Gore Vidal - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Gore Vidal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gore Vidal - Writing Career
At age 21, he published his first novel, Williwaw, based upon his military experiences in the Alaskan Harbor Detachment. The book was wel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia - Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11, 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia - September 11, 2001 Attacks
The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States of America ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia - 1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. Informally, it can a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks
The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States of America ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creation Book: Encyclopedia - Creation Book
Creation is an epic historical fiction novel by Gore Vidal which was published in 1981. The plot follows the adventures of a Persian dipl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1979 In Film: Encyclopedia - 1979 In Film
1978 in film 1979 1980 in film 1970s in film years in film film 1979 in film - Events. March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warren G. Harding: Encyclopedia - Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, ser...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aviator: Encyclopedia - Aviator
Aviators are people who fly aircraft either for pleasure or for a job. The term is normally applied to pilots but it can be applied more ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr, Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician and adventurer. He was a major formative member of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 9/11 Truth Movement: Encyclopedia - 9/11 Truth Movement
The 9/11 Truth Movement refers to a movement by people who disagree to varying degrees with the official account of what occurred during ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Creation: Encyclopedia - Creation
Creation is the following: Generally, creation is the act or result of bringing something into existence from nothing at all. In theolog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burr Novel: Encyclopedia - Burr Novel
Burr: A Novel is a 1973 historical novel by Gore Vidal. Burr challenges the traditional iconography of American history through a fiction...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory
This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Burgess: Encyclopedia - Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 - November 22, 1993) was an English novelist and critic. He was also active as a composer, librettist,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Roosevelt - Presidency
McKinley was shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, on September 6, 1901, and died September 14, vaulting Roosevelt into the presidency. R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in: Encyclopedia Ii - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in - Memorable Moments And Catchphrases
The show gave considerable publicity to singer Tiny Tim, an unusual-looking man with long hair who sang in a falsetto voice while accompa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1960s - Events And Trends
Many of the trends of the 1960s were due to the demographic changes brought about by the baby boom generation, the height of the Cold War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - September 11 2001 Attacks - The Attacks
The attacks started with the hijacking of four commercial airliners. With jet fuel capacities of nearly 24,000 U.S. gallons (91,000 litre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Celluloid Closet: Encyclopedia Ii - The Celluloid Closet - Impact
Russo was one of the first people to persuade gay and straight people to examine the role that popular culture plays in shaping our attit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warren G. Harding: Encyclopedia Ii - Warren G. Harding - Political Rise
As an influential newspaper publisher with a flair for public speaking, Harding was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1899. He served f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Truman Capote: Encyclopedia Ii - Truman Capote - Biography
He was born Truman Streckfus Persons in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 30, 1924, and was sent to Monroeville, Alabama to be raised b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phillips Exeter Academy: Encyclopedia Ii - Phillips Exeter Academy - School's Origins And Philosophy
The Academy was established in 1781 by merchant John Phillips and his wife Elizabeth. John Phillips was the uncle of Samuel Phillips, Jr....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalki: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalki - The Kalki Within
Drawing on symbolic and metaphoric interpretations of the Buddhist Kalachakra, Shambala, and Bodhisattva traditions at least as much as t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julian The Apostate: Encyclopedia Ii - Julian The Apostate - Julian And Religion
Julian is called by Christians "The Apostate" because they believe he converted from Christianity to Paganism. He himself, as attested to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Updike: Encyclopedia Ii - John Updike - Overview
As a child, Updike suffered from psoriasis and stammering, and he was encouraged by his mother to write. Updike entered Harvard Universit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of U.s. Political Families: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of U.s. Political Families - Families
Here are some of the more notable families visible on a national level: List of U.S. political families - The Adamses. Main article: Ad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional U.s. Presidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional U.s. Presidents - A
