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… responsible for the deaths innumerous souls in the early ‘40’s. But an interesting thing to observe is the seldom-remembered Armenian Genocide; another pogrom where three-fifths of the Armenian population between the years of 1915-1923 were…

… engineer, and scientist, probably the supreme example of Renaissance genius. Born in Vinci, Tuscany, he was the illegitimate son of a Florentine notary and a peasant girl. His precocious artistic talent brought him to Verrocchio's workshop…

… 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana (the birthplace of jazz). Putting together the facts around his birth and childhood is difficult because what is known depends mostly on what he later told people. He was raised by his grandmother, Josephine…

… (1) formal organization structure, (2) identifiable leadership, (3) identified with a territory, (4) recurrent interaction and (5) engaging in serious or violent behavior. Pirates were probably the first types of gang in history. To define a gang…

… There is no record of his birth, parent's names, or of his preteen years. In his younger years he served as a squire and earned the nickname "poor knight." From that day on he trained himself in the arts of war and survival to prepare himself for future…

… to traditional American values and a determination to direct them toward making the United States "a kinder and gentler nation." In his Inaugural Address he pledged in "a moment rich with promise" to use American strength as "a force for good." Coming…

… to write several novels unlike any others seen in his lifetime. His writing style was unique for his time and sometimes criticized. He worked most his life trying to write the perfect novel, trying to be a success and finally won out. Nathaniel Hawthorne…

… of the book The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, and many other books. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses received a Caldecott Medal in 1979. Goble has a very strange, yet interesting style. Paul Goble was born on September 27, 1933 in Surrey, England.…

… one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.'' -- Henri Matisse Henri Matisse was born in the north of France at Le Cateau-Cambresis in 1869. It was not until he was 21 years old that he became interested in painting as a career. …

… Steele Woodward. This book covers many different subjects in the life of Pocahontas. The book begins with a background of Pocahontas. She was not just an Indian girl but the daughter of a very powerful chief. Her father was Chief Powhatan who controlled…