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Wellington Roe
Wellington Roe (May 27, 1898 - February 3, 1952) was an American author and political activist with the American Labor Party. Biography Roe was born in Danbury, Connecticut and attended Wesleyan University. He moved to Florida in the 1920s, where he was involved in the advertising business and was accused of check forgery in 1921. In 1924, Roe was involved in a real estate partnership in Fort Lauderdale, where he gained a reputation as the "gaudiest local character of the boom". Following a hurricane in September 1926, the firm's properties were destroyed and Roe abandoned his business partners. In 1937, he published ''The Tree Falls South'', a novel about Kansas farmers during the Dust Bowl. The following year he published ''Begin No Day'', a novel about labor relations in the hatting industry in Connecticut. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote that "the difficulties of labor and management are truthfully pictured" in the novel. Roe was a member of the League of American Writers. Roe attempte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Wellington is Capital of New Zealand, the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the List of cities in New Zealand, third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island), and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the List of national capitals by latitude, world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Māori oral tradition tells that Kupe discovered and explored the region in about the 10th century. The area was initially settled by Māori people, Māori iwi such as Rangitāne and Muaūpoko. The disruptions of the Musket Wars led to them being overwhelmed by northern iwi such as Te Āti Awa by the early 19th century. Wellington's current form was originally designed by Captain William Mein Smith, the first Surveyor General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
