author: robert hendrickson

American Literary Anecdotes

... ( newspaper ) Adams and 2 Bly and 28 Broun and 31 Cobb and 43 Hearst and 102-103 O. Henry and 111 Pulitzer and 191 Scovel ... Of Mice and Men ( book ) 211 Of Thee I Sing ( play ) 131 O'Hara , John 167 Old Black Joe ( song ) 77 Old Brains ...

The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms

Robert Hendrickson. blackberry winter A period of cool weather in spring, usually May or June, when the blackberries are in blossom. Robert Penn Warren wrote a highly regarded story entitled “Blackberry Winter.” It is also the title ...

Yearning: Authentic Transformation, Young Adults, and the Church

... Wikipedia's entry for “Corinthian Leather,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian_ leather; and see Ricardo Montalban advertising the “luxury” of Chrysler's 1988 New Yorker: http://youtu.be/E_HMIN0nGl0. 9 See Dr. Chap Clark's books ...

The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins

... Conservative Party and Tory has become a synonym for " conservative . " See WHIG . toss in a blanket . Tossing someone , usually a girl , in a blan- ket has been an amusement among young people at beaches in relatively recent times ...

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