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Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry has written more than 20 books for young readers and received many citations and awards, including Newbery Medals for her novels Number the Stars (1989) and The Giver (1993). Lowry was…1955 National Book Awards
FictionA Fable, William FaulknerNonfictionThe Measure of Man, Joseph Wood KrutchPoetryThe Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens, Wallace StevensSpecial CitationPoems, 1923–1954, e. e. cummings…Ben A. Jones
Ben A. JonesBorn: Dec. 31, 1882Horse racing Calumet Farm trainer (1939-47); saddled 6 Kentucky Derby champions, including 2 Triple Crown winners—Whirlaway in 1941 and Citation in '48.Died:…Hall of Fame Jockey, Eddie Arcaro
Eddie Arcaro Born: Feb. 19, 1916Jockey 2-time Triple Crown winner (Whirlaway in 1941, Citation in '48); he won Kentucky Derby 5 times, Preakness and Belmont 6 times each. Died: Nov. 14, 1997…Daniel Chappie James, Jr. Biography
Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr.generalBorn: 2/11/1920Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida James joined the segregated United States Army Air Corp while attending Tuskegee Institute. He was made a…Eddie Arcaro Biography
Eddie ArcaroAge: 81 only jockey in history to ride two Triple Crown champions, Whilaway in 1941 and Citation in 1948; nicknamed "The Master," Arcaro rode 4,779 winners, including five…2003 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Fiction: The Known World, Edward P. Jones (Amistad/HarperCollins)General Nonfiction: Sons of Mississippi, Paul Hendrickson (Knopf)Biography or Autobiography: Krushchev: The Man and His Era,…1998 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Fiction: The Love of a Good Woman, Alice Munro (Knopf)General Nonfiction: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, Philip Gourevitch (…2002 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Fiction: Atonement, Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday) General Nonfiction: A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, Samantha Power (New Republic/Basic Books) Biography or…Part I. Letters of Caesar
THESE letters were evidently written by Alexander Hamilton. He had just finished a newspaper controversy of a very acrimonious character with George Clinton, which probably caused these…Trending
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