Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Tennessee
Member Name Birth-Death ALEXANDER, Adam Rankin 1781-1848 ALEXANDER, Lamar 1940- ALLEN, Clifford Robertson 1912-…
T. rex on the Silver Screen A history of dinosaur movies by Beth Rowen With the enormous success of the Jurassic Park film franchise—the first two installments are among the top 25…
(Encyclopedia) Coetzee, J. M. (John Maxwell Coetzee)Coetzee, J. M.köˈtsē [key], 1940–, South African novelist, b. John Michael Coetzee. Educated at the Univ. of Cape Town (M.A. 1963) and the Univ. of…
(Encyclopedia) frontier, in U.S. history, the border area of settlement of Europeans and their descendants; it was vital in the conquest of the land between the Atlantic and the Pacific. The…
(Encyclopedia) tank, military, armored vehicle having caterpillar traction and armed with machine guns, cannon, rockets, or flame throwers. The tank, together with the airplane, opened up modern…
(Encyclopedia) SanSansăn [key], people of SW Africa (mainly Botswana, Namibia, Angola, and South Africa), consisting of several groups and numbering about 100,000 in all. They are generally short in…
Jacobus Van CortlandtStephen Van CortlandtCornelius VanderbiltWilliam Henry VanderbiltSir William Cornelius Van HorneKiliaen Van RensselaerMartha Van RensselaerMatthew VassarThorstein VeblenFrancis…
The Limits of CraftsmanshipClassical MythologyNot in Our Stars: Tragic Heroes and Their FatesSwitchblade SistersMutual Mistrust: The High Cost of JealousyThe Limits of CraftsmanshipDad, Can I Borrow…
