This is the grave of Johnny Mize. Born in 1913 in Demorest, Georgia, Mize didn't have the easiest childhood. His parents split up when he was a kid, then his mom bailed on him, moving to Atlanta for work while his grandmother raised him. Well,...
Author: Erik Loomis
We lost a real one today.
This is the grave of Charles Sprague. Born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1887, he grew up in a pretty middle class household. His father ran grain elevators. He went to.
The problem with Jacobin is basically a problem of editorship. At its best, it does great work. I am real proud of my small part of the history of the CIO podcast they are hosting, for instance. When you have serious historians in charge of...
This is the grave of Joshua Hill. Born in 1812 in Abbeville, South Carolina, Hill went to the common schools, then studied for the law, and then passed the bar..
9/22/03--MANCHESTER,NH-- Sean (cq) Downey (cq) Candidate Advance for Joe Lieberman, gets out of the "Joe Mobile" he drives around the state. Library Tag 10192003 National/Foreign - The Primary Source Holy.
This is the grave of Billy Lothridge. Born in Cleveland, Georgia in 1942, Lothridge grew up in Gainesville, Georgia and was a big high school football star. He and his teammate Billy Martin were absolutely dominant at the high school level and both got scholarships...
This is the grave of Uriah Levy. Born in 1792 in Philadelphia. Levy came from an old Sephardic Jewish family from Portugal who fled the Inquisition and then headed to.
This is the grave of Richard Wilbur. Born in 1921 in New York City, Wilbur grew up in New Jersey. His father was a portrait painter and his mother came.
This is the grave of Samuel Crocker Cobb. Born in 1826 in Taunton, Massachusetts, Cobb grew up pretty well off, but not extremely well off. Cobb became a leading Boston merchant, involved in foreign trade with both Europe and South America. Cobb was also heavily...
This is the grave of Tod Browning. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1880, Charles Browning grew up middle class. His father was a respectable construction guy and a prominent local.
This is the grave of George Shultz. Born in 1920 in New York City, Shultz grew up pretty wealthy and went to fancy schools before heading to Princeton, where he.