Johnny mercer mp biography of abraham
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What famous singer of the US Constitution and first president of the University of Georgia is illustrated in this picture? A) Johnny Mercer B) Abraham Baldwin C) James E. Carter
Answer:
Abraham Baldwin
Explanation:
We can realize that the image would present Abraham Baldwin as he was the first president of the University of Georgia, as well as the politician who was one of the Founding Fathers.
As the delegate of Congress in Georgia, he ended up being one of the two state’s signatories of the Constitution. He is considered to be the founder of the University of Georgia, the one who wrote the first charter and the first president of the university (even though the university largely did not function and have student while he was the president, starting to fully work only later when he was elected for the Senate).
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Li'l Abner (musical)
American musical based on comic strip by Al Capp
Li'l Abner is a musical with a book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Based on the comic stripLi'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies, but it is also a pointed satire on other topics, ranging from American politics and incompetence in the United States federal government to propriety and gender roles.
After several other writers and composers considered musicalizing the comic strip, Al Capp finally made a deal in with the eventual creators for a musical to be financed by Paramount Pictures, which wanted to follow the stage version with a film musical. The Broadway production opened on November 15, , and ran for a moderately successful performances. The score and Michael Kidd's choreography received critical praise, but some critics felt that the book's adaptation lost the spirit of the comic strip. Kidd and Ed
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Makers of History.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
AND THE
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN
THE UNITED STATES
BY
CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
AUTHOR OF “HANS BREITMANN’S BALLADS,” “THE EGYPTIAN SKETCH BOOK,” ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK
H. M. CALDWELL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
*** början OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ***
A. Lincoln 1
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COPYRIGHT BY
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS.
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PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.
In issuing this second edition of Mr. Leland’s biography, the publishers have taken occasion to correct a few errors in dates and proper names, and in citations from documents, that had crept into the first edition.
The book was prepared during the author’s residence abroad, where he did not have at grabb for reference all the authorities needed, and as it was stereotyped in London the above oversights were not at once detected. 45
PREFACE.
I make no apology for adding another “Life of Abraham Lincoln” to the many already written, as I believe it impossible to man such an example of successful perseverance allied to honesty