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Bill Thomas (author)
Bill Thomas (November 11, 1934 – June 3, 2009) was an American author and photojournalist. Thomas was born November 11, 1934, to William Roy Thomas and Margaret Elizabeth (Crabtree). He was born on the family farm near Glendale, Kentucky. While attending Western Kentucky University, Thomas reported for the Park City Daily News. Upon graduation, he accepted a commission in the US Army Reserve and trained in 1958 at Fort Holabird in Baltimore, Maryland. He was later employed by United Press International in Louisville, Kentucky, and then ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'' in 1962. He was promoted to Travel Editor at the ''Enquirer''. Thomas left the ''Enquirer'' in 1966 to freelance for a number of newspapers and magazines. His work focused in the areas of outdoors, travel, and human interest, and was published in '' Field & Stream'', ''Woodall's Trailer Travel'', ''Outdoor Life'', ''The Saturday Evening Post ''The Saturday Evening Post'' is an American magazine published s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outdoor Life
''Outdoor Life'' is an outdoors magazine about camping, fishing, hunting, and survival. For years, it was a sister magazine of '' Field & Stream''. Together with '' Sports Afield'', they are considered the Big Three of American outdoor publishing by ''Money'' magazine. ''Outdoor Life'' was launched in Denver, Colorado, in January 1898. Founder and editor-in-chief (1898–1929), J. A. McGuire, intended ''Outdoor Life'' to be a magazine for sportsmen, written by sportsmen, covering all aspects of the outdoor arena. History The first issue covered topics including a moose hunt in Alaska and advice about Native Americans. Some of the original sections were titled, "Photography", "Trap and Target", and "In the Game and Field". ''Outdoor Life'' was an innovative publication. In 1903, the first photograph was printed on the cover in black and white. A short time later, in 1906, the first color cover appeared on the magazine. ''Outdoor Lifes editorial coverage followed its a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers From Kentucky
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2009 Deaths
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1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * February 6 – 6 February 1934 crisis, French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, Third Republic. * February 9 ** Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. ** Second Hellenic Republic, Greece, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, Turkey and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. * February 12–February 15, 15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front (Austria), Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. * February 16 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Photojournalists
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world. Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, natural science, the promotion of environmental protection, environmental and historical preservation, historical conservation movement, conservation, and the study of civilization, world culture and World history (field), history. The National Geographic Society's logo is a yellow page orientation, portrait frame—rectangular in shape—which appears on the Margin (typography), margins surrounding the front covers of its magazines and as its television channel logo. Through National Geographic Partners (a joint venture with The Walt Disney Company), the Society operates the National Geographic, magazine, National Geographic Global Networks, TV channels, a website, worldwide events, and other media operations. Overview The National Geographic S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saturday Evening Post
''The Saturday Evening Post'' is an American magazine published six times a year. It was published weekly from 1897 until 1963, and then every other week until 1969. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines among the American middle class, with fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features that reached two million homes every week. In the 1960s, the magazine's readership began to decline. In 1969, ''The Saturday Evening Post'' folded for two years before being revived as a quarterly publication with an emphasis on medical articles in 1971. As of the late 2000s, ''The Saturday Evening Post'' is published six times a year by the Saturday Evening Post Society, which purchased the magazine in 1982. The magazine was redesigned in 2013. History 19th century ''The Saturday Evening Post'' was first published in 1821 in the same printing shop at 53 Market Street (Philadelphia), Market Street in Philadelphia, where the Benjamin Frankl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field & Stream
''Field & Stream'' (''F&S'' for short) is an American magazine focusing on sport hunting, recreational fishing and other outdoor activities. It was a print publication between 1895 and 2015, and became an online-only publication in 2020. After the magazine's purchase in 2024 by country musicians Morgan Wallen and Eric Church, the magazine later returned as print publication. History and profile Founded in 1895 by John P. Burkhard and Henry Wellington Wack, ''Field & Stream'' at one time had more than one million print subscribers, with a significant online following as well. Depending on the season and the availability of information, the magazine may offer advices on catching bass, trout, birds, deer and hunting equipments such as rifles and shotguns. The magazine also offers tricks, survival tips, random facts and wild game recipes. In addition to those departments, each issue contains longform featured articles, for which it is renowned. Warren H. Miller was its mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glendale, Kentucky
Glendale is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Hardin County, Kentucky, Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. It is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Elizabethtown metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Railroad Once named Walker's Station for Lewis B. Walker's store, when a post office was established on March 2, 1859. Lewis B. Walker was the first postmaster. It was named Glendale for the new train station, which in turn was possibly named for the hometown of a railroad employee. A train depot was built in Glendale along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad tracks in 1864. It was remodeled into a "combination station" in 1905 and the old station became a freight room with two waiting rooms for passengers and an agent's office. The original depot was torn down in the 1930s. The passage of the train is still a familiar sound and sight in Glendale. Those who grew up in Glendale can remember the train coming through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
