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Lew Dietz
Lew Dietz (22 May 1906 – 27 April 1997) was an American writer, much of whose work centered on his native Maine. In a long career he produced 20 books and hundreds of magazine articles for Down East magazine (which he helped establish ''"The July 8, 1954, edition of the Camden Herald included a story about the founding of a new magazine called Down East, created "to satisfy a long-felt need of people throughout the country for a magazine about the wonderful world of Maine." The accompanying photograph showed the publication's team: publisher-editor Duane Doolittle; associate editor Margaret Shea; T. V. Sproul, vice president and business manager; Lew Dietz, associate editor; and Frank Hamabe, art director."''), ''True'', ''Yankee'', ''Redbook'', '' Coast Fisherman'' and '' Outdoors Maine'' among others. Dietz was born in Pittsburgh and graduated from New York University, but he lived much of his life in and near Rockport, Maine Rockport is a town in Knox County, Maine, Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, respectively. The largest state by total area in New England, Maine is the 12th-smallest by area, the 9th-least populous, the 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural of the 50 U.S. states. It is also the northeasternmost among the contiguous United States, the northernmost state east of the Great Lakes, the only state whose name consists of a single syllable, and the only state to border exactly one other U.S. state. Approximately half the area of Maine lies on each side of the 45th parallel north in latitude. The most populous city in Maine is Portland, while its capital is Augusta. Maine has traditionally been known for its jagged, rocky Atlantic Ocean and bayshore coastlines; smoothly contoured mountains; heavily f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Seal Called Andre
Andre the Seal (May 16, 1961 – July 19, 1986) was a male harbor seal pup found off the island of Robinson's Rock in Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States. Life The seal was adopted by Harry Goodridge, who was then a tree surgeon and the Harbormaster of Rockport, Maine. Harry raised the pup, hoping the seal would become his scuba diving companion, and expecting that the seal would eventually return to the wild when given the opportunity. Instead, Andre chose to stay with Harry in Rockport until his death in 1986. Depictions in media and art The multi-faceted story that developed over the course of their 25-year bond has been well-documented in hundreds of news articles, several books, a 1994 feature film released by Paramount Pictures, and a PBS documentary. Andre's fame and popularity even resulted in a memorial statue by Jane Wasey being built in his honour in Rockport, Maine Rockport is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. It is thirty-five miles southeast of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers From Pittsburgh
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as other reports and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' texts are published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such as graphics or illustration to enhance the communication of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Deaths
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana, Princess of Wales rect 300 200 600 400 Handover of Hong Kong rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Pathfind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 Births
Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the Majlis. * January 16–April 7 – The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany. * January 22 – The strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. * January 31 – The Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale), and associated tsunami, cause at least 500 deaths. * February 7 – is launched, sparking a naval race between Britain and Germany. * February 11 ** Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical ''Vehementer Nos'', denouncing the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State. ** Two British members of a poll tax collecting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosti Ruohomaa's
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Kosti may refer to: Places *Kosti, Sudan, a major city in Sudan *Kosti, Burgas Province, a village in Bulgaria People Given name *Kosti Katajamäki (born 1977), Finnish rally driver *Kosti Manubi, South Sudanese politician *Kosti Vehanen (1887–1957), Finnish pianist and composer Family name *Eleni Kosti (born 1985), Greek swimmer *María Kosti (born 1951), Spanish actress *Melpo Kosti, Greek television and soap opera actress Others * Kushti (or Kusti), a string-like garment which pairs with the Sudreh in Zoroastrianism See also *Costi (other) *Kostis (other) Kostis ( el, Κωστής) is a hypocorism of the Greek name Konstantinos (Constantine). Notable people with the name include: Given name *Kostis Adosidis Pasha (1818–1895), Prince of Samos *Kostis Chatzidakis (born 1965), Greek politician *Kos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denny Winter
Denny or Dennie may refer to: People * Denny (given name), a list of people named Denny or Dennie * Denny (surname), a list of people surnamed Denny or Dennie *Denny (hybrid hominin) Places * Denny, California, a ghost town * Denny, Falkirk, a town in Scotland **Dennyloanhead, an adjoining village *Denny Island, in the Severn Estuary, between England and Wales * Denny Island (Canada), British Columbia * Denny Triangle, Seattle, a neighborhood in the United States * Denny Run, a stream in the U.S. state of Missouri *23257 Denny, an asteroid named after Bob Denny Other uses *Denny Abbey, a former abbey in Cambridgeshire, England * Denny baronets, three baronetcies * Denny Party, American pioneer group * Denny's, a large restaurant chain * Denny Field (Alabama), former home stadium for the University of Alabama football team * Denny Field (Washington), former home grounds for the University of Washington football team *William Denny and Brothers, often referred to as "Denny", Scottis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of America Series
The Rivers of America Series is a landmark series of books on American rivers, for the most part written by literary figures rather than historians. The series spanned three publishers and thirty-seven years. History The Rivers of America Series started in 1937 with the publication of ''Kennebec: Cradle of Americans'' by Robert P. Tristram Coffin, and ended in 1974 with the publication of ''The American: River of El Dorado'' by Margaret Sanborn. Constance Lindsay Skinner initially conceived the series. She was also the first series editor. Skinner wrote an essay that was included in early volumes of the series in which she describes it as follows: ''"This is to be a literary and not a historical series. The authors of these books will be novelists and poets. On them, now in America, as in all lands and times, rests the real responsibility of interpretation. If the average American is less informed about his country than any other national, knows and cares less about its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre (film)
''Andre'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by George T. Miller and starring Tina Majorino about a child's encounter with a seal. It is an adaptation of the book ''A Seal Called Andre'', which in turn was based on a true story. It was shot in Vancouver and Mississippi. Plot In 1962 in Rockport, Maine, a seal drowns in a fishing net cast by financially struggling fisherman Billy Baker, much to his fury. He and the other local fishermen discuss shooting the seals as a way to improve their flagging fishing season. Toni Whitney, a seven-year-old girl, and her family subsequently adopt the seal's orphaned newborn pup, naming it Andre. The vet doesn't hold out much hope, but Toni incites him to survive, with the promise that she will be his best friend forever, and that she will always take care of him. After several failed attempts to get him to take a bottle, Toni's father, Harry, the harbor master, constructs an "artificial mother" for him out of wetsuit material, a buck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Goodridge
Harry Goodridge (January 4, 1916 – April 6, 1990) was an American harbormaster, professional scuba diver, tree surgeon and co-author of the book ''A Seal Called Andre: The Two Worlds of a Maine Harbor Seal''. Life Born in Massachusetts in 1916, Goodridge lived and worked in Rockport, Maine with his wife, Thalice Goodridge and their five children: a son and four daughters, Susan, Toni, Carol and Paula. Goodridge was well known in Rockport as a retired tree surgeon of 45 years. As a salvage scuba diver, Goodridge fostered orphaned seal pups before releasing them back into the wild. Susan Goodridge recalls: “he’d raised two other seals before Andre, so it wasn’t totally new.” The Goodridge household was not unfamiliar to housing unusual pets. The children were accustomed to living with a seagull (Sam Segal), robin (Reuben), crows (Klinker and Columbus), pigeon (Walter), and even a bat, which Goodridge trained to eat flies from one's hand. One seal, named Basil, was feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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