- Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple (born July 30, 1946) is an American film director primarily known for her work in documentary film. She has won two Academy Awards; the first was in 1976, for "Harlan County, USA" about a Kentucky miners' strike, and the second was in 1991, for "American Dream," the story of the Hormel Foods strike in Austin, Minnesota in 1985-1986. - James Truslow Adams
James Truslow Adams was an American writer and historian. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Adams took his bachelor's degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1898, and a masters from Yale University in 1900. Thereafter, he entered investment banking, being in the employ of a New York Stock Exchange member firm until 1912. In 1917, he served with Colonel House on President Wilson's commission to prepare data for the Paris Peace Conference. - Horatio Alger Jr.
Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 - July 18, 1899) was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works have been described as rags to riches stories, illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American dream of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others. - Michael Foster
Michael Foster was an American cartoonist, journalist and novelist. Born August 29, 1904, in Hardy, Arkansas, he died March 25, 1956, in California. Foster was a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute and became a reporter and cartoonist for newspapers in Salina, Kansas, and Seattle, Washington. His nickname was "Gully." In 1926, he was working on the "Los Angeles Express," a daily newspaper. A friend, Charles Harris (Brick) Garrigues, wrote that Foster "writes, … - Stephen Macht
Stephen Macht (born May 1, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. Born in Philadelphia, Macht was raised in Brooklyn Heights, NY, until his father's death. At age nine, he moved with his mother and older brother to live with his maternal grandfather, a haberdasher, in Mystic, CT. After graduating from Dartmouth College (where he roomed with future actor Michael Moriarty), … - T. J. Eckleberg
T. J. Eckleberg is the Artistic Director at Shopfront, an Australian contemporary arts centre. His projects fuse technology and multi-media across disciplines, with an immersive approach to theatre – incorporating sound design, organic approaches to lighting, design and movement. In 1999 his experiences with Welfare State International led him to create two large-scale site specific performances with boys at Birrong Boys High School – one of Sydney’s tougher schools. - Frederick Exley
Frederick Exley, (March 28, 1929, - June 17, 1992) was an American novelist best known as the author of "A Fan's Notes". - J.T. Adams
James Taylor Adams (July 17, 1926 - September, 1993) was an American dramatist, the creator of Worthy is the Lamb. His definition of the American Dream: "[it is] the dream of a land in which life should be better, richer, and fuller for every man with opportunities for each according to his abilities and achievement." J.T Adams was considered to be a figure who was extremely influential person of his time. - Susanne Antonetta
Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, in Georgia), is an American poet and author. Susanne Antonetta is the pen name for Suzanne Paola, who is perhaps best known as the author of "Body Toxic: An Environmental Memoir" (ISBN 1-58243-116-7). In 2001, "Body Toxic" received recognition as a 'Notable Book' from the New York Times, and for making Amazon.com's list of top ten memoirs that year. - Pierre Yergeau
Pierre Yergeau is a Canadian novelist. Born in Abitibi, Quebec, Yergeau was educated at Concordia University and the Université de Montréal. He has twice been a finalist for the Governor General's Award in French language fiction. He is considered one of the most important Canadian novelists, with a dry sense of humor, tendency towards ironic reflections on the American dream, and a brilliant use of rhetoric. - Ricky Fante
Ricky Fante is an American solo R&B artist who gained critical acclaim for the song, "It Ain’t Easy". The song appeared on his 2004 album, "Rewind", and was performed on NBC’s long-running late night talk and variety show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Although the song was not considered a “hit,” the album garnered moderate success in the U.S. and abroad. The song reached No. #8 on Italian music charts. - Boris Mikšić
Boris Mikšić is a Croatian businessman and politician. In the 1970s, Mikšić, a native of Zagreb, which was then part of Yugoslavia, emigrated to theUnited States of America. He settled in Minnesota where he gradually began his business. Through the years he became one of the wealthiest Croatian Americans. He first ventured into Croatian politics as an independent candidate in the 2003 parliamentary elections. - John Hector De Crevecoeur St. John
Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur, naturalized in New York as John Hector St. John, was a French-American writer. Born Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur on December 31, 1735 in Caen, Normandy, France, to the Comte and Comtesse de Crèvecoeur (Count and Countess of Crèvecoeur). In 1755 he emigrated to New France in North America. There, he served in the French and Indian War as a surveyor in the French Colonial Militia, … - Derrick 'D-Reck' Dixon
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