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William Saroyan [2] (/ s ə ˈ r ɔɪ ə n /; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Human Comedy .
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories is the first collection of 26 short stories by William Saroyan published in 1934 (Random House).The author was recognized as a "the most widely discussed discovery of 1934" and the book became an immediate bestseller.
First edition (publ. Harcourt Brace) Illustrated by Don Freeman. My Name is Aram is a 1940 short story collection by American author William Saroyan.The stories detail the exploits of Aram Garoghlanian, a boy of Armenian descent growing up in Fresno, California, and the various members of his large family.
The Inyo starred in High, Wide, and Handsome in 1937, followed by roles in Bad Little Angel,Union Pacific, Red River and as the Texas [3] and William R. Smith in Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase in 1956. In 1962 it played the Southern Pacific #9 in the John Wayne feature McLintock!. [3]
William Russell Smith (1815–1896), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama (1851–1856) William Rudolph Smith (1787–1868), Attorney General of Wisconsin; William Ruthven Smith (1868–1941), U.S. army officer and Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy; William R. Smith 4-4-0 locomotive, used for a short portion of the ...
Commentary: His ancestral homeland honors a famous son who won the Pulitzer Prize.
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Smith was foreman moulder at Rogers. [1]: 243–5 The William Crooks, bearing the imprint of the New Jersey Locomotive and Machine Company, being dismantled for a move to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The company's first major client was the Erie Railway.