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Richard ap Meryk (or ap Meurig), anglicised to Richard Amerike (or Ameryk) (c. 1440–1503) was a British merchant, royal customs officer and later, sheriff of Bristol. Several claims have been made for Amerike by popular writers of the late twentieth century.
Chernow, Ron (1993). The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family. Random House. ISBN 978-0-67941-823-8. Chernow, Ron (1997). The Death of the Banker: The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor. Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-375-70037-8. Chernow, Ron (1998).
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist.He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature."
Washington: A Life is a biography of George Washington, the first president of the United States, written by American historian and biographer Ron Chernow and published in 2010. The book is a "one-volume, cradle-to-grave narrative" that attempts to provide a fresh portrait of Washington as "real, credible, and charismatic in the same way he was ...
Grant is a 2017 biography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, written by American historian and biographer Ron Chernow.Grant, a Union general during the Civil War, served two terms as president, from 1869 to 1877.
Alexander Hamilton is a 2004 biography of American statesman Alexander Hamilton, written by biographer Ron Chernow.Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was an instrumental promoter of the U.S. Constitution, founder of the nation's financial system, and its first Secretary of the Treasury.
Mark Twain and Henry Huttleston Rogers in 1908. In 1893, a mutual friend introduced Rogers to humorist Mark Twain. Rogers reorganized Twain's tangled finances, and the two became close friends for the rest of Rogers' life. By the 1890s, Twain's fortunes began to decline; in his later life, Twain suffered from depression.
Mark Twain: Autobiography of Mark Twain: 1910 Henry James: Notes of a Son and Brother: 1914 Mary Augusta Ward: A Writer's Recollections: 1918 Robert Graves: Good-Bye to All That: 1929 Lincoln Steffens: Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens: 1931 Walter Benjamin: Unpacking My Library: 1931 Vera Brittain: Testament of Youth: 1933 Gertrude Stein: The ...