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Agnes Allen (1898–1958) was an English author of children's books.She won the Carnegie Medal for British children's books in 1949 for The Story of Your Home, [1] a non-fiction book that traces the history of homes in the British Isles, from caves to castles to skyscrapers. [2]
Our Village is a collection of about 100 literary sketches of rural life written by Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855), and originally published during the 1820s and 1830s. The series first appeared in The Lady's Magazine .
Harvest of Shame was a 1960 television documentary presented by broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow on CBS that showed the plight of American migrant agricultural workers.It was Murrow's final documentary for the network; he left CBS at the end of January 1961, at John F. Kennedy's request, to become head of the United States Information Agency.
The remote 300-year-old village is one of the city’s oldest settlements — and one of its most biodiverse. ... when the town was home to around 1,000 residents. “From our ancestors to now, it ...
Mary Russell Mitford (16 December 1787 – 10 January 1855) was an English essayist, novelist, poet and dramatist. She was born at Alresford in Hampshire, England.She is best known for Our Village, a series of sketches of village scenes and vividly drawn characters based upon her life in Three Mile Cross near Reading in Berkshire.
On 6 September 1960, the 16th Punjab Regiment posted at Kanjang Village reached Matikhrü Village at around 10:00 a.m. and surrounded the village in three rings to prevent any from escaping. All the villagers were then ordered to gather in one place with men folk were separated from women and children.
The Story of Your Home was the best received of the Story series, which was described as "competently written, if a little dull, and reasonably well-documented." [ 4 ] Its educational merit was stressed: "Any parent, relative or friend wishing to stimulate the historical sense of a young person, could not do better - if he can bear to part with ...
Club members formed a flash mob on Thursday and danced to the 1978 hit Y.M.C.A. by the Village People, to oppose Criterion Capital's plans. Jenny and Susie have been using the YMCA for decades [BBC]