On this day in 1937 Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel “Gone With The Wind.” It was the only novel she published during her lifetime. […]
On this day in 1611 the King James Bible was published in London, England for the first time by printer Robert Barker.
Harper Lee has written one book but what a book it was. “To Kill A Mockingbird” was published in July 1960 and was an immediate best seller. The book won the […]
The United States Library of Congress was established on this day in 1800 when President John Adams signed legislation to appropriate $5000 to purchase ‘such books as necessary for the […]
Historians believe that William Shakespeare was born on this day in 1564 and also died on this day-at the age of 52 in 1616. Shakespeare is widely considered to be […]
On this day in 1841 Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders In the Rue Morgue” first appeared in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. The tale is considered to be the first […]
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