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Samuel Clemens
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 629

.... that opened a big door to the beginning of Samuel’s stories. It provided a huge source of literary material. Shortly after the death of his father in 1847, he ended the brief period of his schooling to become a printer’s apprentice. Like many nineteenth century authors, he was preparing for his writing career later in life. Working as a Printer’s apprentice he got practice as a typesetter and miscellaneous reading. The first thing Samuel wrote as a used piece was a few skits for his brothers Orion’s Hannibal newspaper and a sketch, for The Dandy Frightening The Squatter, pu .....


Biography Of Andy Warhol
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 471

.... including his first group show at The Museum of Modern Art in 1956. The 1960s was an extremely prolific decade for Warhol. Appropriating images from popular culture, Warhol created many paintings that remain icons of 20th-century art, such as the Campbell's Soup Cans, Disasters and Marilyns. In addition to painting, Warhol made several 16mm films which have become underground classics such as Chelsea Girls, Empire and Blow Job. In 1968, Valerie Solanis, founder and sole member of SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) walked into Warhol's studio, known as the Factory, and shot the .....


The Legend Of Baby Doe
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1499

.... Even their parents lavished affection on her. To put it plainly, Elizabeth was spoiled. She always went her own way and damned anyone who tried to stop her. After winning an ice skating contest with an incredibly revealing costume, a man named Harvey Doe began courting her. Soon after, they decided to be married. There were disapproving glances at the wedding from both mothers. The wedding was on June 27, 1877. After honeymooning in Denver, Colorado for two weeks, they went down to Central City where they met his father, who was at the time inspecting his gold fields. .....


Julius Caesar
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1403

.... Asia (Turkey) (Lindsay Salo). In two years he proved his bravery and superior skills at arms. After these years and Sulla's resignation in 78 BC, Julius decided to return to Rome. There he served as an officer in Crassus's army against Spartacus, Caesar climbed steadily in the government by serving as an official in many provinces (Internet Explorer). After the death of his wife Cornelia, Julius remarried a wealthy wife and allied with Crassus, who was the richest man in Rome at the time (Internet Explorer). Their opponent was Pompeius Magnus (the Great). Caesar wanted .....


Benjamin Franklin 4
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 758

.... order to assist his father in the soap and candle making business. At age 12 he moved on to be an apprentice to his older brother James, who was a printer. Soon Franklin had ambitions to write and by age 16 he had written a series of letters by an imaginary author. The letters were printed in the New England Courant, which was published by his brother. Still pursuing his writing career, he ran away to Philadelphia and continued working in the printing business. He arrived in 1725 with one Dutch dollar and one copper shilling. By 1729, he had bought and published The Pennsylv .....


Albert Einstein
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1826

.... at the Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich. In 1894, Hermann Einstein's business failed and the family moved to Pavia, near Milan, Italy. Einstein was left behind in Munich to allow him to finish school. Such was not to be the case, however, since he left the gymnasium after only six more months. Einstein's biographer, Philip Frank, explains that Einstein so thoroughly despised formal schooling that he devised a scheme by which he received a medical excuse from school on the basis of a potential nervous breakdown. He then convinced a mathematics teacher to certify that he was adeq .....


Saint Francis Of Assisi
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1670

.... to possess nothing, but do good everywhere. Doing just that, Francis found himself preaching in Assisi later in the year. He gathered about him twelve disciples who became the brothers of the First Order of Franciscans, with Francis as their superior. Francis later accepted a young woman, Clare, into The Franciscan Order. She went on to establish the Order of the Poor Ladies, which later became known as the Second Order of Franciscans. Francis attempted to travel to the Holy Land in 1212, but did not make it. His missionary work in the late 1210's was anything but succe .....


John The Baptist
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1870

.... was an ancient vow dating back to the days of the children of Israel (37). The vow was a promise of separation from the common people in order that the calling of God would become clear. Specifically, the Nazarite vow states that they must abstain from wine and other fermented drink, must not drink vinegar, or grape juice, or eat grapes or raisins. A Nazarite must not touch anything from the grapevine, or cut his hair or go near a dead body (Numbers 6:1-12 NIV). This vow explains and fulfills the words that Gabriel spoke; AHe is never to take wine or other fermented dri .....



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