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The text does not name him; nor does any other extant source. He was, however, certainly an Icelander and probably lived near the area which serves as the setting for the saga's events. [d] Sigurður Nordal thought it was written by a chieftain. [6] Hermann Pálsson detected a tone of Christian catechism and was convinced it was the work of a ...
He takes narcotics, spends a month in a dream state (watched over by Mary Kashpaw), and walks out into the woods carrying poison with the intent to kill himself. Nanapush intervenes and conducts a sweat lodge ceremony to heal Damien. Damien does not see Gregory again until Gregory returns to the reservation in 1962.
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
Now himself embroiled in the horse theft and confusion, Boss Priest is forced to enter another race: if they win, he pays $500 to legally take the horse but reveal Ned's secret (he enticed the horse with sardines); if they lose he pays $500 but does not have to take the horse. Ned intentionally throws the race, knowing the horse is worthless.
Oil! is a novel by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1926–27 and told as a third-person narrative, with only the opening pages written in the first person. The book was written in the context of the Harding administration 's Teapot Dome scandal and takes place in Southern California .
The body of John Straker, 1893 illustration by W. H. Hyde in Harper's Weekly. Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. Watson travel by train to Dartmoor to investigate a crime of disappearance of the great race horse Silver Blaze and the murder of the horse's trainer, John Straker.
Blood Red Horse is a 2004 young adult historical novel by author K M Grant. [1] The book was published in 2004 by Puffin Books and Walker Children's . [ 2 ] Blood Red Horse is the first novel in the De Granville Trilogy and was followed by the books Green Jasper and Blaze of Silver .
The original title of the play in the ancient Greek is Αἴας. Ajax is the romanized version, and Aias is the English transliteration from the original Greek. [2] Proper nouns in Ancient Greek have conventionally been romanized before entering the English language, but it has been common for translations since the end of the 20th century to use direct English transliterations of the ...