Tom Taylor

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Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books

5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds

Citizen Journalists

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Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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Born	October 19, 1817 • Durham • England
Died	July 12, 1880 (aged 62) • Wandsworth • England
Notable Works	“Our American Cousin”

Malcolm Muggeridge

British journalist and social critic

Douglas William Jerrold

English playwright, journalist, and humorist

Charles Dickens

British novelist

T.S. Eliot

American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

British poet and critic

Tom Stoppard

British writer

Tina Brown

English American magazine editor

Peter Redgrove

English poet, novelist, and playwright

Jennie Jerome Churchill

British socialite and writer

Alasdair Gray

Scottish novelist, playwright, and artist

J.R. Ackerley

British writer and editor

Samuel Johnson

English author

James Joyce

Irish author

Henry Fielding

English author

Joseph Addison

English author

Steele, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1711; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir Richard Steele

British author and politician

Jeannette Leonard Gilder

American editor and writer

Leigh Hunt

British author

John Pepper Clark

Nigerian author

Curzio Malaparte

Italian writer

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