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Indian Summer (Brooks
Indian Summer may refer to: *Indian summer, a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn Film * Indian Summer (1970 film), ''Indian Summer'' (1970 film), a Yugoslav film by Nikola Tanhofer * ''Indian Summer'' (1972 film), original title ''La prima notte di quiete'', a French/ Italian film by Valerio Zurlini * Indian Summer (1973 film), ''Indian Summer'' (1973 film), a Bulgarian comedy-drama film by Milen Nikolov * Indian Summer (1993 film), ''Indian Summer'' (1993 film), an American comedy-drama film by Mike Binder * Indian Summer (1996 film), ''Indian Summer'' (1996 film) or ''Alive & Kicking'', a British drama film by Nancy Meckler * Indian Summer (2013 film), ''Indian Summer'' (2013 film), a film by Simon Brook (director), Simon Brook Television * "Indian Summer", a 1973 episode of ''Man Alive (BBC TV series), Man Alive'' * "Indian Summer", a 2007 episode of Mad Men (season 1), ''Mad Men'' * ''Indian Summers'', a 2015 British television drama on Channel 4 Literature * ''Der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Summer
An Indian summer is a period of unseasonably warm, dry weather that sometimes occurs in autumn in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Several sources describe a true Indian summer as not occurring until after the first frost, or more specifically the first "killing" frost. Etymology The late 19th-century lexicographer Albert Matthews made an exhaustive search of early American literature in an attempt to discover who coined the expression. The earliest reference he found dated to 1851. He also found the phrase in a letter written in England in 1778, but discounted that as a coincidental use of the phrase. Later research showed that the earliest known reference to Indian summer in its current sense occurs in an essay written in the United States circa 1778 by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. The letter was first published in French. The essay remained unavailable in the United States until the 1920s. Although the exact origins of the term are uncertain, it was perhaps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
