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...walking repository of Hoosier lore, with which he delights audiences. As Branigin expounds early Indiana history, Lieut. Colonel George Rogers Clark comes out a combination of Daniel Boone, Kit Carson and Davy Crockett; Clark's conquests of Kaskaskia, Vincennes and Cahokia sound only slightly less momentous than Saratoga, Trenton and Yorktown...
...never marrying, pouring everything into her writing as she mined the rich lodes of Americana she found all across the country-in Chicago (1924's So Big), the Mississippi River (1926's Show Boat), Oklahoma (1929's Cimarron), upstate New York (1941's Saratoga Trunk), Texas (1952's Giant) and Alaska (1958's Ice Palace). Critics sometimes called her shallow; her subjects often found her biting judgments just the reverse (in Texas, in fact, there were mutters of lynching). Her books, Broadway plays and countless short stories, brought her fame and wealth. "Life...
...Saratoga, Calif...
...formation of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) gave collegiate track the biggest boost it would ever get--it held its first meet that year at Saratoga, New York, offering a huge silver cup as a trophy to the team winning the most IC4A titles between then...
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11:45 p.m.). Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper in Saratoga Trunk...