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The name originated in the Netherlands, where it is known as tijgerbrood [5] or tijgerbol (tiger bun), and where it has been sold at least since the early 1930s. [citation needed] The first published reference in the USA to "Dutch crunch" bread was in 1935 in Oregon, according to food historian Erica J. Peters, where it appeared in a bakery advertisement.
The Tiger's Wife was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2010. [13] It is a novel set in an unnamed Balkan country, in the present and half a century ago, and features a young doctor's relationship with her grandfather and the stories he tells her. These concern a "deathless man" who meets him several times in different places and never grows ...
Fragoso was born to a working-class family and grew up in Union City, New Jersey.Her father was a Puerto Rican jeweler who had a bad temper and drank heavily. Her mother, who was of Swedish, Norwegian, and Japanese descent, [3] suffered from severe mental illness, necessitating several hospitalizations.
The Tiger Woman may refer to: The Tiger Woman, a film starring Theda Bara; The Tiger Woman, a film serial starring Linda Stirling; The Tiger Woman, a ...
The Tiger Woman (1944) is a 12-chapter film serial by Republic Pictures starring Allan Lane and Linda Stirling (her serial debut). The serial was re-released in 1951 under the title Perils of the Darkest Jungle and, in 1966, it was edited into the 100-minute Century-66 film Jungle Gold. Stirling was immediately popular in The Tiger Woman.
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
Clara Phillips (born Clara Anne Weaver, June 23, 1898 – 21 June 1969), nicknamed the Tiger Woman, was an American showgirl and chorus girl who, in 1922, murdered 19-year-old bank teller Alberta Meadows based on rumors that her husband, Armour L. Phillips, had been having an affair with her. [1]
She was well known for being able to control the tigers despite being a small woman; using "manly" tools like whips and guns. Another trainer was Clyde Beatty, who used chairs, whips and guns to provoke tigers and other beasts into acting fierce and allowed him to appear courageous. He would perform with as many as 40 tigers and lions in one act.