bradford Academy; merchant; highway surveyor; market clerk, 1819-1822; town clerk,…

Gary Ridgway

Gary Leon Ridgway confessed on 5 November 2003 to 48 murders in Seattle's King County, making him the most prolific convicted serial killer in United States history. Ridgway grew up in the Seattle…

Harve TIBBOTT, Congress, PA (1885-1969)

TIBBOTT Harve , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pa., May 27, 1885; attended the public schools; was graduated from the school of pharmacy of the…

Thomas Scales PLOWMAN, Congress, AL (1843-1919)

PLOWMAN Thomas Scales , a Representative from Alabama; born in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., June 8, 1843; attended the common schools; joined the Confederate Army in May 1862 as a member of…