President Barbara Adams President in: Whoops Apocalypse (film, 1986) Played by: Loretta Swit Succeeds to presidency upon death of Presid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mae West: Encyclopedia Ii - Mae West - Early Life And Career
Mae West was born Mary Jane West in Brooklyn, New York at 10:30 PM on August 17, in 1892, as stated by Marianne Dunn, quoting Paul Novak,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Transgendered People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Transgendered People - Earlier Historical Individuals
It is often difficult to construe the gender and sexual identity of pre-modern individuals. In many societies, those whom Western society...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Polymaths: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Polymaths - Enlightenment And Early Post-enlightenment
List of polymaths - A to J. Jeremy Bentham, jurist, inventor, philosopher, mathematician, economist, and political commentator William...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - September 11 2001 Attacks - The Attacks
The attacks started with the hijacking of four commercial airliners. With jet fuel capacities of nearly 24,000 U.S. gallons (91,000 litre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Empire Term: Encyclopedia Ii - American Empire Term - Imperialism As The Heart Of American Foreign Policy
Some say that America's belief in its exceptional innocence (i.e., the American Dream) is false, and that its result is an irrational bli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Bowles: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Bowles - Childhood And Youth
Bowles was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City to Rena (née Rennewisser) and Claude Dietz Bowles, where his father was a dentist, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - September 11 2001 Attacks - The Attacks
The attacks started with the hijacking of four commercial airliners. With jet fuel capacities of nearly 24,000 U.S. gallons (91,000 litre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Not In Our Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Not In Our Name - Two Key Documents
Early in their existence, NION produced two documents -- the "Pledge of Resistance" [2] and the "Statement of Conscience" [3] -- that are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Myra Breckinridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Myra Breckinridge - The Novel
Myra Breckinridge is an attractive young woman with a mission. A film buff with a special interest in the Golden Age of Hollywood, in par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of U.s. Political Families: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of U.s. Political Families - Families
Here are some of the more notable families visible on a national level: List of U.S. political families - The Adamses. Main article: Ad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sidwell Friends School: Encyclopedia Ii - Sidwell Friends School - Campuses
Washington, D.C. 15-acre (61,000 m²) Wisconsin Avenue campus in the Tenleytown section of Northwest Washington Earl G. Harrison Jr. Upp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. Albans School: Encyclopedia Ii - St. Albans School - School Philosophy
St. Albans School is chartered by the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, and is an Episcopalian School, not Roman Catholic as som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Nation: Encyclopedia Ii - The Nation - Notable Recent Events
The Nation Washington Editor, David Corn broke the Valerie Plame leak scandal in the summer of 2003 in the pages of The Nation after noti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Fruit Company: Encyclopedia Ii - United Fruit Company - Corporate History
In 1871, U.S. railroad entrepreneur Henry Meiggs signed a contract with the government of Costa Rica to build a railroad connecting the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Dick Cavett Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Dick Cavett Show - Notable Moments
The show was often unpredictable and produced some notoriously tense moments. Artist Salvador Dalí was behaving so eccentrically that a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll: Encyclopedia Ii - The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll - Criticisms
As it happens with many free votes over the Internet, the poll may be a victim of organized voting campaigns and biases introduced by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodore Roosevelt - Progressive Party Candidate In 1912
Late in 1911, Roosevelt finally broke with Taft and LaFollette and announced himself as a candidate for the Republican nomination. Most o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of The Simpsons Episodes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of The Simpsons Episodes - The Series
These are the full 22-minute long episodes that premiered before Christmas of 1989 as a spinoff of the shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gattaca: Encyclopedia Ii - Gattaca - Plot
In a fictional world where genetic engineering of humans is common and DNA plays the primary role in determining social class, Vincent (H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Way: Encyclopedia Ii - American Way - Historical Use
Our way of life is an expression that finds in all the main documents of American history. Let us see the use of the american itself use ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison - Early Life
Barbara Grizzuti was born in Queens, New York City, on 14 September 1934. Her parents were first-generation Americans; her grandparents w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Terrorism Term: Encyclopedia Ii - American Terrorism Term - Usage Of The Term
