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E. B. White

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(1899-1985) Poet, editor, writer, novelist, essayist, writer of childrens books. E. B. White wrote “The Talk of the Town” column for the early New Yorker, several books of verse, revised “Elements of Style” (1959) by William Strunk, Jr., and such childrens books as “Stuart Little” (1945) and “Charlottes Web” (1952). He lived on East 48th … Continued

Booker T Washington

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(1856-1915) Writer, educator. Booker T. Washington was born in Franklin County, Virginia, and died in Tuskagee, Alabama. He owned a house, still standing, near Cousins Avenue, Fort Salonga, Northport, New York, in 1911.

P. G. Wodehouse

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(1881-1975) Writer. “Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves” (1963), became a U. S. Citizen in 1955 and lived on Basket Neck Lane in Remsenburg; he died in Southampton Hospital.

Herman Wouk

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(1915-2019) Novelist. Herman Wouk was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Palm Springs, California.

Narcissa Prentice Whitman

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(1808-1847) Diarist, letter writer. Narcissa Whitman was one of the first white women to travel cross country, leading to more than eleven years of letters that were ultimately published.

(Charles) Bouck White

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Clergyman, author. Born in Middleburgh, NY. Wrote “Call of the Carpenter” (1911) which portrayed Jesus as a social agitator. Founded the Church of the Social Revolution in New York City and soon acquired a reputation as an eccentric radical. In the 1930s he retired to a mountain retreat in Voorheesville, NY.