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Word: cornland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Shawnessy's Eve. As little Johnny Shawnessy, born in 1839, he grew up in the cornland of central Indiana. In his teens he pored over Shakespeare and began writing a column signed "Will Westward" for a Raintree County weekly paper. He fell in love with a beautiful girl named Nell. Among his friends were Cassius P. ("Cash") Carney, a boy with business sense, and Garwood Jones, a robust, youthful politician with a shrewd eye for the girls and the main chance. Garwood Jones and Johnny Shawnessy were rivals for Nell, but Garwood would never have won out if Johnny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: American Myth | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

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