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Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016.Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante woman named Maame, starting with her two daughters, who are half-sisters, separated by circumstance: Effia marries James Collins, the British governor in charge of Cape Coast Castle, while her half-sister Esi is held ...
Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 American Civil War drama film produced and directed by William Wyler.It stars Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Mark Richman, Walter Catlett and Marjorie Main.
First book in the series. Nate the Great is a series of 31 children's detective stories written by Marjorie W. Sharmat and featuring the boy detective Nate the Great. Sharmat and the illustrator Marc Simont inaugurated the series in 1972 with Nate the Great, a 60-page book published by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.
First edition. When the Men Were Gone is a historical fiction 2018 novel by Marjorie Herrera Lewis.The book (William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins) is based on the true story of Tylene Wilson, a teacher and an assistant principal in Brownwood, Texas, during World War II.
Every month, thousands of Eritreans attempt to flee repression, torture and indefinite forced conscriptions by embarking on a dangerous journey to Europe.
Preminger acquired the screen rights to the Marjorie Kellogg novel in September 1968 prior to its October release and hired her to write a screenplay. In the book, Junie's whole face was scarred but this was changed to only one side for the film. Rehearsals for the film took place in June 1969, during which time Minnelli's mother, Judy Garland ...
Marjorie Jackson, 66, a multi-millionaire heiress to a local Indiana grocery chain, was shot and killed at her home in early May 1977 during a robbery gone wrong. But what confounded investigators ...
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene lashed out at a reporter who asked about Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons for January 6 criminals. “I’m not doing this,” the Georgia Republican told ...