Institute for Policy Studies scholar Professor Noam Chomsky has referred to the tactics used by agents of the US government and their pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - J. Edgar Hoover: Encyclopedia Ii - J. Edgar Hoover - Department Of Justice And Fbi Career
Rather than enlisting for military service during World War I, he found work with the Justice Department. He soon proved himself capable ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - America First Committee: Encyclopedia Ii - America First Committee - Lindbergh
Lindbergh had been actively involved in questioning the motives of the Roosevelt administration well before the formation of the AFC. Lin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Roberts: Encyclopedia Ii - Bob Roberts - Plot Summary
Tim Robbins stars as Bob Roberts, a U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania who cleverly co-opts the image of the 1960s rebel — he ride...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bouvard Et Pécuchet: Encyclopedia Ii - Bouvard Et Pécuchet - Themes
Nowhere do Flaubert's explorations of the relation of signs to the objects they signify reach a more thorough study than in this work. Bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fiction Set In Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Fiction Set In Ancient Rome - Books
Fiction set in Ancient Rome - Detective fiction. The Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor, starts with Roman Blood. The Marcus Didius...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crypto-fascism: Encyclopedia Ii - Crypto-fascism - Origins
The term is mainly credited to Gore Vidal. During a television interview during the chaos of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Vid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carson Mccullers: Encyclopedia Ii - Carson Mccullers - Life
She was born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, Georgia of middle class parentage. Her mother was the granddaughter of a plantation owner and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caligula Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Caligula Film - Multiple Versions
Caligula was shown in various versions, including: An unreleased version, shown in a limited private screening at the Cannes, was 210 mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aviator: Encyclopedia Ii - Aviator - Well-known Aviators
Aviator - People largely known for their contributions to the history of aviation:. While all of these people were pilots (and some sti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palimpsest: Encyclopedia Ii - Palimpsest - Alternate Usage
The word palimpsest also refers to a plaque which has been turned around and engraved on what was originally the back side. In planetary ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli (Florence, 1469-1527), best known for his Il Principe was the founder of realist political philosophy, advocated rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Italo Calvino: Encyclopedia Ii - Italo Calvino - Timeline
He stayed in San Remo, on the Italian Riviera, for some 20 years, and enrolled in the Avanguardisti (a fascist youth organisation to whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aviator: Encyclopedia Ii - Aviator - Well-known Aviators
Aviator - People largely known for their contributions to the history of aviation:. While all of these people were pilots, many are als...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hotel Chelsea: Encyclopedia Ii - Hotel Chelsea - People Who Live/have Lived At The Hotel Chelsea
Hotel Chelsea - Writers and thinkers. During its lifetime Hotel Chelsea has provided a home to many great writers and thinkers includin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Burgess: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthony Burgess - Trivia
Anthony Burgess - Work methods. "I start at the beginning, go to the end, then stop," Burgess once said. He revealed in Martin Seymour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Military Service
During the American Revolutionary War, Burr accompanied Gen. Benedict Arnold's expedition into Canada in 1775, and on arriving before the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 9/11 Truth Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - 9/11 Truth Movement - History
Soon after the attacks, allegations of government complicity began to spread on the Internet. The first such exposé in book form (9/11 T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1960s - Events And Trends
Many of the trends of the 1960s were due to the demographic changes brought about by the baby boom generation, the height of the Cold War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abraham Lincoln: Encyclopedia Ii - Abraham Lincoln - Early Life
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one-room log cabin on a 348 acre (1.4 km²) Sinking Spring Farm in the Southeast part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1960s - Big Changes During The Sixties
1960s - In the United States. The movement for civil and political rights for African Americans (in the early '60s usually called Negro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison - First Publications
By now Harrison had become involved with the women's movement, and she began writing on feminist themes for various publications. Her fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Way: Encyclopedia Ii - American Way - American Way Of Life In The Culture
The comic book superhero Superman fought for "truth, justice and the American way." American way - Writers. A lot of American writers t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1960s - People
