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H. Taprell Dorling. Captain Henry Taprell Dorling (1883–1968) was a British sailor, author, and journalist who served in the Royal Navy during both World War One and World War Two, giving his marine fact and fiction a notable authenticity. His Pincher Martin, O.D. (1916) is widely referenced as the source for Pincher Martin (1956) by Nobel ...
The New York Times crossword is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times, syndicated to more than 300 other newspapers and journals, and released online on the newspaper's website and mobile apps as part of The New York Times Games. [1][2][3][4][5] The puzzle is created by various freelance constructors and has ...
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
Sometimes taffrail refers to just the curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman ship. These wooden sailing ships usually had hand-carved wooden rails, often highly decorated. [1] Sometimes taffrail refers to the complete deck area at the stern of a vessel. [2][3][4][5] A taffrail should not be confused with a ...
William F. Shortz (born August 26, 1952) is an American puzzle creator and editor who is the crossword editor for The New York Times. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in the invented field of enigmatology. After starting his career at Penny Press and Games magazine, he was hired by The New York Times in 1993.
Period. 1950–1968. Ralph Owen Moody (December 16, 1898 – June 20, 1982) was an American writer who wrote 17 novels and autobiographies largely about the American West, though a few are set in New England. He was born in East Rochester, New Hampshire and moved to Littleton, Colorado in 1906 with his family when he was eight in the hopes that ...
Tim O'Brien was born in Austin, Minnesota on October 1, 1946, [6] the son of William Timothy O'Brien and Ava Eleanor Schultz O'Brien. [1] When he was ten, his family – including a younger brother and sister – moved to Worthington, Minnesota. Worthington had a large influence on O’Brien's imagination and his early development as an author.
Kubok. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Online Crossword & Sudoku Puzzle Answers for 09/14/2024 - USA TODAY. Find answers to the latest online sudoku and crossword puzzles that were ...