Barker, Elsa[1869-1954](2)Born at Leicester, Vermont. Received her early education in that State. After a short period of teaching, she became a newspaper writer and contributed to various…
(Encyclopedia) Hope, Bob, 1903–2003, American comedian, b. London as Leslie Townes Hope; he came to the United States at the age of five. Famous for his “ski-jump” nose, topical humor, superb timing…
(Encyclopedia) Feller, Bob (Robert William Andrew Feller), 1918–2010, American baseball player, b. Van Meter, Iowa. Famous for his blazing fastball, he also had extraordinary curveballs and sinkers…
(Encyclopedia) Cushing, William Barker, 1842–74, Union naval hero in the Civil War, b. Delafield, Wis., educated at Annapolis. Cushing became noted for a series of daredevil exploits, particularly…
Clive Barkerwriter, directorBorn: 10/5/1952Birthplace: Liverpool, England Barker represents one of popular fiction's rarest combinations, a best-selling author who is also praised by his peers as a…
(Encyclopedia) Gibson, Bob (Pack Robert Gibson), 1935–2020, American baseball player, b. Omaha, Nebr. Gibson, a right-hander with a reputation for being both intense and intimidating, was one of…
(Encyclopedia) Hawke, Bob (Robert James Lee Hawke), 1929–2019, Australian statesman. A Rhodes scholar at Oxford, he gained a reputation as a skillful labor mediator during his tenure at the…
Cliff BarkerAge: 77 a member of Kentucky's "Fabulous Five" which went 36-3 and won the school's first NCAA men's basketball championship in 1948; later that summer Barker and his four…
The Frozen Grail(To Peary and his men, before the last expedition)Elsa BarkerWhy sing the legends of the Holy Grail,
The dead crusaders of the Sepulchre,
While these men live? Are the great…
