... student. Still, Whitman decided to become a Fiction writer. He worked in about twenty different newspapers and magazines printing fiction and early poetry. His best years in this stage were between 1840 and 1845 when he placed his stories in prestigious magazines like the American Review and Democratic Review. He ... novel centers on a country boy who, after prey to drink in the big city, eventually causes the death of three women. However, this book sold more copies than anything else Whitman published in his lifetime. During the time Whitman was writing fiction, he remained a successf...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the 1930s, Joe Sr. became a major backer of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, making large donations to the Democratic Party and even penning a book, in 1936, entitled I'm for Roosevelt. Later, his support for some of Roosevelt's more radical fiscal policies cooled, but he remained an enthusiastic Democrat and ... a newspaper reporter to edit and polish the prose, and eventually had the thesis--retitled Why England Slept--published as a book in July of 1940. It was a modest best-seller, and gave JFK his first taste of celebrity. With Harvard behind him, JFK briefly attended Stanford ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... teachers. He was encouraged by his father to gain strength so he joined Wood's Gym and became a very good boxer, later to become the second best light weight boxer at Harvard remembered for his skill and good sportsmanship. He developed a great interest in animals at the age of seven when he saw ... a dead seal being sold. He said of the seal, "That seal, filled me with every possible feeling of romance and adventure." At the age of nine he wrote a very expertly written factual paper called, "The Natural History of Insects," using his own observations. He also ... republicans in the sa...

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• Grade Level: High School