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From 1925 to 1945, Benjamin Swig was a real estate operator. He was a partner of the real estate firm Swig, Weiler and Arnow that was founded in 1936, [1] [2] which became the Swig company. [3] In the 1940s, he moved to San Francisco, which he loved. [4] He bought the Fairmont Hotel in 1945, and later the St. Francis Hotel. [5]
Drunk History is an American educational comedy television series produced by Comedy Central, based on the Funny or Die web series created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner in 2007. [1]
Swig installed his son, Benjamin Swig, as the bank's treasurer. Alongside Tremont, Swig also gained control of the Tamiami Banking of Company of Miami, Florida in 1926. [1] Swig was a popular figure in the Boston banking world, but rose to prominence for his involvement in uncovering Charles Ponzi's banking irregularities known as the "Ponzi ...
Wonderstruck (2011) is an American young-adult fiction novel written and illustrated by Brian Selznick, who also created The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007). In Wonderstruck, Selznick continued the narrative approach of his last book, using both words and illustrations — though in this book he separates the illustrations and the writings into their own story and weaves them together at the end.
The book explores Logan's early childhood in the 1930s, giving his personal account of his memories and life experiences, and the lessons he learned from his parents, neighbors and three older brothers. The Land Remembers has received critical acclaim for its familiarity and depth, with many praising its beautiful language and relevant themes.
The novel won the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor in 2014 [1] and was a finalist for the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award. [2] It also made YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults list for 2014; [3] the American Library Association Rainbow List; The Texas Library Association's Tayshas List (as a top ten title); and was nominated for the Georgia Peach Award.
In March 2016, Konigsberg released Honestly Ben, the sequel to Openly Straight. It received three starred reviews: from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and School Library Journal. Both novels in the series were released as audio books that month. [6] Konigsberg's coming-of-age novel The Music of What Happens was released on February 26, 2019.
Ben Fountain (born 1958) is an American writer currently living in New Bern, North Carolina. He has won many awards including a PEN/Hemingway Award for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories (2007) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for his debut novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2012).