FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX

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St Louis, Missouri



St Louis
About This Scene
Classroom Activities
Introduce Vocabulary
Steamboat Slide Show
Make a Steamboat
Famous Quotes
Suggested Questions
Famous People in Illustration
Additional Web Resources
Related Books

Famous People in Illustration:

  • Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain): This interactive Web site contains a wealth of information about Samuel Clemens, his literary work, his life, and travels:

    http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/index2.html

The following individuals were all associated with St. Louis and appear in the St. Louis Walk of Fame, where they are commemorated by a bronze star and a plaque:
  • Joseph Pulitzer (journalist, publisher):

    http://stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/joseph-pulitzer.html

    www.kirjasto.sci.fi/pulitzer.htm
  • Scott Joplin (musician, composer):

    http://stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/scott-joplin.html

    Hear Scott Joplin play his "Maple Leaf Rag" at:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc

    Read a biography and hear "The Entertainer" at:

    www.incwell.com/Biographies/Joplin.html
  • T. S. Eliot (poet):

    http://stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/ts-eliot.html
  • Marianne Moore (poet):

    www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/moore/moore.htm

    http://stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/marianne-moore.html
  • Al Hirschfeld (caricature artist):

    http://stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/al-hirschfeld.html

    www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/hirschfeld



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Illustrations and excerpts from Adèle & Simon in America by Barbara McClintock.
Copyright © 2008 by Barbara McClintock. Published in August 2008 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. All rights reserved.