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From the cover of what may be
the first edition of Tom's Midnight
Garden by Philippa Pearce |
Here are today's milestones:
Died on this day:
Giovanni Boccaccio (1375; born June 16, 1313) Italian writer;
Decameron (
The Decameron);
De mulieribus claris (
On Famous Women)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1940; born September 24, 1896) American novelist and short story writer best known for
The Great Gatsby; also wrote
Tender Is the Night;
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz; "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; "Babylon Revisited"
Franz Boas (1942; born July 9, 1858) German-American anthropologist;
The Mind of Primitive Man;
Folk-tales of Salishan and Sahaptin Tribes
Marc Connelly (1980; born December 13, 1890) American playwright;
The Green Pastures;
Tall Story; Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1930)
Philippa Pearce (2006; born January 22, 1920) English author of children's books;
Tom's Midnight Garden;
The Squirrel Wife;
The Battle of Bubble and Squeak
Bonus Classic:
Jataka Tales (c. 4th century BCE) ancient Indian moral stories of the Buddha's previous lives
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