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Ed Jennings' account of the widespread movement of wildcat strikes in the United States auto industry during the period of the union-agreed no strike pledge.

"The old pioneer always kept the respect of red men and white, of friend and foe, for he acted according to his belief."

istock (background) / Scribner (cover) The Old Man and the Sea was the last major work Ernest Hemingway published in his lifetime. The simple story is about an old man who catches a giant fish in the waters off Cuba, only to have it devoured by sharks. Defeated, he returns home with the fish’s skeleton attached to the boat. Many consider this spare novel to be Hemingway’s best work.  1. Ernest Hemingway wrote When The Old Man and the Sea was published in 1952, Hemingway hadn’t written ...

Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature. After the shopping, the parties, the food prep, and all the hoopla, it’s time to light a fire in the fireplace, call the dog over (or lay hands on the cat), and pick up a good book. The experience is all the better if you’re the sort who likes to read aloud or be read to. ‘Tis the season to cozy up with a great Christmas story. The Wind in the Willows, chapter 5 “Dulce Domum�...

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Description A scarce 1884 Frederick Cozzens chromolithograph chart of the American yacht signals. The chart centers on an illustration of the small sailing yacht Yolande and is surrounded by three sections of flags. Flags B through W represent Code Signals. Flags 2 - 66 are Club Signals. And Flags I - VI are Night Signals. A digital image of the key to the chart is included for reference, but we do not have the original key. ChromolithographyChromolithography is a color lithographic techni...

Plato The man known as Plato, with a name that was really his nickname, was one of the three great ancient Greek philosophers—Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle—who together laid the foundation of Western philosophy and culture. Plato built upon the life and teachings of his mentor Socrates to develop a profound and detailed system of philosophy. His work was carried on by his brightest student, Aristotle, who expanded on Plato’s work into the natural philosophy of the physical world. Much of...

info@robertlouisstevensonmemorialcottage.org An illustration from the first edition of “The Master of Ballantrae” “I was walking one night in the verandah of a small house in which I lived, outside the hamlet of Saranac. It was winter; the night was very dark; the air extraordinary clear and cold, and sweet with the purity of forests. From a good way below, the river was to be heard contending with ice and boulders; a few lights appeared, scattered unevenly among the darkness, but ...

Amanda Goodall For many researchers around the world, landing a position at a leading American university is a coveted outcome. Schools like Berkeley and Stanford not only pay well – they furnish excellent facilities and above all strong colleagues. This allows the US to attract talented PhD students and professors from countries like China, France, Norway, and India (Cole 2009, Clotfelter 2010).  If one turns back the clock 120-150 years, one finds something starkly different.  At the tim...

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. ***** “Disarmament … is a continuing...