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...South and the nation in letters, on the bench, in the cloth, in medicine, the army and navy, and most famously in public office. Admiral William F. Halsey and Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., belong to the same alumni association which nominally includes Pee and one Nathaniel R. Clanton of Augusta, Ga., black sheep of his class, who was killed on the barri cades of the Paris Commune...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Old Virginia Nurtures Gentry Before Scholars Jefferson's Child Turns Out Wealthy, Wild, and Wooly Grads | 10/10/1947 | See Source »

...gangsters or prizefighters, this time has gone back to the days of the Western two-gun men. Partly historical, his graphic narrative smells more of gunpowder than of the lamp. Says he: "This story ... is based on the events leading up to and arising out of the Earp-Clanton feud. This famous old feud is still hotly discussed in the southeastern corner of Arizona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fusilier* | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

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