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Walter Wangerin Jr. (February 13, 1944 – August 5, 2021 [1]) was an American author and educator best known for his religious novels and children's books. Biography [ edit ]
In the 1980s, Hollywood star Kirk Douglas mentioned in an interview with Johnny Carson that his father was a ragman in New York and "young people nowadays don't know what is ragman." [ 24 ] The BBC 's popular 1960s-70s television comedy Steptoe and Son helped to maintain the rag-and-bone man's status in British folklore, but by the 1980s they ...
Ragman (Rory Regan) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.He was originally created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert in 1976. . Originally presented as a man of Irish descent, the character was revised to have Jewish heritage (his family name originally being Reganiewicz) and a connection to the Golem of Prague (a figure of Jewish folklore) in a ...
The Book of the Dun Cow (1978) is a fantasy novel by Walter Wangerin Jr. It is loosely based upon the beast fable of Chanticleer and the Fox adapted from the story of "The Nun's Priest's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It has two sequels.
The Wangerin Organ Company (1912-1942) was a manufacturer of pipe organs based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was a continuation of the company after the partnership of Adolph Wangerin and George J. Weickhardt, Wangerin-Weickhardt, ended with the death of Weickhardt in 1919. [ 1 ]
Ragman (character), a fictional DC Comics mystic vigilante; The Ragman's Daughter, a 1972 film; The Ragman's Son, the first autobiography by actor Kirk Douglas; Ragman Rolls, the collection of instruments by which the nobility and gentry of Scotland subscribed allegiance to King Edward I of England
Wangerin was born on 18 November 1844 in Greifenberg [2] Pomerania, Prussia (now Gryfice, Poland). He studied at the gymnasium at Greifenberg and completed his final examination with an "excellent" grade in 1862. In spring 1862, Wangerin entered the University of Halle-Wittenberg, where he studied Mathematics and Physics.
Trick or Treat (also known as Ragman and Death at 33 RPM in foreign markets) is a 1986 American horror film directed by Charles Martin Smith in his directorial debut, and produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. It stars Marc Price and Tony Fields, with special appearances by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne.