Hamlin Garland’s Place in American Literature
Remarks of Jesse Raber on Hamlin Garland's Place in American Literature Although he isn't its best-known name today, I would argue that nobody was more important in theorizing and giving shape to the late 19th and early [...]
Hamlin Garland & The Cliff Dwellers
Remarks of William J. Bowe Representing The Cliff Dwellers at the Induction of Hamlin Garland into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame Chicago History Museum April 16, 2024 Not long after 32-year-old Hamlin Garland arrived in Chicago [...]
CHAPTER 5 Inventing the Future—Encyclopaedia Britannica
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CHAPTER 4 Before the Deluge—United Press International
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CHAPTER 3 Jane Byrne Burned – Chicago Politics in the 1970s
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CHAPTER 2 Becoming a General Counsel
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CHAPTER 1 Riots & Rockets – Army Days (1968-1971)
CHAPTER 1: Riots & Rockets - Army Days (1968-1971) Subchapters Riots & Rockets Army Days Map (1968-1971) Family in the Military The Vietnam War Heats Up The Decision to Enlist Fort Holabird and Intelligence Training [...]
Appendix 2 – The Building of Britannica Online
Buy Book The Building of Britannica Online By Robert McHenry Former Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopaedia Britannica Introduction Had someone back about 1985 phrased his question, wittingly or not, “Has the Britannica been digitized yet?” the answer would [...]
Appendix 1 – Excerpts from Encyclopaedia Britannica Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States
Buy Book Appendix 2 QUESTIONS PRESENTED In the 1980s, Petitioner Encyclopaedia Britannica (“Britannica”) developed a pioneering multimedia search system that, for the first time, was able to search through vast amounts of multimedia [...]
