Adina de Zavala, who barricaded herself inside this San Antonio landmark to save it in 1908, inspired a 1999 novel
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Adina Emilia De Zavala - Wikipedia  Adina Emilia De Zavala (November 28, 1861  March 1, 1955) was a teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history. Her efforts led to saving the Alamo Long Barrack Fortress for future generations. ... Shortly after Adina came to San Antonio in 1887, she formed the "De Zavala Daughters" organization dedicated to...
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Adina de Zavala - Texas A&M University  In addition, Adina De Zavala encouraged the statewide recognition of Texas ... Adina was born on November 28, 1861, in Harris County within sight of the battlefield ... in his 1890 book, San Antonio de Bexar, "A protest must be recorded here against ... In 1908, on February 10, Adina barricaded herself in the long barracks...
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Adina De Zavala and the Second Siege of the Alamo  This portrait of Adina De Zavala appeared in 1908 on the cover of the sheet music for ... In 1893, De Zavala had founded the San Antonio chapter of the Daughters of the ... This "second battle of the Alamo" was part of a larger movement to save ..... (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1999), a novel inspired by the...
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jeopardy/1523_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  SELF-TITLED ALBUMS | This 1999 album contains "Livin' La Vida Loca" & "Shake .... HISTORICAL NOVELS | Adina de Zavala, who barricaded herself inside this San Antonio landmark to save it in 1908, inspired a 1999 novel | The Alamo.
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The Woman Who Made Sure We Remembered The Alamo ...  Dec 14, 2015 ... Adina De Zavala's indignation over a 1912 San Antonio Express editorial ... new battle for the Alamo, and on February 10, 1908, De Zavala barricaded herself in a ... the Alamo /Within its walls today/Stands guard to save its overthrow/And all true ... In 1912 she organized the Texas Historical and Landmarks...
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For F. Scott And Zelda Fitzgerald, A Dark Chapter In Asheville, N.C. ...  Sep 3, 2013 ... His writing, 10 years after The Great Gatsby, had gone flat. ... off debts and the bills for his wife Zelda's hospitalization in a psychiatric facility. ... His wife drifted in and out of Highland Hospital for 12 years ... Dead Stop ... Author Interviews ... Then, on the night of March 10, 1948, fire tore through the wooden...
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SILS  Zorro [book on CD] : a novel / Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret ... When he was overthrown in the coup of 1973, she fled Chile, moving to ... Sucedi en Alta California, en la misin San Gabriel, en el ao 1790 de ... Allende's retelling of Zorro displays her essential belief that the fabric of the story-the...
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Following in the Footsteps of the Swans - Author Melanie Benjamin  Should you want to follow in the footsteps of The Swans, here are some suggestions: ... tourists who are all posing in front of the window, a la Holly Golightly, you will ... In 1940, Tiffany's opened the store at Fifth Avenue and 57th St.the famous ... and gaze at the famous mural in the Old King Cole bar, or have tea, like I did...
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Wikipedia  The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel, first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. It tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope bridge in Peru, and the events ... Peru on the road between Lima and Cusco, at noon on Friday, July 20, 1714.
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VISIT HOUSE WHERE EDGAR ALLAN POE LIVED | Deseret News  Dec 4, 1994 ... And there, when you tapped upon that bleak gray wall, how could you ... You can have great fun with your imagination during a visit to Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site. ... Poe lived in five places, all rented, during the six years he lived in ... Did this house influence "The Tell-Tale Heart," Poe's story of a...
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The Beat Hotel - The New York Times  Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Corso in Paris, 1958-1963 ... books in boxes clamped to the river wall, which could be locked shut at night. .... and it was consequently subject to backups, clankings, fiercely loud vibrations, and leaks. ... The first of the so-called beatniks came in 1956: a Swiss painter everyone called Jesus Christ.
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Alamo Mission in San Antonio - Wikipedia  The Alamo Mission in San Antonio, commonly called the Alamo and originally known as Misin San Antonio de Valero, is part of the San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Founded in the 18th century as a Roman Catholic mission and fortress ..... Many of the visitors were disappointed with their visit; in 1877 tourist Harrier...
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What happened in Fordham, N.Y., in 1847? | Reference.com  Edgar Allen Poe's wife, Virginia, died in Fordham, New York, in 1847. Ill for many months, she ... She died at home in their Bronx cottage. Continue Reading...
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Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson  Reviews, Discussion ...  A failed revolutionary attempt drives the hero of Hudson's novel to seek refuge in .... It inspired a statue of Rima that you can find in Kensington Garden, London. ..... member of the RSPB and many of the earliest bird records for Hyde Park and ..... She was a half-wild girl named Rima who lived close to nature, hiding while...
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jeopardy/1821_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  TV SHOWS | In 1999 stockade humor made a short-lived comeback in ... 1999 her tomb at the foot of the Mount of Olives flooded, ruining many icons | Virgin Mary ... HIGH WATER | A December 1999 storm in this city flooded the basement of...
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A Bell for Adano (novel) - Wikipedia  A Bell for Adano is a 1944 novel by John Hersey, the winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It tells the story of an Italian-American officer in Sicily during World War II who wins the respect and admiration of the people of the town ... The novel is set during the 1943 Allied occupation of the fictional Italian coastal town...
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SPOTLIGHT: Legendary Black Women in Literature by ...  Feb 23, 2015 ... Toni won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988; the American Book Award in 1988; ... February 18, 1931, Lorain, Ohio): A novelist, editor, and professor. .... at the New York Public Library (NYPL), moderated by Junot Diaz, New ... in his dressing room, A Streetcar Named Desire, Broadhurst Theatre, New York, 2012.
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Historic Buildings Walking Tour | The Downtown Albuquerque Arts ...  In short, Central Albuquerque represents what most of the city's residents considered .... Holocaust & Intolerance Museum @ 616 Central Ave SW  The New Mexico Holocaust ... t ws built n 1927 n the extravagant Art Deco-Pueblo Revival Style .... The building was designed by Henry C. Trost and opened in 1917.
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Inside the Spider Woman by Scott Miller - New Line Theatre  Kiss of The Spider Woman began life as Manuel Puig's novel published in 1976 ... Puig never saw his musical; he passed away from a heart attack during gall bladder .... This counterculture was inspired in large part by Argentine native and ... in 1982, it restored basic civil liberties and retracted its ban on political parties.
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The Top Shelf  Three additional cutouts are glued onto the cover. ... October 10, 2016 ... He would be the fifth U.S. president to visit the city and the first during a ... San Antonio on his four-day tour through Texas on his return trip to the East. ... Both delivered a speech in front of the Alamo, preceded by a wreath-laying ..... Enter a caption...
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Puerto Vallarta | Wandering through Time and Place  Home altars are set up; special foods are left out for the dearly departed; and .... title of this blog), which was based on a play written by Tennessee Williams in 1961. ... when they were in Puerto Vallarta for filming The Night of the Iguana in 1964. .... photographed even more so when warm tropical breezes and palm trees...