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In Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy he references the spectre adjectivally, saying: " And at one point it was that a wier-wier, one of the solitary water-birds of this region, uttered its ouphe and barghest cry, flying from somewhere near into some darker recess within the woods.
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Theodore and Dreiser's
* 1906 – The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
Paramount then proposed a movie version of Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
* Although set in Philadelphia, Theodore Dreiser's 1912 novel The Financier portrays the nationwide impact the 1871 Chicago fire had on the stock markets and the financial world.
" A British view of Dreiser came from the publisher Rupert Hart-Davis: " Theodore Dreiser's books are enough to stop me in my tracks, never mind his letters — that slovenly turgid style describing endless business deals, with a seduction every hundred pages as light relief.
* The Financier ( 1912 ), The Titan ( 1914 ), and The Stoic ( 1947 ), Theodore Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire, based on the life of the notorious transit mogul Charles Tyson Yerkes
* Noank is mentioned in Theodore Dreiser's short story A Doer of the Word.
" An American Tragedy ", Theodore Dreiser's award-winning novel based on the murder of Grace Brown, included a scene at Arrowhead.
* Narragansett is mentioned in Chapter LI of Theodore Dreiser's The Titan.
* A Boston, Massachusetts court bans Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy ( 1925 ) as " obscene ".
* Morristown is mentioned in Chapter LI of Theodore Dreiser's The Titan.
The term is used in popular discourse, and scholars have traced its use in American literature ranging from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, to Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( 1884 ), Willa Cather's My Ántonia, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby ( 1925 ), Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy ( 1925 ) and Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon ( 1977 ).
Books by Charles Norris in Theodore Dreiser's library
*" The Matter of Dreiser's Modernity ," in The Cambridge Companion to Theodore Dreiser ( 2004 )
Friede had heard gossip about The Well at a party at Theodore Dreiser's house and immediately decided to acquire it.
The Boston Store is mentioned in Theodore Dreiser's " Sister Carrie " ( Chapter VII ) published in 1900 and Carl Sandburg's Mamie, part of his 1916 Chicago Poems collection.
Theodore and novel
* Theodore Sturgeon's short novel, Some of Your Blood ( 1961 ), consists of letters and case-notes relating to the psychiatric treatment of a non-supernatural vampire.
* In the fantasy novel Little, Big by John Crowley, the character Theodore Bramble considers " a peculiar geography I can only describe as infundibular ...
This can stem either from natural causes such as in Olaf Stapledon's novel Odd John, and Theodore Sturgeon's More Than Human, or be the result of intentional augmentation such as in A. E. van Vogt's novel Slan.
* The Titan, a novel by Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Sturgeon reviewed the novel favorably, citing " the fascination of watching the mind of a man whose reach always exceed his grasp but who will never stop reaching ".
Sister Carrie ( 1900 ) is a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress.
When publisher Ian Ballantine, novelist Theodore Sturgeon and Shepherd met for lunch, Ballantine hired Sturgeon to write a novel based on Shepherd's outline.
The narrative voice for the novel alternates between the third person and the first person, the latter in the form of a diary kept by Dr. Theodore " Theo " Faron, an Oxford don.
His work has won the Hugo Award ( for the novel Spin ), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award ( for the novel The Chronoliths ), the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award ( for the novelette " The Cartesian Theater "), three Aurora Awards ( for the novels Blind Lake and Darwinia, and the short work " The Perseids "), and the Philip K. Dick Award ( for the novel Mysterium ).
Two brothers John Cowper Powys and Theodore Francis Powys were also well-known writers, while his sister Philippa published a novel and some poetry.
* Flicker ( novel ), a book by Theodore Roszak
An American Tragedy ( 1925 ) is a novel by the American writer Theodore Dreiser.
Theodore Dalrymple wrote that the novel " was a work of unutterably tedious nastiness and vulgarity " that " manifested itself even in its first sentence, and grew worse as the first paragraph progressed "; Dalrymple described Finlay as " a man with no discernible literary talent whose vulgarity of mind was deep and thoroughgoing ".
* Yukon, the name of a fictional confederacy in the novel Fitzpatrick's War by Theodore Judson
Theodore Sturgeon reported that the novel " carries a good freight of social and psychological insight.
The screenplay was written by John Gay based on the novel Arrow in the Sun by Theodore V. Olsen ( republished as Soldier Blue after the movie was released ).
It is also mentioned in Little Women, the classic American novel by Louisa May Alcott, as the location of the young Theodore " Laurie " Laurence's early studies at boarding school as well as a stop on Amy March's European trip.
* Theodore — at the beginning of the novel, Theodore appears to be a mere minor character, whose role is purely to point out the significance of the helmet as a link to the fulfillment of the prophecy.
Theodore and American
* 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1998 )
* 1871 – Theodore Dreiser, American author ( d. 1945 )
* 1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 27th First Lady of the United States ( d. 1948 )
In 1934, Caltech was elected to the Association of American Universities, and the antecedents of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which Caltech continues to manage and operate, were established between 1936 and 1943 under Theodore von Kármán.
* 1937 – Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay ; neither is ever seen again.
* 1904 – Theodore Roosevelt announced his " Corollary " to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
* 1973 – Jon Theodore, American musician
* 1906 – U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
* 1918 – Theodore Sturgeon, American writer ( d. 1985 )
* 1921 – Theodore Van Kirk, American navigator of the Enola Gay
* The American Impressionists, including Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Frederick Carl Frieseke, Childe Hassam, Willard Metcalf, Lilla Cabot Perry, Theodore Robinson, Edmund Charles Tarbell, John Henry Twachtman, and J. Alden Weir.
* 1930 – Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American cardinal
* 2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish – American War.
* Theodore Judah, American engineer who dreamed of the first transcontinental railroad
Hay is also known for his comment, written in a letter to President Theodore Roosevelt, describing the Spanish – American War as a " splendid little war ".
* 1928 – Theodore Sorensen, American presidential advisor, lawyer, and writer ( d. 2010 )
* 1915 – Theodore H. White, American writer ( d. 1986 )
* 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor ( Wu-Tang Clan and Theodore Unit )
* 1924 – Theodore Mann, American producer and director ( d. 2012 )
* 1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
* 1803 – Theodore Dwight Weld, American abolitionist ( d. 1895 )
* 1858 – Theodore Roosevelt, American politician, 33rd Governor of New York, 25th Vice President of the United States, 26th President of the United States, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1919 )
* Theodore Puck ( 1916 – 2005 ), American geneticist
* 1861 – Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American sister of Theodore Roosevelt ( d. 1933 )
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