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| Name: |
John Galt | | Birth Date: |
May 2, 1779 | | Death Date: |
April 11, 1839 | | Place of Birth: |
Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland | | Place of Death: |
Greenock, Scotland | | Nationality: |
Scottish | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer, essayist, businessman, lobbyist |
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 Biography of John Galt
1,152 words, approx. 4 pages
 Annals of the Parish (1821) was the Scottish novel that established John Galt as a major proponent of regional realism; along with books such as Mary Russell Mitford's Our Village (1824), Annals offered a model for early Canadian sketch writers such as... summary from source:
Biography of John Galt
3,846 words, approx. 13 pages
 Considering his vast and diversified literary output, as well as his colorful career as a businessman and promoter of various enterprises, it is ironic that John Galt, a Scots novelist contemporaneous with Sir Walter Scott, should be so little known... summary from source:
Biography of John Galt
2,497 words, approx. 8 pages
John Galt was born in Irvine, in the county of Ayrshire, Scotland, on 2 May 1779. His father, also named John, was master of a West Indian trading vessel; Galt described him as remarkably handsome, easygoing, and trustworthy but of only modest ability....
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 John Galt Information
89 words, approx. 1 pages
John Galt is the name of: John Galt (Atlas Shrugged), a character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged John Galt (novelist) (1779–1839), a Scottish novelist and colonial administrator John Galt (screenwriter), writer of the film Undiscovered. John Galt...
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 The New York Observer Fire Illuminates Objectivist Cult of Galt
8/31/2007: 1,020 words, approx. 3 pagesAlmost immediately following the fire at the Deutsche Bank building at Ground Zero in August that left two firefighters dead, a harsh light began to shine on a Bronx-based subcontractor with no experience in demolition work, repeated safety violations, hints of ties to the mafia,... summary from source:
AP News 2 hurt by falling WTC skyscraper debris
5/17/2007: 259 words, approx. 1 pagesA 15-foot pipe fell off a skyscraper being dismantled near the World Trade Center site and plunged through the roof of a nearby firehouse Thursday, injuring two firefighters, officials said.Demolition work was stopped on the 40-story former Deutsche Bank building after the sprinkler pipe fell... summary from source:
AP News 2 firefighters hurt at Ground Zero site
8/24/2007: 616 words, approx. 2 pagesA heavy piece of construction equipment plummeted 23 stories Thursday from the site of last week's deadly fire at ground zero, crashing through a shed and hitting two firefighters in another accident at the plagued building, officials said.The accident came five days after two firefighters... summary from source:
AP News Few wanted job at ground zero tower
8/24/2007: 734 words, approx. 2 pagesWanted: A demolition company willing to tear down a building contaminated with asbestos that some say is the most difficult project in the most difficult construction city in the world.With building costs in New York far higher than those in the rest of the country,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by J. D. McClure
9,649 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following essay, McClure details Galt's use of Scots dialect to delineate his characters and realistically depict eighteenth-century Scottish society in The Entail.
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Critical Essay by Keith M. Costain
8,576 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, Costain describes Galt's positive representation of industrial progress in his prose fiction.
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Critical Essay by Keith M. Costain
8,071 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Costain investigates Galt's indebtedness to the social, moral, and historical thought of the Scottish Realists.
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