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Historic People:

Ernest Hemingway—WWI veteran, and acclaimed American author.
Edith Wharton—Famed novelist who wrote about the darker side of high society America.
Lowell Thomas—American storyteller, showman, adventurer, and media pioneer. Created the documentary With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia, which brought fame to himself & T.E. Lawrence.

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Ernest Hemingway

The French Foreign Legion

Edith Wharton | Lowell Thomas

Ernest Hemingway

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WWI veteran, and acclaimed American author who was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize. Forever battling depression, Hemingway ended his life in 1961. Works include: The Torrents of Spring, The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea.

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Books

Hemingway: Life into Art. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000.

Wagner-Martin, Linda, ed. A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway. New York:Oxford University Press, Inc., 2000.

Reynolds, Michael. The Young Hemingway. New York:W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1998.

Websites

Hemingway Archive at JFK Library

Hemingway Society- Oak Park

Hemingway in His Own Time

PBS- Hemingway Bio

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

Nobel Prize- Hemingway Bio

The French Foreign Legion

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The FFL was formed in 1831 to allow foreigners to join the French Army. The purpose was to allow non-French soldiers to join in France's quest to expand its growing empire. The FFL exists to this day.

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Books

Geraghty, Tony. March or Die: A New History of the French Foreign Legion. New york: Facts on File Publications, 1986.

Salazar, Jamie. Legion of the Lost: The True Experience of an American in the French Foreign Legion. New York: The Berkeley Publishing Group, 2005.

Websites

Foreign Legion Official Website

Life in the FFL

De Gaulle's Address After the Military Insurrection in Algeria

FFL in the 21st Century

Edith Wharton

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Famed novelist who wrote about the darker side of high society America. Popular works include: Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, & The Age of Innocence.

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Books

Benstock, Shari. No Gifts From Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton. New York: Scribners, 1994.

Dwight, Eleanor. Edith Wharton: An Extraordinary Life. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1994.

Websites

Edith Wharton Society

Wharton at The Mount Estate & Gardens

Wharton Timeline

NPG- Wharton Bio

Lowell Thomas

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American storyteller, showman, adventurer, and media pioneer. Created the documentary With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia, which brought fame to himself & T.E. Lawrence.

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Books

Thomas, Lowell. With Lawrence in Arabia. Garden City, New york: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967.

Bowen, Norman R., ed. Lowell Thomas, The Stranger Everyone Knows. Garden City, New york: Doubleday & Company, 1968.

Websites

PBS- Lowell Thomas Bio

Lowell Thomas Museum

High Adventure with Lowell Thomas

Radio Hall of Fame

The Vichy Regime

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