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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. American businessman and founder of Blackwater USA (born 1969) Not to be confused with the English footballer Eric Prince. Erik Prince Prince in 2015 Born (1969-06-06) June 6, 1969 (age 55) Holland, Michigan, U.S. Education Hillsdale College (BA) Known for Founder of Blackwater Spouses ...
The book was a great success, and Bartlett authored and published three additional editions before joining the Boston publishing firm of Little, Brown and Company. Bartlett rose to be the senior partner of the firm, and supervised the publication of nine additional editions prior to his death in 1905, selling over 300,000 copies.
Colleen Houck (born October 3, 1969) is an American writer known for writing The New York Times two best selling series, [1] Tiger's Curse and Reawakened. As an author, she has been largely collected by libraries worldwide.
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The following is an excerpt adapted from SURVIVAL OF THE FRIENDLIEST: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity by Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods. Arguably, no folk theory of ...
Her poem was written in 1904 for a contest held in Brown Book Magazine, [5] by George Livingston Richards Co. of Boston, Massachusetts [2] Mrs. Stanley submitted the words in the form of an essay, rather than as a poem. The competition was to answer the question "What is success?" in 100 words or less. Mrs. Stanley won the first prize of $250. [6]
A line from the poem inspired the title and themes in Stops of Various Quills, an 1895 poetry collection by William Dean Howells. [31] Similarly, it is from a line in "Lycidas" that Thomas Wolfe took the name of his novel Look Homeward, Angel: Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth: And, O ye Dolphins', waft the hapless youth. (163–164)
Wilferd Peterson was born in Whitehall, Michigan, and lived most of his life in Grand Rapids, Michigan.He was married to Ruth Irene Rector Peterson (1921–1979). He credits his wife Ruth as being the inspiration for his work (saying that while he "wrote about the art of living, she lived it"), and they collaborated often on producing these inspirational books.