TIM MAGUIRE

Dick and Jane are the two main characters created by Zerna Sharp
for a series of basal readers written by William S. Gray to teach
children to read. The characters first appeared in the Elson-Gray
Readers in 1930 and continued in a subsequent series of books
through the final version in 1965. These readers were used in
classrooms in the United States and in other English-speaking
countries for nearly four decades, reaching the height of their
popularity in the 1950s, when 80 percent of first-grade students
in the United States used them.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

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Herman Melville (born Melvill) (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891)

A towering figure in American literature, Herman Melville is the author of
several seafaring tales, including "Billy Budd, Sailor," "Typee," and "Moby
-Dick." He is also famous for shorter works such as "Bartleby, the Scrivener"
and "Benito Cereno."

Before fame, Melville worked as a surveyor for the Erie Canal before taking
a position on the crew of a New York ship headed for Liverpool. Later, he
sailed on the whaling ship Acushnet, an experience that inspired his
masterpiece novel, Moby-Dick.

CAMILLE BOHANNON