Born the second son to wooden-legged Henry James Sr. (Biography 9), Henry James Jr. lived behind legacies of his grandfather and of his older brother, William. Henry Jr. succeeded in writing twenty-one novels (Henry James 11) as well as many critical works and short stories, but America was insufficient for him (7), and he wanted fame (Biography 3), more fame than he would ever receive. ... Henry Sr. was born to a very controlling William James in 1811. ... His primary interest was in artistic expression (Biography 3). ...

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James was born in New York City, His dad was also named Henry James. ... Henry James was a lot favorites to people like example, Author James Thurbers favorite author was Henry James. ... Henry James work was remarkable and outstanding in his lifetime he put out 112 tales, 20 novels, 2 columns of auto biography and part of a third, travel essays and books, 3,000 pages of literary criticism, and 16 plays. ... Henry James was the first writer to introduce the theme of an American writings in Europe. In conclusion, I was thrilled to learn about Henry James the best writer in the world....

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When Alice James, the youngest sister of the famous Henry the novelist, and William the psychologist, started journaling, she was 40 years old. ... According to James' her "reader" is male and in the James family, being "male" meant having intelligence, wit, morals and an individual identity, qualities which James' father continually expressed that women lacked. Henry James was the eccentric patriarch of the family who believed the purpose of women was to raise families, do housework, and provide overall comfort to men. ... " Jean Strouse, in her biography of...

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His biography for Abraham Lincoln earned him enough money to travel to New England and meet the great writers, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, and Walt Whitman (Edwin H., 288). ... Henry James, another great American author, was born in New York City in 1843. As a young child, Henry James had only private tutors. ... Henry James was the first writer to introduce the theme of an American in Europe. ... Henry James died on February 28, 1916. ...

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President James Knox Polk was born on November 2, 1849 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. James Polk lived with nine other siblings and his father who was a businessman, land surveyor and planter. When James was ten years old him and his family joined the Tennessee frontier in his family's beat up wagon to join his grandfather. luckily James's family prospered by owning thousands of acres of land and with over fifty slaves working for his family on the frontier. ... By the time he was seventeen James had to get surgery because of the stones he had in his bladder. ... During the ...

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Biography Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603 AD) Table of Contents Early Life Page No. ... Family History King Henry VII Anne Boleyn King Henry the VIII was Elizabeth's father and during his reign he had six wives. ... Elizabeth's birth was a disappointment to King Henry because she was not a male heir to the throne. ... King Henry VIII falsely accused Anne Boleyn of incest and adultery on May 19, 1536. ... Elizabeth would take part in marriage negotiations with foreign monarchs but it is believed that she only did this to avoid causin...

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Though James Madison was president of this college and allegedly John took a class of his in psychology, only notes were found on Wythe's lectures. ... He finished out the war as a member of a detail from the Light Infantry of Virginia under the control of Major Henry Lee. ... Opposing Marshall was Patrick Henry. ... This biography, which was five volumes long, took over four years to write. ... Jefferson stated his disapproval by calling the biography a "five-volume libel" and a "party diatribe." ...

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Angry that he did not have a son, Henry VIII accused Boleyn of having love affairs with other men. ... At the age of nine, Edward VI, a Protestant was given the throne after Henry VIII died. ... The duke secretly went to Jane Grey, Henry VIII"s niece and married her to his oldest son. ... Mary Stuart, Princess of France and Queen of Scotland, was Henry VIII's niece and she wanted to become Queen of England. ... As Elizabeth passed on, Mary of Scotland's son, James, came to take the throne in England, hopefully to continue success in the future. ...

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The actual beginnings of the Whig Party can be traced to 1824 when adherents of John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay joined forces against Andrew Jackson (Whig Party 1). ... The most prominent candidates were Daniel Webster in New England, William Henry Harrison in the Northwest, and Hugh Lawson White in the southwest (Whig Party 1). ... In the election of 1844 Henry Clay became the Whig party candidate, but was narrowly defeated by the Democrat James K. ... "Detailed studies of the Whig party in the states and biographies of such Whig leaders as Clay, William Seward, Daniel Webster, and Horace ...

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So many mysteries and few facts surrounded his life, that most people, including the man who wrote the first biography on him Ash Upson, used imagination and fiction to describe his life, rather than facts. ... Eventually, his mother met another man named William Antrim; William Henry McCarty started going by Henry to avoid confusion with the adult William. ... According to reports from his teacher, Ms.Richards, Billy, or as he was known then, Henry, was a great student. ... As he was known to his classmates, Henry was still considered a good student. ... Billy(Henry) was still a pretty descen...

