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- 2291: Jailhouse Rock: The Story Of Elvis Aaron Presley
- ... coffin, a white Cadillac hearse, 17 white Cadillac limousines, and over 50,000 mourners who all took home a single flower at the wish of the Presley family. Although he was dead, his legend still lived on. III. Impact on History Elvis wasn't just a musician; he starred in 33 successful films including "Love Me Tender," "King Creole" (playing the role James Dean was slated to play), and "Jail House ...
- 2292: Herman Melville: An Anti- Transcendentalist Or Not
- ... U.S. he taught school and then sailed for the South Seas in 1841 on the whaler Acushnet. After an 18 month voyage he deserted the ship in the Marquesas Islands and with a companion lived for a month among the natives, who were cannibals. He escaped aboard an Australian trader, leaving it at Papeete, Tahiti, where he was imprisoned temporarily. He worked as a field laborer and then shipped to ...
- 2293: Napoleon Bonaparte: A Great Mastermind
- ... all the while still had his eyes on France. On June 18, 1815 Napoleon with his new army once again attacked the English, led by the Duke of Wellington, at Waterloo. This battle was short lived and Napoleon was quickly defeated, and he was once again abdicated. But this time they sent him to live on the Island of St. Helena, where he died in may 1821. As you can see ...
- 2294: The Life Of Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe lived a hard life, which is reflected in his poetry. Its dark and gloomy settings along with often depressing topics mirror his difficult times. "The Raven" shows his feelings of loss when his wife, Virginia, died ...
- 2295: The Life Of Malcolm X
- ... Malcolm attended school until eighth grade living with different families. When his teacher stopped him from trying to become a lawyer, he dropped out of school and went to his older half sister, Ella, who lived in Boston. There, he took a job as a shoeshine boy at the Roseland Ballroom. A career as a hustler seemed a more tempting option, and he was soon peddling narcotics. He met a white ...
- 2296: Walter Whitman
- ... several articles to magazines. In 1873 he fell ill, suffering the first of several paralytic attacks. He remained an invalid for the rest of his life. Choosing Camden, N.J., as his last home, he lived modestly, enjoying the visits of those who came to honor him. He died on March 26, 1892. Among Whitman's other books of poems were 'Calamus', 'November Boughs', 'Sands at Seventy', and 'Good-Bye My ...
- 2297: William Lloyd Garrison
- ... in American history. Although he had many failings, including a notable lack of talent for practical politics, he deserved the acclaim he had won. For the World concluded: The life which ended last night was lived with a simplicity, singleness of purpose, and unflinching devotion to a self-imposed task rare in the annals of any time or any land. (Faber 121) Garrison had felt a personal obligation to work for ...
- 2298: Aaron Burr Jr.
- ... New Jersey. Perhaps this duel is the most famous in history. Its results certainly meant the end of both Hamilton and Burr. They carried Hamilton from the field and the next day he died. Burr lived for years, but the shadow of his own doom was ever before him. It is reported that late in life he observed that, had he been wiser, he would have known that there was room ...
- 2299: The Life Of Stalin
- ... drank heavily and beat him savagely. When Iosif was 7, he caught smallpox, which scarred him for life, and then he came down with septicemia, which left his left arm slightly crippled for life. He lived in the 1920's a normal life, surrounded by many relatives who spoke their minds freely in the family circle, and he had good personal friends among the Soviet leadership. His life began to change ...
- 2300: The Life Of My Grandfather
- ... sure aren't what they use to be," said my grandfather. He should know considering he was born March 3, 1930. Son of Robert and Clara Long, Robert Long was born in Richmond, Kentucky and lived most of his childhood there. He was the fifth child of six, and the third son of the children. Mildred and Beulah are his two sisters' names, and his three brothers' names are Carl, Alonzo ...
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