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1 day ago · The presidential election of 1876 is a major theme of Gore Vidal's novel 1876. See also. American election campaigns in the 19th century; History of the United States (1865–1918) Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes; 1876–77 United States House of Representatives elections; 1876–77 United States Senate elections; Third Party System
2 days ago · Lincoln by Gore Vidal (1984) Vidal’s engrossing historical novel, focused on Lincoln’s unwavering character, even amid the Civil War, should also be on required reading lists.
5 days ago · Hemingway said Dawn Powell was his favorite living writer. Let's bring her back. Vidal tried, the Gilmore Girls tried, Time Page tried. Let's keep trying
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2 days ago · Gore Vidal’s first play, 1954’s Dark Possession, was a timely excursion into the growing public interest and acknowledgment of multiple personality disorder (Shirley Jackson had written a novel about that subject the same year, and the Bridey Murphy sensation a few years prior, although tied to reincarnation and hypnotic regression ...
1 day ago · I'm also an aspiring writer who worships at the graves of brilliant corpses like Hunter S. Thompson, Allen Ginsberg, Gore Vidal, Justin Raimondo, and Alexander Cockburn, not to mention the feet of my heroes, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Che Guevara, Emma Goldman, and Frida Kahlo.
2 days ago · Finally, Caroline was born in November 1957 when JFK was campaigning for re-election to the Senate. It soon became clear, despite her lack of interest in politics, that Jacqueline was a campaign star. On 2 January 1960, JFK announced his candidacy for President and narrowly defeated Richard Nixon on 8 November.
3 days ago · The vitality of 20th-century American literature is most evident in the novel, practitioners of which include William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, John Updike, and Thomas Pynchon. Source: American Literature in The Macmillan Encyclopedia
