About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 85. Chapters: Alvin Toffler, Eugene O'Neill, Flannery O'Connor, David Cassidy, Cass Gilbert, Chris Elliott, Judy Collins, Clare Boothe Luce, Henry Luce, Fanny Crosby, Frederic Remington, Norman Thomas, Maurice Sendak, Jay S. Walker, Joseph M. Juran, Ted Sorensen, Robert Vaughn, Westbrook Pegler, Elmer Oliphant, Howard Fast, Richard Scarry, Alice Paul, Andy Luckey, Harvey Fierstein, Ralph Edwards, Allan Nevins, Larry Adler, Ira Joe Fisher, Wayne Boring, Mahonri Young, Carolyn Kepcher, Robert Fitzgerald, Lawrence Bossidy, J. Alden Weir, Mark Salzman, Peggy Bacon, Max Wilk, Alex North, Cyril Ritchard, Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Roz Chast, Walter Hampden, Vaclav Nelhybel, Noel Regney, Robert Lewis Taylor, Maxim Shostakovich, John Ames Mitchell, Nicholas Krushenick, Joel Abbot, Tom Gilroy, Debbie Shapiro, Irene Kampen, Max Gunther, Matt Merullo, Jeremiah Donovan, Phineas C. Lounsbury, Richard Kluger, Grant Rosenmeyer, George E. Lounsbury, Orlando Busino, Jeff Landau. Excerpt: Frances Jane Crosby (March 24, 1820 - February 12, 1915), usually known as Fanny Crosby in the United States and by her married name, Frances van Alstyne, in the United Kingdom, was an American Methodist rescue mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. During her lifetime, she was well-known throughout the United States. By the end of the 19th century, she was "a household name in evangelical Protestant circles" globally, and "one of the most prominent figures in American evangelical life." Best known for her Protestant Christian hymns and gospel songs, Crosby was "the premier hymnist of the gospel song period (ca. 1870-1920)," and one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing over 8,000 despite being blind since infancy, with over 100 million copies of her songs printed. Crosby was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1975. Known as the "Qu...
