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This dictionary was designed, not simply for the scholar, but for the general reader who needs more enlightenment about a specific American author or movement than a mere catalogue of facts can give him. The scholar has read whole books about Walt Whitman, and uses the dictionary merely to refresh his memory concerning a title or a date. The general reader wants a concise account of how Whitman lived, what he was like as a person, what prompted him to write poetry, why this poetry is now considered to be important, and a history of Whitman appraisals. On the other hand, the average reader would prefer not be confused by meaningless facts, obscure data, or scholastic debate. The scholar or the student, the editor or the teacher, will find in this dictionary almost any fact concerning American literature that he will ever need. The general reader will find, in addition to facts, valuable apprehensions concerning our American literary heritage.
This one-volume abridgment of the Dictionary of American biography includes the 14,870 entries of the parent work in reduced form. Coverage is limited to persons no longer living and includes "explorers, frontiersmen, artists and scientists, craftsmen, inventors, businessmen, surgeons and physicians, feminists, scholars, politicians and statesmen"--Publisher's note.
Modern Icelandic is closer to the speech patterns of the Middle Ages than any living European language. Thus, a knowledge of Icelandic is highly relevant to the study of English history. This volume, one of the most complete available, will be indispensable to scholars of medieval Icelandic and English culture and history.
The book of Basic Knowledge for Maritime Cadets provides an informative source in teaching and learning English for the teachers of Maritime English and newly joined seafarers. This book is also a helpful tool for the familiarization of: 1. Various types of ships, hierarchy on board, engine watch keeping, ships design and basic terminology used on board; 2. General ship safety, safety symbols, and emergency alarms on board; 3. Potential dangers on board, i.e. fire, maneuver board, medical emergency, abandon ship, and search and rescue operations; 4. Basic principles of navigation and position fixing, brief introduction of bridge equipment, basics of collision regulations and overview of navigational aids such as buoys and lights; 5. Various knots and bends, terms used during berthing and meanings of flag signals.
Contains 19,173 alphabetically arranged entries that provide brief biographical information about notable Americans who died prior to January 1, 1981; indexed by occupations and birthplaces.