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Sackett's Land, published in 1974, is the first novel chronologically of the Sackett novels, taking place around AD 1600 in England (including The Fens and Queen Elizabeth I's London), on the Atlantic Ocean, and the Atlantic Seaboard of North America, particularly in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras.
In 1976, Sackett was succeeded by Roberta Fox for the 110th district. [5] He became a Republican member in the 1970s. [1] Sackett died in October 1985 in his sleep, at the age of 79. [1] According to his wife, some of Sackett's legislative efforts centered on dignified death, and his proposals caused him to be compared at times to Adolf Hitler. [1]
Susan Sackett was born into a Jewish family in New York City on December 18, 1943. She was raised in Connecticut and graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven. She received BA (1964) and MEd (1965) degrees from the University of Florida. After teaching elementary school in Miami for two years, she moved to Los Angeles, where she taught ...
Sackett (occasionally Sacket) is an English surname originating in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, probably at Sackett's Hill in the parish of St Peter in Thanet (now Broadstairs and St Peter's). The earliest record of the name dates from 1317 when William Saket of Southborough, St Peter in Thanet, was in a legal dispute with the Abbot of St ...
The Sacketts is a 1979 American made-for-television Western miniseries directed by Robert Totten and starring Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, and Glenn Ford.Based on the novels The Daybreakers (1960) and Sackett (1961) by Louis L'Amour, the film recounts the story of the Sackett brothers in 1869 who leave their Tennessee home and start a new life together in Santa Fe.
Nathaniel Sackett (April 10, 1737 – July 28, 1805) was the spymaster appointed by General George Washington to create a network of civilian spies located in New York during the American Revolution. Sackett and his new spy ring would report to William Duer , a Continental Congressman, and General Washington.
Lee Jamie Sackett (February 3, 1956 – November 5, 2013), [1] better known as Lee Crystal, was an American drummer, most prominently as a member of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. [2] Crystal was the drummer during the band's most prolific and popular period from 1981–86, [ 3 ] including the album I Love Rock 'n Roll and that album's title ...
Sackett served as Ambassador to Germany from February 12, 1930 to March 24, 1933. On March 23, 1933 the German Reichstag passed an Ermächtigungsgesetz (“empowering law”) which gave then-Chancellor Hitler’s executive branch the authority to make laws without parliamentary approval, allowing Hitler to rule by decree.On March 24, 1933, U.S. Ambassador Frederic [2] Sackett sent a telegram ...