Literary Library

Theodore Rosengarten

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1944 - American historian and writerAuthor of "All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw" (for which he won the National Book Award for...
African African Art Historian history Jewish Jewish-American Jews National Book Award Writer

Douglas Brinkley

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1961 - American author, history professor, history commentator for television news and contributing magazine editorAuthor of "The Unf...
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence Author Historian history JFK Jimmy Carter John F. Kennedy Kennedy Magazine Magazine Editor NASA New York Historical Society Political History President Kennedy President Roosevelt Professor Roosevelt Television Television Commentator Theodore Roosevelt University White House

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1918 - August 3, 2008Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisonerAuthor of "One Day in the Li...
Historian Historical Fiction history Imperial Russia Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Philosopher Philosophy Political Political Prisoner Russia Russian Russian History Short Story

Lucius Beebe

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1902 - February 4, 1966American author, photographer, historian, journalist and syndicated columnistAuthor of "The Stork Club Bar Book"...
Author Columnist Historian history Journalism Journalist Photo Photographer Photography Photos

Noam Chomsky

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1928 - American linguist, professor, philosopher, historian, political activist and social criticAuthor of over 150 books including "P...
Historian history Language Languages Linguist Philosopher Philosophy Political Political Activist Politics Professor Social Critic Teach Teacher University

Johan Huizinger

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1872 - February 1, 1945Dutch historian and authorAuthor of "Erasmus and the Age of Reformation", "In the Shadows of Tomorrow" and "Hom...
Dutch Historian history The Netherlands

Cornelia Meigs

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1884 - September 10, 1973American writer, teacher and historianAuthor of "Windy Hill" (for which she won a Newbery Honor in 1922), "Cle...
Historian history Newbery Newbery Honor Teach Teacher Writer

Thomas Carlyle

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1795 - February 5, 1881Scottish historian, philosopher, mathematician, essayist and satiristAuthor of "Sartor Resartus", "The French R...
Essayist Essays Historian history Math Mathematician Mathematics Philosopher Philosophy Satire Satirist Scotland Scottish

Ludvig Holberg

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1684 - January 28, 1754Norwegian writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwrightAuthor of "Jeppe on the Hill", "Erasmus Montan...
Author Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Historian history Norway Norwegian Philosopher Philosophy Play Plays Playwright

Carl Abbott

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1944 - American historian, urbanist and academicAuthor of "The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West", "How Cities ...
Academic American History American West City Historian Metropolitan Science Fiction Urban Urbanist West

Richard Stites

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1931 - March 7, 2010American historian and professorAuthor of "The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia: Feminism, Nihilism, and Bolsh...
American History Author Bolshevism Feminism Historian Imperial Russia Professor Russian Russian History Teach Teacher University

David Hackett Fischer

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1935 - American professor and writerAuthor of "Paul Revere's Ride", "Washington's Crossing" (for which he was a finalist for the Nation...
Academic Author Historian history National Book Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher