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Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)
Classic Children’s Books Quiz
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) portrait by Carl Van Vecht April 3, 1938. Writer, folklorist and anthropologist celebrated African American culture of the rural South.
American Writers Quiz
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World Poetry Day
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10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles
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The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
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Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm
9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies (And What They Tell Us)
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Why Do We Say “A Pair of Pants”?
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Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal
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History of Technology Timeline
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6 Small Kingdoms of the World
The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.
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Carolyn Wells: References & Edit History

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Anniversary information added. Jun 14, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 24, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 22, 2024
Modified link of Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Carolyn Wells. Aug 29, 2017
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Carolyn Wells. Nov 02, 2012
Article revised. Dec 07, 1999
New article added. Jul 02, 1999
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