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The Mark Twain House & Museum
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This home in Hartford, Connecticut, was built by author Mark Twain in the 1870s. The site features a virtual tour of this restored 19-room Victorian mansion, an illustrated biography and timeline, and a description of major works. Also includes infor ...
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http://www.marktwainhouse.org |
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Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation
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This nonprofit organization "was formed to promote the cultural legacy of Ridgewood Ranch in Willits, California, the home and final resting place of the legendary racehorse Seabiscuit, through historic preservation, environmental conservation a ...
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http://www.saveseabiscuitshome.org/ |
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Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum
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This museum in Hannibal, Missouri, includes author Mark Twain's boyhood home, the home of the girl who was the model for the Becky Thatcher character in "Tom Sawyer," and his father's office and courtroom, which was the model for the courtr ...
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http://www.marktwainmuseum.org |
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Brontë.info
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Provides information on authors Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte, "and the environment in which they lived." Includes biographies, a family tree and history, an interactive chronology that "lists key events in the history of the Bront ...
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http://www.bronte.org.uk/ |
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Edith Piaf's Paris
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Photos and information on the places where "The Little Sparrow" lived and worked around Paris accompany this biography.
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http://www.little-sparrow.co.uk/ |
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Ink Spots
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This article describes five of the most significant literary landmarks in Northern California: Jack London's Wolf House, Robinson Jeffers' Tor House, Eugene O'Neill's Tao House, Doc Ricketts' Lab (John Steinbeck), and City Lights bookstore (the natio ...
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http://www.viamagazine.com/top_stories/articles/literary00.asp |
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Herman Melville's Arrowhead
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Official website for Arrowhead, the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, home of author Herman Melville from 1850-1863. "It was at Arrowhead that Melville wrote his most famous work, 'Moby-Dick,' along with three other novels," and magazine stories a ...
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http://www.mobydick.org/ |
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American Presidents: Life Portraits
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Part biography and part travelogue, this site profiles the personal and public lives of each of the U. S. presidents. The biographical information is brief, but resources for further study are included. The real strength of this site is its capabilit ...
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http://www.americanpresidents.org/ |
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The John Marshall House
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Website for this historic site in Richmond, Virginia, where Supreme Court Justice "John Marshall built his home from 1788 to 1790 and lived ... until his death in 1835." Read about John Marshall and his wife Mary Willis Ambler Marshall, the ...
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http://www.apva.org/marshall/ |
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The Mount Estate and Gardens
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"The Mount was the home of Pulitzer-prize winning author Edith Wharton, who designed the house [in 1902] and gardens with the same intelligence and sensitivity that distinguishes her writing." The website for this national historic landmark ...
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http://www.edithwharton.org/ |
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