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The Song of Hiawatha: Blessing the Cornfields

The Son of the Evening Star Picture-Writing Blessing the Cornfields Sing, O Song of Hiawatha, Of the happy days that followed, In the land of the Ojibways, In the pleasant land and…

Lumet, Sidney

(Encyclopedia) Lumet, SidneyLumet, Sidneyl&oomacr;-mĕtˈ [key], 1924–2011, one of the great American film directors of the 20th cent., b. Philadelphia. A child actor in New York's Yiddish radio…

Dewey, George

(Encyclopedia) Dewey, GeorgeDewey, Georged&oomacr;ˈē, dy&oomacr;ˈ– [key], 1837–1917, American admiral, hero of the battle of Manila, b. Montpelier, Vt., grad. Annapolis, 1858. He saw active…

The Golden Bird

The Golden Bird A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted, and about the time when they began to grow…

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor

(Encyclopedia) Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939–, Canadian novelist and poet. Atwood is a skilled and powerful storyteller whose novels, set mainly in the near future, sometimes make use of such…

Grodon, Charles Sidney

(Encyclopedia) Grodon, Charles Sidney, 1935-2021, American film actor, writer, and director, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. Grodon briefly attended the Univ. of…

Chauncey Judd: Capture

Rescue and Flight Retribution Capture The pursuers were baffled, but not discouraged. From their knowledge of localities upon the Island, they did not doubt that, if immediately…

Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Honest Cadi

61 63 The Honest Cadi A ROBBER who had plundered a Merchant of one thousand pieces of gold was taken before the Cadi, who asked him if he had anything to say why he should not be decapitated. "…

Chauncey Judd: Pursuit from Bethany

Longmeadow Brook Alarm in Judd's Meadow Pursuit from Bethany Wearily the leaden hours of night dragged themselves onward, while Mrs. Dayton and her frightened children sat, where the…