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Love, Alfred Henry

(Encyclopedia) Love, Alfred Henry, 1830–1913, American pacifist, b. Philadelphia. Love, a Quaker, remained firm in his principles at the outbreak of the Civil War, refusing even to hire a substitute…

Fathers of the Church

(Encyclopedia) Fathers of the Church, collective name for the Christian writers of early times whose work is considered generally orthodox. A convenient definition includes all such writers up to and…

Great Novels by Native American Authors

Popular novels about Native life and heritage by Native authors Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Related Links American Indian Heritage Month American Indian Quotes Notable…

Lewis & Clark: Across the Great Divide

by NoahBrooks From the Minnetarees to the ShoshoneesDown the Pacific SlopeAcross the Great Divide Captain Clark had now left the water-shed of the Missouri behind him…

Lewis & Clark: A Great Transaction in Land

by NoahBrooks Beginning a Long JourneyA Great Transaction in Land The people of the young Republic of the United States were greatly astonished, in the summer of 1803…

The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Among the worst natural disasters in U.S. history by Chris Frantz San Francisco, California, April 1906 Related Links Almanac: San Francisco San Francisco Census Facts: 1906 Versus…

Brewer's: Great Cry and Little Wool

Much ado about nothing. (See Cry.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Great DauphinGreat Commoner A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…