Derek R King ✒️ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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#OTD #BlackHistory #CivilRights 1856 Booker T. Washington born. An American educator, author of Up From Slavery and other works, orator, founder of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama and adviser to several presidents of the United States. https://t.co/JRJZJvt21E https://t.co/d2pJcXZzwS

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#OTD #Writers 1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald born St. Paul, Minnesota. Best known for The Great Gatsby & Tender Is the Night. Dubbed poet laureate of “Jazz Age,” (term to convey post-World War I era’s newfound prosperity, consumerism, & shifting sexual mores.) https://t.co/H3qjK4IJQz https://t.co/5ROgrP2sl2

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#OTD #Writer #Poet 1865 Rudyard Kipling born Bombay, British India. 1st published work 'Plain Tales From the Hills' short stories. Best known for 'The Jungle Book', 'Just So Stories,' 'Gunga Din,' 'Kim' and famous poem 'If'. 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature https://t.co/s8l3mLhR9O https://t.co/cxMU7R7WpP

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#OTD #Writers 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson born Edinburgh, Scotland.Published 1st volume aged of 28. Best known works include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & The Black Arrow (1888) which he wrote in a bedridden state. https://t.co/PUMUzBXLvS https://t.co/kK4BKK9uGD

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#OTD 1966 Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS in 26-minute short. Received mixed reviews. Chuck Jones (Bugs Bunny etc) pushed making it. Only sponsor interested Foundation for Commercial Banks (“of all people,” Jones said). https://t.co/lCiCtKtGeo https://t.co/57NrCFWiBK

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#OTD #writer #poet 1900 "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum with illustrations by W. W. Denslow is first published. By the late 20th century the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz had become more familiar than the book 👉 https://t.co/0s2MdRVfNe

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#OTD #Writer 1963 "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Path published by Heinemann in UK under the name Victoria Lucas. Receives great reviews however, she passes a few weeks later, Ted Hughes gives publisher permission to reveal the Sylvia Plath was the author. https://t.co/BIrBa32cB6 https://t.co/rTVT6u8xL0

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#OTD #Writers 1948 Julia Donaldson born London, England. The 2011–2013 Children's Laureate. Best known for "popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which include The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man". https://t.co/C79YPz7Aik https://t.co/GvJHxU1K5M

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@DellOlioMario Huge congratulations on your book launch Mario @DellOlioMario What a beautifully worded review, Mario "In “Tilting Toward the Sun,” Mario Dell’Olio once again proves he can write a love story to melt your heart." #BookBoost #Christmas #LGBTQIA https://t.co/YmeMxl9qup

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#OTD 1719 Daniel Defoe publishes "Robinson Crusoe" based on real life experience of Alexander Selkirk, of Largo, Fife, Scotland, who in 1676, spent 4 yrs as castaway on uninhabited island. Was Defoe's 1st long work of fiction, introduces Crusoe & Friday. https://t.co/b3HiS3NDWD https://t.co/OMIpfcTUiV