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Lew Dietz
Lew Dietz (22 May 1906 – 27 April 1997) was an American writer, much of whose work centered on his native Maine. In a long career he produced 20 books and hundreds of magazine articles for Down East, The Magazine of Maine, Down East magazine (which he helped establish ''"The July 8, 1954, edition of the Camden Herald included a story about the founding of a new magazine called Down East, created "to satisfy a long-felt need of people throughout the country for a magazine about the wonderful world of Maine." The accompanying photograph showed the publication's team: publisher-editor Duane Doolittle; associate editor Margaret Shea; T. V. Sproul, vice president and business manager; Lew Dietz, associate editor; and Francis Hamabe, Frank Hamabe, art director."''), ''True (magazine), True'', ''Yankee (magazine), Yankee'', ''Redbook'', ''Coast Fisherman'' and ''Outdoors Maine'' among others. Dietz was born in Pittsburgh and graduated from New York University, but he lived much of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine
Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia. Maine is the largest U.S. state, state in New England by total area, nearly larger than the combined area of the remaining five states. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, 50 U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 12th-smallest by area, the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 9th-least populous, the List of U.S. states by population density, 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural. Maine's List of capitals in the United States, capital is Augusta, Maine, Augusta, and List of municipalities in Maine, its most populous c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Seal Called Andre
André the Seal (May 16, 1961 – July 19, 1986) was a male harbor seal (''Phoca vitulina'') who lived in Rockport, Maine for 25 years after being found as an orphaned pup. André was rescued and raised by Harry Goodridge, a tree surgeon and harbormaster in Rockport. The seal became a tourist attraction, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors to the coastal town. André's case occurred during the establishment of marine mammal protection laws and generated discussion regarding human-wildlife interaction. André performed tricks for visitors, demonstrated behaviors not typically observed in wild harbor seals, and conducted annual migrations to Massachusetts waters. His life was documented in books, news articles, documentaries, and a 1994 motion picture. The seal died in 1986 at an estimated age of 25 years. Early life and rescue André was found on May 16, 1961, as an estimated two-day-old pup on Robinson's Rock, a small island in Penobscot Bay near Rockport, Maine. Harry G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers From Pittsburgh
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stories, monographs, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as reports, educational material, and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' works are nowadays published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 Births
Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the National Consultative Assembly, Majlis. * January 16–April 7 – The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between French Third Republic, France and German Empire, Germany. * January 22 – The strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. * January 31 – The 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake, Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale), and associated tsunami, cause at least 500 deaths. * February 7 – is launched, sparking a Anglo-German naval arms race, naval race between Britain and Germany. * February 11 ** Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical ''Vehementer Nos'', de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosti Ruohomaa's
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Kosti may refer to: Places *Kosti, Sudan, a major city in Sudan *Kosti, Burgas Province, a village in Bulgaria People Given name * Kosti Katajamäki (born 1977), Finnish rally driver * Kosti Manubi, South Sudanese politician * Kosti Vehanen (1887–1957), Finnish pianist and composer Family name *Eleni Kosti (born 1985), Greek swimmer * María Kosti (born 1951), Spanish actress * Melpo Kosti, Greek television and soap opera actress Others *Kushti (or Kusti), a string-like garment which pairs with the Sudreh in Zoroastrianism See also * Costi (other) *Kostis (other) Kostis () is a hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denny Winter
Denny or Dennie may refer to: People *Denny (given name), a list of people named Denny or Dennie *Denny (surname), a list of people surnamed Denny or Dennie *Denny (hybrid hominin) Places Denny * Denny, California, a ghost town *Denny, Falkirk, a town in Scotland **Dennyloanhead, an adjoining village *Denny Island, in the Severn Estuary, between England and Wales * Denny Island (Canada), British Columbia *Denny Triangle, Seattle, a neighborhood in the United States * Denny Run, a stream in the U.S. state of Missouri *23257 Denny, an asteroid named after Bob Denny Dennie * W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium Other uses Denny *Denny Abbey, a former abbey in Cambridgeshire, England *Denny baronets, three baronetcies *Denny Party, American pioneer group *Denny's, a large restaurant chain *Denny Field (Alabama), former home stadium for the University of Alabama football team *Denny Field (Washington), former home grounds for the University of Washington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of America Series
The Rivers of America Series is a landmark series of books on American rivers, for the most part written by literary figures rather than historians. The series spanned three publishers and thirty-seven years. History The Rivers of America Series started in 1937 with the publication of ''Kennebec: Cradle of Americans'' by Robert P. Tristram Coffin, and ended in 1974 with the publication of ''The American: River of El Dorado'' by Margaret Sanborn. Constance Lindsay Skinner initially conceived the series. She was also the first series editor. Skinner wrote an essay that was included in early volumes of the series in which she describes it as follows: ''"This is to be a literary and not a historical series. The authors of these books will be novelists and poets. On them, now in America, as in all lands and times, rests the real responsibility of interpretation. If the average American is less informed about his country than any other national, knows and cares less about its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre (film)
''Andre'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by George T. Miller and starring Tina Majorino about a child's encounter with a sea lion. It is an adaptation of the book ''A Seal Called Andre'', which in turn was based on a true story. It was shot in Vancouver and Mississippi. Plot In 1962 in Rockport, Maine, a seal drowns in a fishing net cast by financially struggling fisherman Billy Baker, much to his fury. He and the other local fishermen discuss shooting the seals as a way to improve their flagging fishing season. Toni Whitney, a seven-year-old girl, and her family subsequently adopt the seal's orphaned newborn pup, naming it Andre. The vet doesn't hold out much hope, but Toni incites him to survive, with the promise that she will be his best friend forever, and that she will always take care of him. After several failed attempts to get him to take a bottle, Toni's father, Harry, the harbor master, constructs an "artificial mother" for him out of wetsuit materia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Goodridge
Harry Goodridge (January 4, 1916 – April 6, 1990) was an American harbormaster, professional scuba diver, tree surgeon and co-author of the book ''A Seal Called Andre: The Two Worlds of a Maine Harbor Seal''. Life Born in Massachusetts in 1916, Goodridge lived and worked in Rockport, Maine with his wife, Thalice Goodridge and their five children: a son and four daughters, Susan, Toni, Carol and Paula. Goodridge was well known in Rockport as a retired tree surgeon of 45 years. As a salvage scuba diver, Goodridge fostered orphaned seal pups before releasing them back into the wild. Susan Goodridge recalls: “he’d raised two other seals before Andre, so it wasn’t totally new.” The Goodridge household was not unfamiliar to housing unusual pets. The children were accustomed to living with a seagull (Sam Segal), robin (Reuben), crows (Klinker and Columbus), pigeon (Walter), and even a bat, which Goodridge trained to eat flies from one's hand. One seal, named Basil, was feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
