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Pearl S(ydenstricker) Buck

(John Sedges, pseudonym)novelistBorn: 6/26/1892Birthplace: Hillsboro, West Virginia Raised in China where her parents were Presbyterian missionaries, Buck returned to China after college. Many of…

Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker

(Encyclopedia) Buck, Pearl SydenstrickerBuck, Pearl Sydenstrickersīˈdənstrĭkˌər [key], 1892–1973, American author, b. Hillsboro, W.Va., grad. Randolph-Macon Women's College, 1914, the first American…

Pearl Jam

alternative rock band One of several Seattle-based grunge bands, Pearl Jam found a following during the 1990s. The group's first album, Ten (1991), established the band with songs such as “ Alive”…

Pearl, The

(Encyclopedia) Pearl, The, one of four Middle English alliterative poems, all contained in a manuscript of c.1400, composed in the West Midland dialect, almost certainly by the same anonymous author…

Pearl Harbor

(Encyclopedia) Pearl Harbor, land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are…

S. S. Kresge

(Sebastian Spering Kresge) merchant, philanthropistBorn: 7/31/1867Birthplace: Bald Mount, Pa. With a newly minted business degree in hand, Kresge worked as a traveling tinware salesman (1890–97)…

O'Neil, Buck

(Encyclopedia) O'Neil, Buck (John Jordan O'Neil), 1911–2006, African-American baseball player and coach, b. Carrabelle, Fla. One of the stars of the Negro leagues, he began playing semipro baseball…

Pearl Peden OLDFIELD, Congress, AR (1876-1962)

OLDFIELD, Pearl Peden, (wife of William Allan Oldfield), a Representative from Arkansas; born in Cotton Plant, Woodruff County, Ark., on December 2, 1876; educated in the public schools and at…

Pearl Harbor Remembered

"A date which will live in infamy" by Gerry Brown The USS Arizona gouts smoke before finally going underwater. Related Links Encyclopedia: Pearl Harbor Encyclopedia: World War II…

Buck Buchanan

Born: Sept. 10, 1940Football played both ways in college at Grambling; first player chosen in the first AFL draft by the Dallas Texans who later became the KC Chiefs; missed one game in a 13-year…