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The Rum Swizzle was also mentioned in the 1931 autobiographical novel Half a Loaf, penned by Sinclair Lewis's former wife Grace Hegger Lewis about their life together. [28] Today the rum swizzle is often associated with The Swizzle Inn of Bailey's Bay, Bermuda, [29] whose motto is "Swizzle Inn, Swagger Out."
Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters."
Sinclair Lewis married Vogue editor Grace Livingston Hegger in a civil ceremony in Brooklyn, New York City. [84] Actor Sydney Deane became the first Australian to appear in a Hollywood film when he debuted in Brewster's Millions, a comedy film directed by Oscar Apfel and Cecil B. DeMille and starring Edward Abeles. [85] [page needed]
Nancy Cox-McCormack, later Cushman (August 15, 1885 – February 17, 1967), was an American sculptor, writer and socialite. Between 1910 and 1953 she sculpted bronze and terra cotta busts and bas reliefs of more than seventy sitters, including such notables as social reformer Jane Addams, lawyer Clarence Darrow, poet Ezra Pound, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, Spanish dictator Miguel Primo ...
Graceanna Lewis (August 3, 1821 – February 25, 1912) was an American naturalist, illustrator, and social reformer. An expert in the field of ornithology , Lewis is remembered as a pioneer female American scientist as well as an activist in the anti-slavery , temperance , and women's suffrage movements.
It was Slash, the top-hatted, sunglasses-wearing guitarist for Guns N’ Roses, who inspired Grace Bowers to pick up a guitar at age 9. But it wasn’t until she heard B.B. King on the radio ...
The Ladies of Soul are a group of childhood-friends and sister-in-laws. have shared childhoods; Oosterhuis and Lewis were neighbours, Rombley, and Lewis became best friends and Oosterhuis and Dulfer were connected through relatives. They ended up pursuing careers in music and making guest appearances at each other's performances.
"Grace" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. It was released as a digital download on 21 September 2018 via Virgin Records as the second single from his second extended play Breach and the fourth single from his debut studio album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. [1] The song peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart.