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Sounder is a 1972 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and adapted by Lonne Elder III from the 1969 novel by William H. Armstrong. [4] The story concerns an African-American sharecropper family in the Deep South , who struggle with economic and personal hardships during the Great Depression .
Almar is a masculine given name and a surname. It originates from the Old Norse word Almarr which means warrior or famous. [1] Notable people with the name include:
Al Mar Knives is a production knife company headquartered in Tualatin, Oregon, United States.The company was established in 1979 by Al Mar and has a reputation for making tactical knives of innovative design.
Telegraph Sounder. A telegraph sounder is an antique electromechanical device used as a receiver on electrical telegraph lines during the 19th century. It was invented by Alfred Vail after 1850 to replace the previous receiving device, the cumbersome Morse register [1] and was the first practical application of the electromagnet.
Mar.2011. Iván Almár (born April 21, 1932 in Budapest) is a Hungarian astronomer. [1] He proposed the San Marino Scale as a means of assessing risks related to extraterrestrial communication. [2]
Sounder is a young adult novel by William H. Armstrong, published in 1969.It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing a ham from work, the boy still hungers for an education.
Part 2, Sounder is a 1976 American drama film directed by William A. Graham. [2] It is the sequel to the 1972 Oscar -nominated film Sounder , which in turn is based on William H. Armstrong 's Newbery Award -winning novel of the same name .
Sounder, a group of wild boar or domestic pigs foraging in woodland; see List of animal names; Sounder, a device that transmits a signal and uses the returned signal to measure characteristics of the propagation medium. Echo sounder, a device used to measure water depth using sonar; Atmospheric sounder, also known as SODAR; in the Seattle area: