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(Encyclopedia) F. P. A.: see Adams, Franklin Pierce.showboat
(Encyclopedia) showboat. In the early 19th cent. entertainment was brought by boat to the pioneers that settled along the western rivers (especially the Mississippi and Ohio) of the United States. At…Wise, Thomas James
(Encyclopedia) Wise, Thomas James, 1859–1937, English bibliographer and book collector. His famous Ashley Library of rare editions and manuscripts was acquired by the British Museum in 1937. His many…Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
(Encyclopedia) Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake: see under Grand Coulee Dam.Mars, Franklin Clarence
(Encyclopedia) Mars, Franklin Clarence: see under Mars, family of American food manufacturers.Horton
(Encyclopedia) Horton, river, c.275 mi (440 km) long, rising in a lake N of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing NW to Franklin Bay, a part of the Beaufort Sea.One True Thing
Director: Carl Franklin Writer: Karen Crone Universal Pictures; PG-13; 120 minutes Release: 10/98 Cast: Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott,…The National Inventors Hall of Fame
The Inventors Hall of Fame, located in Akron, Ohio, was established in 1973 by the National Council of Patent Law Associations, now the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations,…Bowdoin College
(Encyclopedia) Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Maine; coeducational; chartered 1794, opened 1802, named for James Bowdoin. One of the nation's older colleges, its alumni include Nathaniel Hawthorne,…Cleveland, James
(Encyclopedia) Cleveland, James, 1931–91, African-American gospel singer, composer, and arranger, b. Chicago. Known as the King of Gospel, he was renowned for his rough baritone voice. He…Trending
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