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Term Papers on Biographies
Robert E. Lee
Number of words: 3595 - Number of pages: 14.... career came to an
end, and finally, with his death after a prolonged period of ill-health, thought
to be stress induced.
Author Ian Hogg is a prolific writer in the field of defense and
military technology. He is a weapons expert, having written many books on all
types of rifles, shotguns and small arms, such as Modern Rifles, Shotguns and
Pistols, and Modern Small Arms. He is an acknowledged expert on infantry
weapons and is thought to be the world's leading expert on this and artillery
strategies. He is a well known author of military history, and works as .....
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The Biography Of Bob Marley
Number of words: 343 - Number of pages: 2.... being hospitalized since April 3 because of cancer, on May
11 he was flown back to Miami after even the doctor had given up. In his
mother's condo, he passed away in the presence of family and friends. He
did not leave this world without leaving something. To his oldest son,
Ziggy, he said, "On the way up, bring me up. On the way down, don't let me
down." And to Stephen he said, "Money can't buy life." He didn't leave
unnoticed, either. At the moment of his death, Judy Mowatt, a close friend
of Bob's, was in her home in Kingston. Suddenly, from a clear .....
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Mark Twain 4
Number of words: 1465 - Number of pages: 6.... - and the thunder would go rumbling and grumbling away" ... (Twain 45). This enriches American literature, because it is a clever way, and the only way to make the reader actually seem to hear and feel the sounds the writer is trying to convey.
This is an example from Tom Sawyer :
"Set her back on the stabboard! Ting-a-ling-ling! chow! ch-chow-wow! chow!".
(Twain 15). This dialect can be explained as a familiar speech spoken around us all the time. It is the speech of the illiterate, the preliterate, the children, and the poor peopl .....
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Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" And His Life
Number of words: 967 - Number of pages: 4.... then turned to the Red Cross in which he became a second
lieutenant. The Red Cross brought him to the front lines of the war in Italy.
It was here where he saw many disturbing sights which probably had a hand in
shaping his character.
After extensive injuries from the war, Hemingway returned unhappily to
Oak Park. The impression left on him by his participation in the war had
greatly changed him. He began living at home again but refused to get a job,
even when his mother ordered him to. Soon she kicked him out and he moved to
Chicago. Here he made a livi .....
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Ernest Hemingway And A Farewell To Arms
Number of words: 2939 - Number of pages: 11.... the
birds and the smell of flowers. Her children were expected to behave
properly and to please her, always.
Mrs. Hemingway treated Ernest, when he was a small boy, as if he
were a female baby doll and she dressed him accordingly. This arrangement
was alright until Ernest got to the age when he wanted to be a "gun-toting
Pawnee Bill". He began, at that time, to pull away from his mother, and
never forgave her for his humiliation.
The town of Oak Park, where Ernest grew up, was very old fashioned
and quite religious. The townspeople forbad the .....
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Augustus Demorgan
Number of words: 691 - Number of pages: 3.... of empirical science and the rigorous method. Often used in mathematical proof, for advancing from n to n+I.
DeMorgan made his greatest contributions to knowledge. The renaissance of logical studies, which began in the first half of the 19th century, was due almost entirely to the writings of the two British mathematicians, DeMorgan and G. Boole. He always laid much stress upon the importance of logical training. His importance in the history of logic’s, however, primarily due to his realization that the subject as it had come down from Aristole was u .....
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Albert Einstein
Number of words: 1674 - Number of pages: 7.... Maja, and hey could often be found in the lakes that were scattered about the countryside near Munich. As a child, Einstein’s sense of curiosity had already begun to stir. A favorite toy of his was his father’s compass, and he often marvelled at his uncle’s explanations of algebra. Although young Albert was intrigued by certain mysteries of science, he was considered a slow learner. His failure to become fluent in German until the age of nine even led some teachersto believe he was disabled. Einstein’s post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when .....
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Jack London
Number of words: 607 - Number of pages: 3.... dying at age 40. He was known to be strikingly handsome and was a celebrity. His passionate writings were famous for his ideas on the struggle of survival and the questions of death. London’s novels were usually based on nature and adventure, coming from real life experiences, which appealed to millions of readers.
was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco, California. The relationship between his mother, Flora Wellman, and his father, William Chaney, ended while Flora was pregnant. He was given the name, John Griffith Chaney. Later in her lif .....
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