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Brewer's: Vesper Hour

is said to be between the dog and the wolf; “betwixt and between,” neither day nor night; a breed between the dog and wolf; too much day to be night, and too much night to be day. Probably…

Brewer's: Gelert

(g hard). The name of Llewellyn's dog. One day a wolf entered the room where the infant son of the Welsh prince was asleep; Gelert flew at it and killed it; but when Llewellyn returned…

Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat is one of Canada's best-selling authors, known for his stories and memoirs that celebrate the natural beauty of the far North, including 1963's Never Cry Wolf. Mowat grew up in Ontario…

Stevie Wonder Biography

Stevie Wonder(Steveland Morris)singer, composer, producerBorn: 5/13/1950Birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan Grammy Award-winning singer, composer, producer, arranger, and instrumentalist known for his…

Hilary Mantel

Name at birth: Hilary Mary ThompsonHilary Mantel's fictional account of King Henry VIII's minister Thomas Cromwell earned her the Man Booker Prize twice -- for 2009's Wolf Hall and 2012's Bring Up…

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Information Official Name: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Capital: Harrisburg Organized as a territory: 1681 Entered Union (rank): December 12, 1787 (2nd) Present constitution…

Aesop's Fables: The Archer and the Lion

by Aesop The Lamb Chased By a WolfThe Wolf and the GoatThe Archer and the Lion An Archer went up into the hills to get some sport with his bow, and all the animals fled at the sight of him…