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David Herbert "DH" Lawrence (1885-1930) was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, ENG on September 11, 1885. He did as much damage to Anglo-American Literature as anyone this side of Joyce, Freud and Darwin. Read Orrin's review of Sons and Lovers (1913)(Grade: D).
O. Henry [William Sydney Porter] (1862-1910) was born in Greensboro, NC on September 11, 1862. Read Orrin's review of The
Gift of the Magi (Grade: A+)
Stephen Jay Gould was born in New York, NY on September 10, 1941. Read Orrin's review of The Mismeasure of Man (1981)
James Hilton (1900-1954) was born in Lancashire, ENG on September 9, 1900. Read Orrin's review of Good-Bye, Mr. Chips (1934)(Grade: A+) and Lost Horizon (1933)(Grade: A)
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born in Tula Province, Russia on September 9, 1828. Read his Confession online.
William Bligh (1754-1817) was born on September 9, 1754.
See Orrin's review of Mr. Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power, and Theatre on the Bounty (1992)(Greg Dening) (Grade: A-)
Otis Redding (1941-67) was born in Dawson, GA on September 9, 1941.
Brothers Judd recommends Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology
The great adventurer and travel writer, Richard Halliburton (1900-39), was
born in Memphis, TN on January 9, 1900. We particularly recommend his book, The Glorious Adventure (1927), in which he recreated the
travels of Ulysses. I read it twenty years ago and still recall how exciting it was when he swam the Hellespont.
Ann Beattie (1947-) was born in Washington, D.C., on September 8, 1947. Read Orrin's review of Love Always (1985)(Grade: A)
Sid Caesar (1922-) was born in Yonkers, NY on September 8, 1922. Brothers Judd recommends his fine autobiography, Where Have I Been?
Jimmie Rodgers "The Singing Brakeman" (1897-1933) was born in Meridian, MS on September 8, 1897. Brothers Judd recommends
The Essential Jimmie Rodgers.
Marilyn Durham (1930-) was born in Evansville, IN on September 8, 1930. Read Orrin's review of
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1972) (Marilyn Durham 1930-) (Grade: B+)
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) was born on September 8, 1828. He was perhaps the greatest non-professional soldier in U.S. history, he won the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Gettysburg. Read Orrin's review of The Killer Angels (1974)(Michael Shaara) (Grade: A+)
Queen
Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was born in Greenwich, ENG on September 7, 1533. Daughter of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn, she ruled from 1558 to 1603.
Grandma "Anna Maria" Moses (1860-1961) was born in Greenwich, NY on September 7, 1860.
Elia Kazan (1909-) was born in Constaninople, Turkey on September 7, 1909. His great movie On
the Waterfront (1954) is an allegory for his own decision to fight evil by testifying against fellow communists.
Sonny Rollins (1930-) was born in New York City, NY on September 7, 1930. Dryfoos recommends Saxophone
Colossus
Charles Harden "Buddy" Holly (1936-59) was born in Lubbock, TX on September 7, 1936. Of course, February 2, 1959 was "the Day the Music Died". Brothers Judd recommends The Buddy Holly Collection, which has just about everything they ever did.
Joe Klein (1946-) was born in New York, NY on September 7, 1946. Read Orrin's review of Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics (1996)(Anonymous aka Joe Klein) (Grade: A-)
Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), proof that all rules have exceptions, was born in France on September 6, 1757.
On September 6, 1936, Beryl Markham became the first person to fly the Atlantic solo from East to West. Read Orrin's review of her great memoir, West With the Night (1941) (Beryl Markham 1902-1986) (Grade: A+)
On September 6, 1901, PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY was shot by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency upon McKinley's death 8 days later.
Richard Wright (1908-60) was born in Natchez, MS on September 4, 1908.
Read Orrin's review of Native Son (1940)(Grade: C+).
Today is the birthday of the Mother Judd--Happy B-Day, Mom!
Alan Ladd (1913-64) was born in Hot Springs, AR on September 3, 1913. Of course, his great iconic role was in Shane (1953)(read Orrin's review of the novel), but check out the two films he made with Veronica Lake, The Glass Key (1942) and This Gun for Hire (1942).
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was born in South Berwick, ME on September 3, 1849. Read Orrin's review of The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896)
Allen Drury (1918-98) was born in Houston, TX on September 2, 1918. Read Orrin's review of Advise and Consent (1959) (Grade: A)
Joseph Roth (1894-1939) was born in Brody, Galicia, Austria-Hungary on September 2, 1894. Read Orrin's review of The Radetzky March (1932) and The Emperor's Tomb (1938) (Grade: A+)
Salma Hayek (1968-) was born in Coatzacoalcos, MX on September 2, 1968. See Orrin's review of The Road to Serfdom (1944)
SELECTED POETRY OF EUGENE FIELD (1850-95)
Eugene Field (1850-95), author of such favorites as Little Boy Blue and Wynken, Blynken and Nod, was born in St. Louis, MO on September 2, 1850.
Blaise Cendrars [Frédéric Louis Sauser] (1887-1961) was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switz on September 1, 1887. Read Orrin's review of Gold: Being the Marvelous History of General John Augustus Sutter (1925)
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) was born on September 1, 1875.Read Orrin's review of Tarzan of the Apes (1912)
Van Morrison (1945-) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on August 31, 1945. Brothers Judd recommends The Best of Van Morrison
John Gunther (1901-70), one of America's greatest journalists, was born in Chicago, IL on August 30, 1901. Read Orrin's review of Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir (1949)(Grade: A-)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was born in London, England on August 30, 1797. Read Orrin's review of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818)(Grade: A+)
John Locke (1632-1704) who was the pivotal figure in the development of democratic theory, was born in England on August 27, 1632.
Charles Christopher "Bird" Parker (1920-55) was born in Kansas City, KS on August 29, 1920. Dryfoos recommends Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker
Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) , was born in Hungary on August
27, 1865. Brothers Judd recommends her great novel The Scarlet Pimpernel
[Cecil Scott] C.S. Forester (1899-1966) was born on August 27, 1899. Read Orrin's review of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1948) (Grade: A)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-73), one of the worst men ever to become President of the United States, was born in Stonewall,
TX on August 27, 1908. Read Robert Caro's awesome biography The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was born on August 26, 1884. Read Orrin's review of the first Charlie Chan mystery, The House Without a Key (1925)(Grade: B)
Christopher Isherwood (1904-) was born in Cheshire, ENG on August 26, 1904.
Brian Moore (1921-99) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on August 25, 1921. Read Orrin's reviews of
Black Robe (1985)(Grade: B+) and The Statement (1996) (Grade: A)
Jean Rhys (1894) was born in Roseau, Dominica on August 24, 1894. Read Orrin's review of Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) was born in Belsano, PA on August 24, 1898.
A.S. Byatt (1936-) was born in Sheffield, ENG on August 24, 1936. Read Orrin's review of Possession: A Romance (1990)(Grade: A+)
Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) was born in London, ENG on August 24, 1872. Read Orrin's review of Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story (1911)(Grade: A)
Dorothy Parker, American short story writer/poet/critic and wit,
Aug. 22, 1893 - 1967
Ray Bradbury (1920-) was bon in Waukegan, IL on August 22, 1920. Read Orrin's reviews of Fahrenheit 451 (1953) (Grade: A-) and Dandelion Wine (1957)(Grade: A+)
E. Annie Proulx (1935-) was born in Norwich, CT on August 22, 1935. Read Orrin's review of The Shipping News (1993)
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