20thcentury

Anybody know anything about a Nicolletti trial in May of 1915? Probably took place in #NewYork, possibly #NYC. It was a big enough deal that they took a formal photo of the jury, which I have in my possession. Would love to know more.

#UShistory #trials #Early20thCentury #20thCentury

🎉 NEW EDITION!

Alan Sharp (1934–2013) is remembered today as a screenwriter, the author of classic Hollywood movies such as Ulzana’s Raid (1972) & Night Moves (1975), as well as the 1995 film Rob Roy, starring Liam Neeson. But his writing career began with the award-winning – & taboo-breaking – novel A GREEN TREE IN GEDDE. Still controversial, it is nevertheless “a flagship of 1960s Scottish prose”. Order now!

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-green-tree-in-gedde/

#Scottish #literature #novel #20thcentury #1960s

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He blinks upon the hearth-rug,
and yawns in deep content,
accepting all the comforts
that Providence has sent…

—Alexander Gray, “On a Cat, Ageing”

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #poem #poetry #cats #aging #ageing

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