... choir, religious services, and missionary topics. She always had special interest in reading about missionaries and the lives of the saints. In 1919 her father, Nikolle Bojahiu, died of poisoning after attending a political meeting. said, “ We were all very united, especially after the death of my father. We lived for each other and made every effort to make one another happy.” On September 26, 1928, set out on her trip to Dublin by train. She arrived at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Our Lady of Loreto. Here she went through two months of intensive English language studies. Then December 1, she set sail on a thirty-seven day trip to India. She staye ...

... to the attention of Sam Phillips, president of the Sun Record Company, when he went there to make a personal recording intended as a present for his mother. Presley made his first commercial recording for Sun the following year, and Colonel Tom Parker, who managed his career from that time, arranged for him to make a series of personal appearances. In 1955 RCA Victor bought his recording contract from Phillips, and by 1956 Presley was a best-selling recording artist and television star. His hip gyrations, which some viewers thought too suggestive, earned him the nickname Elvis the Pelvis. 'Love Me Tender', his first film, was released that same year. Drafted ...

... Edward."(Encarta' 95). "The Kennedys were an active family. With 11 people in the house, someone was always busy. The children took swimming, sailing, and tennis lessons."(Potts, Steve - 7). The Kennedy family had long been active in politics. His brothers Robert and Edward Kennedy also entered politics. Kennedy's both grand fathers had been active in politics. His father was a self-made millionaire. He served as first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and as U.S. ambassador to Great Britain during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Kennedy's family called him jack. He and his older brother Joe were strong rivals. Jack w ...

... a privateer against the French. In 1696, the captain set sail in the adventure Gallery for Madagascar, Malabar, and the Red Sea Regions. In August 1667, he made an unsuccessful attack on ships sailing with mocha coffee from Yemen, but later Kidd’s crew took several small ships. Kidd captured his most valuable prize, the Armenian ship Quedagh Merchant, in January 1698 and scuttled the unseaworthy Adventure Galley. When he reached the West Indies in April 1699, he learned that he had been denounced as a pirate. He then abandoned the Quedagh Merchant at the island of Hispaniola and got aboard a newly purchased ship, the Antonio, and sailed to New York City. Ther ...

... brother Alphonse was to have a religious life, but Alphonse suffered mental problems so, at the age of seventeen, Armand began to study theology seriously, in order to keep the Bishopric in the family. Armand's mother had fought hard for this title and would not let it go easily. He took to his religious studies easily and because of his health problems was ideally suited to this life. In 1606 then Abbe Armand de Richelieu was appointed Bishop of Lucon and in 1622, Pope Gregory appointed him a Cardinal. Like his grandfather and father before him, serving the monarchy was very important to Richelieu. To this end he allied himself with Marie de Medici, the quee ...

... even though today we make her out to seem really beautiful. She was pictured on ancient coins with a long hooked nose and very masculine features, but still she was a very seductive woman. Cleopatra had an enchantingly beautiful voice and exuded charisma and also quite intelligent. She spoke nine different languages, the first Plotemy pharaoh to actually speak Egyptian, and was also a very shrewd politican. Going along with the Egyptian tradition she married her brother and co- ruler, Ptolemy XIII, who was only 12.The marriage was only of convenience though, and Ptolemy pharaoh only in name. For three years he remained in the background while Cleopatra ruled over ...

... and at Kyoto University, Japan. He was the first incumbent of the chair of American History at the Sorbonne, and was the Professor of American History and Institutions as well as Fellow of Trinity College, at Cambridge University. He has been director of the National Museum of American History and the Librarian of Congress Emeritus. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar and has practiced law. He has received more than fifty honorary degrees and has been honored by the governments of France, Belgium and Portugal. In 1989 he received the National Book Award for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters by the NationalBook Foundation. Dr. Boorstin's many b ...

... poor work conditions and low pay, which leads to money problems and his having to work even though he wants to go to school and get an education. Throughout the essay there are countless examples as to how Dickens experienced chthonic journeys. One is that his family is in terrible condition. His father is in jail due to money problems, which then left the family with no money to pay their rent. Their father/husband borrowed money from people and never repaid them. Back in the Stinson-2 1800’s if you owed people money and couldn’t pay them back you would go to jail. With no house to live in everybody but Charles Dickens goes to live in jail with thei ...

... home with a military expedition in the French and Indian War. There he met John Finley, a hunter who had seen some of the western wilds, who told him stories that set him dreaming. But Boone was not quite ready to pursue the explorer's life. Back home on his father's farm he began courting a neighbor's daughter, Rebecca Bryan, and soon they were married. In 1767 Boone traveled into the edge of Kentucky and camped for the winter at Salt Spring near Prestonsburg. But the least explored parts were still farther west, beyond the Cumberlands, and John Finley persuaded him to go on a great adventure. On May 1, 1769, Boone, Finley, and four other men, started out. Th ...

... stayed in contact with Francesco. Petrarch had another brother, who died at a very young age. His mother died when he was 15 years old, which was consequently when some of his earliest works have been recorded. At the age of 22, Francesco's father passed away, which caused Francesco to attain a career. Giovanni, his son, was born illegitimately in 1337. The relationship between the two was disappointment to Francesco. He describes him as: "Intelligent, perhaps even exceptionally intelligent, but he hates books" He let Giovanni live with him till he could no longer stand the sight of him and sent him to live in Avignon, at the age of 20. It wasn't until ju ...