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Meredith Trede

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Meredith Trede is one of the founding publishers of Toadlily Press. Her chapbook, Out of the Book, was in Desire Path, the inaugural volume of The Quartet Series. Journals that have published her work include: Blue Mesa Review, Gargoyle, Heliotrope, The Paris Review, Runes, 13th Moon, and West Branch. She has been a reference librarian, … Continued

Edwin Stewart McDowell

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(1935-2007) Writer, reporter. Edwin McDowell was a reporter for The New York Times for 26 years. He served in the Marine Corps and graduated from Temple University. McDowell also worked for The Arizona Republic and The Wall Street Journal.

Robert Crichton

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(1925-1993) Novelist. Crichton served in the infantry during World War II, and was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944.

Mark Harris

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(1922-2007) Novelist, biographer. Mark Harris was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and died in Santa Barbara, California. He was known for his novels about a mythical baseball player.

David Halberstam

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(1934-2007) Journalist, author. David Halberstam was born in New York City in 1934. Halberstam worked for the “Daily Times Leader” in West Point, Mississippi, the “Nashville Tennessean,” the “New York Times,” and “Harper’s” magazine. Halberstam was a 1964 Pulitzer Prize winner for his reporting on the Viet Nam war. Mr. Halberstam died in a car … Continued

Gian Carlo Menotti

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(1911-2007) Librettist. Gian Carlo Menotti was born in Italy in 1911 and died in Monaco in 2007. He lived for many years in a house known as Capricorn in Mount Kisco, New York.

Ernesto Lecuona

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(1895/96-1963) Composer, song writer. Lecuona was born in Cuba in 1895 or 1896 and died in the Canary Islands in 1963. Songs include, “Siboney,” “Malagueña,” and “Andalucia.” Lecuona’s final resting place is in the Gate Of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.

Westbrook Pegler

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(1894-1969) Journalist, writer. Westbrook Pegler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died in 1969 and is interred in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.