The English author, journalist, and artist Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) dedicated his extraordinary intellect and creative power to the reform of English government and society. In 1922 he converted to Roman Catholicism and became its champion. O...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer who wrote in such a variety of genres that he resists simple classification. Previous Dictionary of Literary Biography volumes have examined Chesterton as a poet, a dramatist, a traditional novelist, a myste...
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, journalist, essayist, master ideologue of religion and politics, and a seminal figure in the development of the modern detective story, was born on 29 May 1874 in Campden Hill, in the Kensington neighborhood of London. Chesterto...
TRUDY WALZ, Record Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-29-1992 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH? -- INFORMANT IS NOW BITTER By TRUDY WALZ, Record Staff Writer Date: 10-29-1992, Thursday Section: NEWS Edition: 3 Star, Also in 2 Star P, 2 Star B,...
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers 480 pages, $29.95. You've seen a lot of movies like this: It's the new guy's first day on the job, but before he's even had time to find the coffee maker, an enormous...
Oscar-winning songwriter Ray Evans, whose long collaboration with partner Jay Livingston produced such enduring standards as "Mona Lisa," "Buttons and Bows," "Silver Bells" and "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)," has died. He was 92.Evans died late Thursday of heart failure at a...
Lots of actors play war heroes on the screen. James Stewart was one in real life. A decorated World War II bomber pilot who returned from battle to star in "It's a Wonderful Life," Stewart will be commemorated on a new 41-cent postage stamp being...
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