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NIXON Biography Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (1969-74). ... Working closely with his national security advisor (later secretary of state), Henry Kissenger, he forsook the anti-Communist policies that he had supported throughout most of his career in favor of Detente with the USSR and rapprochement with the Communist government of China. ... After the Arab-Israel War in 1973, the efforts of Henry Kissinger led to a cease-fire and troop disengagement in the Middle East. ...

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Given the job to ensure sovereignty over Maori for the Crown was Lieutenant Governor William Hobson, who was assisted in composing the treaty, over only a matter of days, by James Busby, the British Resident of New Zealand, amidst others. Missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward then translated the treaty into Maori on the 4th of February 1840. ... It is said that the translation made by Henry Williams was knowingly different in specific areas, which may have led to an increase of signatures from Maori rangatira. ... Many speculate that the word sovereignty in the treaty was deliberately m...

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Hawthorne wrote in a biography of Anne Hutchinson that "Woman's intellect should never give the tone to that of man; and even her morality is not exactly the material for masculine virtue" (qtd. in Murfin, 275). ... Henry James says, "It is overdone at times, and becomes mechanical" (89). ...

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Edith Wharton is one of America's most celebrated female novelists, with an esteemed devotion to fiction works. Wharton was born Edith Jones in 1862, into an upper class New York City family. She was engaged at a young age, yet the marriage was called off because of the Jones family's snobbish reput...

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eareWilliam Shakespeare Biography Birthday: Around April 23, 1564 Died: April 23, 1616 William Shakespeare - The Early Years William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. ... When James I came to the throne (1603) the troupe was designated by the new king as the "King's Men" (or "King's Company"). ... Shakespeare entertained the King and the people for another ten years until June 19, 1613, when a canon fired from the roof of the theatre for a gala performance of Henry VIII set fire to the thatch roof and burned the theatre to the ground. ... William Shakespeare...

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By age fourteen (1771), Blake was apprenticed to an engraver named James Basire where he served for seven years, learning the craft that would later become the focal point around which his other professions would center. ... It was at the Royal Academy though, where Blake established relations with John Flaxman and Henry Fuseli whose work served as influences to his own projects. ...

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In Discovering Biography, Capote says, "(As a child) I was very insecure and lonely. ... James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture; "He soaked up much of the literary heroines such as Willa Cather-. ... Henry Award. According to Discovering Biography, Miriam typifies Capote's early manners. ... As stated in Discovering Biography, Capote's profound empathy for Perry Smith makes In Cold Blood an authoritative work of art and an inquisitive and admirable attempt to understand the human being. ...

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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) - American writer, philosopher, and naturalist who believed in the importance of individualism. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) - American poet, one of the most popular and celebrated poets of his time. ... James Russell Lowell was born in 1819 and died in 1891. ... James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and educated at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. ... Sandburg also wrote what is generally considered the definitive biography of United States president Abraham Lincoln. ...

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Other people running Jackson's main rivals were Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and William H. ... The Texas War resulted in the loss of American heroes Davie Crockett and James Bowie Occupation before politics Jackson's first occupation was when he was thirteen and joined the Continental Army as a courier. ... Jackson's true reasons for supporting the U.S. annexation were the back James K. ...

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Jane Addams, the author wrote this book in her fiftieth year because she felt the efforts and accomplishments were "worthy- of literary significance and to dispel two other biographies that made her life at Hull-House seem charming and easy. ... Henry Steele Commager wrote the FORWORD in Twenty Years At Hull-House states, " she was herself a misfit "so she felt anyway "" an ugly, pigeon-toed little girl whose crooked back obliged her to walk with her head held very much upon one side,"" who was constantly afraid that she might embarrass the handsome father she adored."" Due to these ...

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Alan MacDonald's "Al Capone and his Gang" is a non fiction story about the beginnings, the rise and fall, and the conviction of Al Capone. Alphonse Capone was born in the Italian slums of Brooklyn in January of 1899. Growing up here soon shaped Capone into the most ruthless, rich and powerful gang...

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Number of pages: 259 Type of Book: Fictional Autobiography Biography of Author: Ernest James Gaines was born in 1933 on River Lake Plantation in Louisiana. ... Among his awards are the Joseph Henry Jackson award and the John D. and Catherine T. ...

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One of his closest friends was also one of his slaves, a man by the name of James Pemberton.... Henry Clay said this about Davis's thoughts of the imminent secession which was starting to occur. ...

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