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06/10/2025

This book is in like new, excellent condition. The hardcover is shiny and smooth. The pages are crisp and clean with no writing, marks or tears on the cover or pages. This book is in bookstore/gift giving condition.

10/23/2022

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10/20/2020

Today in Literary History (Part X):

Events (continued):

1975 "A Chorus Line," with a book by James Kirkwood Jr., American actor, author and playwright, and Nicholas Dante, American dancer and writer, premieres on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in New York City

1990 "Dances with Wolves," adapted from book by Michael Lennox Blake, American author, premieres in Washington, D.C.

1997 "Annie," by Thomas Edward Meehan, American playwright and author, closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City

2004 Alan James Hollinghurst, English novelist and poet, receives the Man Booker Prize for “The Line of Beauty”

10/20/2020

Today in Literary History (Part IX):

Events (continued):

1953 "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Douglas Bradbury, American author and screenwriter, is published in the United States

1957 "Damn Yankees," based on book by George Francis Abbott, American producer, director and writer, and John Douglass Wallop, American author and playwright, closes at 46th St Theater New York City

1959 William Ford Gibson's, American-Canadian writer, "Miracle Worker" premieres in New York City

1960 Martin Luther King Jr., (birth name: Michael King Jr.), American minister, activist and author, (Strength to Love), arrested in Atlanta sit-in

10/20/2020

Today in Literary History (Part VIII):

Events:

Today is Mother Theresa Day in Albania

Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (birth name: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu), Albanian-Indian nun and missionary, (No Greater Love). Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu was born August 26, 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia. At the age of 18, Anjezë moved to Ireland to join the order of the Sisters of Loreto where she adopted the name Theresa. Her family moved to Albania in 1934.

This holiday celebrates the anniversary of the beatification of Mother Theresa by Pope John Paul II. She was anointed as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta on October 19, 2003.

1906 Frederick Winslow Taylor, American engineer and author, (The Principles of Scientific Management), is granted an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Pennsylvania

1908 Jacinto Benavente y Martinez’s, Spanish writer and Nobel laureate, “El marido de su viuda: Comedia en un acto/His Widow’s Husband: A Comedy in One Act,” is produced

1919 Anna Howard Shaw, English-American minister, activist and author, (The Story of a Pioneer), is awarded 1st Distinguished Service Medal as a living female recipient

1944 John William Van Druten's, English playwright, director and author, "I Remember Mama" premieres in New York City

10/20/2020

Today in Literary History (Part VII):

In Memoriam (continued):

1999 Nathalie Sarraute (birth name: Natalia Ilinichna Tcherniak), Russian-French writer, (Portrait of a Man Unknown), dies at 99

2003 Margaret Thomas "Mardy" Murie, American environmentalist and author, (Wapiti Wilderness)

2016 Yvette Chauvire, French prima ballerina, actress and author, (Yvette Chauviré – Autobiographie), dies at 99

2019 Deborah Jane Orr, Scottish journalist, playwright and author, (Motherwell: A Girlhood), dies at 57

10/20/2020

Today in Literary History (Part VI):

In Memoriam:

1682 Sir Thomas Browne, English philosopher and writer, (The Garden of Cyrus), dies at 77

1745 Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish author and satirist, (Gulliver's Travels), dies at 77

1936 Lu Xun (birth name: Zhou Shuren), Chinese critic, writer and poet, (A Madman’s Diary), dies at 55

1970 Unica Zürn, German writer and artist, (Dunkler Frühling/Dark Spring), dies at 54

10/20/2020

Today in Literary History (Part V):

Birthdays (continued):

1957 Doug (Douglas) John Kirby, American author and travel guide, (Roadside America series)

1960 Susan Straight, American author and professor, (Highwire Moon)

1962 Tracy Rose Chevalier, American-British author, (Girl with a Pearl Earring)

1966 David Vann, American writer and professor, (Halibut on the Moon)



Tracy Chevalier

10/20/2020

Today in Literary History (Part IV):

Birthdays (continued):

1945 John Arthur Lithgow, American actor, musician, poet and author, (Remarkable Farkle McBride)

1946 Sir Philip Pullman, English writer, (His Dark Materials series)

1948 James Howard Kunstler, American author, blogger and critic, (The Geography of Nowhere)

1954 Deborah Blum, American writer and journalist, (The Poisoner's Handbook)

1955 Dan Gutman, American writer, (Baseball Card Adventures)

John Lithgow
Philip Pullman

10/20/2020

Today in Literary History (Part III):

Birthdays (continued):

1930 Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist, (Martha Jane & Me: A Girlhood In Wales)

1931 John le Carré (birth name: David John Moore Cornwell), English novelist and intelligence officer, (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold)

1931 Ed (Edward) Randolph Emberley, American author and illustrator, (Where's My Sweetie Pie?)

1938 Renata Adler, Italian-American author, journalist and critic, (Towards a Radical Middle)

1942 Andrew Vachss, American author and attorney, (The Cross series)

1943 L.E. (Leland Exton) Modesitt Jr., American author and poet, (The Saga of Recluce series)