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Peter Pan: The Shadow

Peter Breaks Through Come Away, Come Away! The Shadow Mrs. Darling screamed, and, as if in answer to a bell, the door opened, and Nana entered, returned from her evening out. She…

Güiraldes, Ricardo

(Encyclopedia) Güiraldes, RicardoGüiraldes, Ricardorēkärˈdō gwērälˈdās [key], 1886–1927, Argentine writer. He spent his boyhood on a ranch where he learned the ways of the gauchos, later traveling to…

Warner LeRoy 2001 Deaths

Warner LeRoyAge: 65 New York City restaurateur whose showmanship made Maxwell's Plum one of the city's trendiest restaurants in the 1960s. In 1973 he took over the Tavern on the Green, making…

JT Leroy, 2006 News

writer, was exposed as a fake during the winter. Leroy's critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical books, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things and Sarah, chronicled the life of a…

Catherine Leroy 2006 Deaths

Catherine LeroyAge: 60 French-born photographer who covered the wars in Vietnam, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, taking raw photos that captured the agony of battle. Her pictures…

Thomas LeRoy Collins Biography

Thomas LeRoy Collinsformer governor of FloridaBorn: March 10, 1909 Birthplace: Tallahassee, Florida Thomas LeRoy Collins grew up in Tallahassee, Fla., and received his law degree from…

Canadian Shield

(Encyclopedia) Canadian Shield or Laurentian PlateauLaurentian Plateaulôrĕnˈchən [key], U-shaped region of ancient rock, the nucleus of North America, stretching N from the Great Lakes to the Arctic…

Friedlander, Lee

(Encyclopedia) Friedlander, LeeFriedlander, Leefrēdˈlăndər [key], 1934–, American photographer, b. Aberdeen, Wash. Influenced by Walker Evans and Robert Frank, Friedlander is known for dense and…