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The Cheyenne-Arapaho people were the
subjects of some of George Bird
Grinnell's books. Shown: "Pretty Nose" |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Mark Strand (1934; died November 29, 2014) Canadian-born American poet and essayist;
Blizzard of One; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, (1999); Poet Laureate of the United States, (1990)
Died on this day:
George Bird Grinnell (1938; born September 20, 1849) American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer;
The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Lifeways;
Pawnee Hero Stories;
Blackfoot Lodge Tales; founded the first Audubon Society in America, and co-founded the New York Zoological Society
John O'Hara (1970; born January 31, 1905) American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and essayist;
Appointment in Samarra;
Butterfield 8;
Pal Joey;
Ten North Frederick
Primo Levi (1987; born July 31, 1919) Italian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet;
If This Is a Man (U.S. title:
Survival in Auschwitz);
The Periodic Table
Erskine Caldwell (1987; born December 17, 1903) American novelist;
Tobacco Road;
God's Little Acre
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (2007; born November 11, 1922) American novelist and short story writer;
Player Piano;
The Sirens of Titan;
Cat's Cradle;
Slaughterhouse-Five;
Breakfast of Champions; short-story collection
Welcome to the Monkey House includes "Harrison Bergeron," "Who Am I This Time?" and "EPICAC"
Bonus Classic:
Shuka-saptati (Seventy Stories of a Parrot) (12th century) Indian story collection, mainly bawdy ones
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