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Writing Well: Stop, Thief!

Stop, Thief!Writing WellIn the End ZoneCredit Given HereStop, Thief!Light at the End of the Tunnel As you learned in “Paper Chase,” you write a research paper to argue a thesis. To do so, you cite…

Hester Prynne

Hester Prynne is the main character of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter. Set in Massachusetts colony in Puritan times, the story tells of Hester's scandalous affair with the…

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr

(Encyclopedia) Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822–88, American illustrator, lithographer, and painter, b. Philadelphia. He is best known for his pen-and-ink drawings, which, for their inventiveness,…

Leslie Fiedler 2003 Deaths

Leslie FiedlerAge: 85 prolific literary critic who, in his book Love and Death in the American Novel, explored homoerotic themes in works by Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway…

Brook Farm

(Encyclopedia) Brook Farm, 1841–47, an experimental farm at West Roxbury, Mass., based on cooperative living. Founded by George Ripley, a Unitarian minister, the farm was initially financed by a…

Brewer's: Nathaniel

(Sir). A grotesque curate in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Nation of GentlemenNastrond A B C D E F G H I J K…

Woodberry, George Edward

(Encyclopedia) Woodberry, George Edward, 1855–1930, American poet, critic, and teacher, b. Beverly, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1877. He was professor of English at the Univ. of Nebraska (1880–82) and at…

Nigel Hawthorne 2001 Deaths

Nigel Hawthorne Age: 72 British film, television, and stage actor who earned an international following for his portrayal of the domineering Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes, Minister, a 1980s…

Hawthorne, CA Census Data

People QuickFactsHawthorneCaliforniaPopulation, 2003 estimate 86,17335,484,453Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 2.5%4.8%Population, 2000 84,11233,871,648Population,…

Hawthorne, CA Demographic Statistics

NumberPercentTotal population84,112100.0SEX AND AGEMale40,44848.1Female43,66451.9Under 5 years8,46910.15 to 9 years8,37710.010 to 14 years6,5497.815 to 19 years5,5286.620 to 24 years7,2038.625…