Biography Essay"Teen-agers' Laureate," the title conferred upon Robert Cormier by Tony Schwartz in Newsweek (16 July 1979), is fittingly bestowed upon this widely read and critically acclaimed author ...
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"Terrorism, suicide, child murder, betrayal, personality destruction, and governmental and religious corruption." They might seem more like topics for television movies-of-the-week than themes for you...
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Robert Cormier began his life in the French-Canadian section of Leominster, Massachusetts on January 17, 1925. "We lived in a three-story tenement. I remember my mother and father heating up the water...
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While Robert Cormier began his career writing fiction for adults, The Chocolate War (1974) established his reputation as an author of young adult literature. He says that he writes novels with young p...
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[This entry was updated by Sylvia Patterson Iskander (University of Southwestern Louisiana) from her entry in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, pp. 34-51.]"Teen-agers' L...
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Brad Penny finished his two-inning stint, then took off on the dead run. The All-Star ace cut across the field at Dodgertown, darted behind the right-field fence and ducked into the clubhouse.Almos...
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Many of Laurel's older residents can point to the precise spot in the shopping center where Arthur Bremer's gunshots paralyzed Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace and cut short his campaign for the Whit...
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Leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has declared himself Mexico's "legitimate president," saw his strength wane as organizers of Wednesday's march to protest skyrocketing tortilla price...
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Somalis fled their violent capital by the hundreds on Tuesday, in cars and on foot, pulling carts heaped with belongings in a desperate attempt to leave an onslaught of mortar and rocket attacks be...
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For more than a century, parents and children have dined together, played together and reconnected at Pennellwood Resort in a wooded setting alongside Lake Chapin in Berrien Springs, Mich., about 7...
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Every fall, Marilyn Krom tries to make a trip to Vermont to see its famously beautiful fall foliage.This year, she noticed something different about the autumn leaves."They're duller, not as sparkl...
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OTTAWA(Reuters) - Canada's main opposition Liberal
Party, in serious disarray and limping in national polls,
pledged Wednesday not to bring down the minority
Conservative government over its polic...
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Baron Davis scored 13 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter and the Golden State Warriors wore down the tired Miami Heat before rallying to their 11th win in 13 games, 120-113 Friday night.Miami l...
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Robert Cormier
Robert Cormier
Robert (Edmund) Cormier
A spring tradition fades for pitchers