1960s - World leaders. Prime Minister Robert Menzies (Australia) Prime Minister Harold Holt (Australia) Prime Minister John McEwen (Au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Empire Term: Encyclopedia Ii - American Empire Term - The Denial Of Exceptionalism
Some argue that the United States is exceptional neither in good nor in evil. These thinkers agree with leftists that a naive American ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 9/11 Truth Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - 9/11 Truth Movement - Characteristics
The 9/11 Truth Movement cannot be labeled as 'left' or 'right' - it includes pacifists and paleoconservatives, Greens, anarchists, and li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison - Journalism Travel Writing And Fiction
Harrison wrote for many of the leading periodicals of her time, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, Ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison - Final Years
In 1994 Harrison, who had been a heavy smoker for most of her adult life, was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Durin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (United Kingdom, 1806-1873) is one of the first champions of modern "liberalism" as such, his work on political economy ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carson Mccullers: Encyclopedia Ii - Carson Mccullers - Works
Carson McCullers - Novels. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940) Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941) The Member of the Wedding (1946) Clo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - Adolf Berle
Adolf Berle (United States, 1895-1971) was author of The Modern Corporation and Private Property, detailing the importance of differentia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - Francis Fukuyama
Francis Fukuyama (United States, 1952- ) Fukuyama is best known as the author of the controversial book The End of History and the Last M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Nation: Encyclopedia Ii - The Nation - History
Abolitionists founded The Nation in July 1865 on "Newspaper Row" at 130 Nassau Street in Manhattan. At the time, Joseph H. Richards was t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bouvard Et Pécuchet: Encyclopedia Ii - Bouvard Et Pécuchet - Plot
Bouvard et Pécuchet details the adventures of two Parisian copy-clerks, François Denys Bartholomée Bouvard and Juste Romain Cyrille PÃ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Empire Term: Encyclopedia Ii - American Empire Term - Imperialism As A Past Stage In American History
Between these two positions, other points of view admit American expansion overseas as imperialistic, but see this imperialism as tempora...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Empire Term: Encyclopedia Ii - American Empire Term - Imperialism As Nonexistent In American Foreign Policy
Others argue that the United States is genuinely unique, and its exercise of power is different from (and ethically superior to) that pra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Fruit Company: Encyclopedia Ii - United Fruit Company - History In Central America
The United Fruit Company (UFCO) owned vast tracts of land in the Caribbean lowlands. It also dominated regional transportation networks t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - September 11 2001 Attacks - Collapse Of The World Trade Center
There has been much speculation on the "performance" of the Twin Towers after the impacts, and the reasons for the collapse are under act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1960s - Big Changes During The Sixties
1960s - In the United States. The movement for civil and political rights for African Americans (in the early '60s usually called Negro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - September 11 2001 Attacks - Speculation Alternative Theories And Claims Of Further Conspiracies
Since the attacks, there has been much speculation concerning their planning and execution. A Zogby International Poll published August 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in: Encyclopedia Ii - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in - Cast Comings And Goings
The show was #1 in the ratings for the 1968–69 and '69–70 seasons. At the end of '68–69, Judy Carne chose not to renew her contract...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - September 11 2001 Attacks - Speculation Alternative Theories And Claims Of Further Conspiracies
Since the attacks, there has been much speculation concerning their planning and execution. A Zogby International Poll published August 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - September 11 2001 Attacks - Memorials
Memorials to the victims and heroes of the attacks of September 11 have been planned for the three sites. An outdoor memorial at the Pent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Empire Term: Encyclopedia Ii - American Empire Term - American Exceptionalism
The question of American imperialism has been the subject of agonizing debate ever since the United States acquired formally external ter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - September 11 2001 Attacks - Motive
According to official US Government sources, the September 11th attacks were consistent with the mission statement of Al-Qaeda. The group...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - America First Committee: Encyclopedia Ii - America First Committee - Issues
The America First Committee launched a petition aimed at enforcing the 1939 Neutrality Act and forcing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - September 11 2001 Attacks - Aftermath
September 11 2001 attacks - International reaction. The attacks had major global political ramifications. They were denounced by mainst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - America First Committee: Encyclopedia Ii - America First Committee - Membership
AFC was established 4 September 1940 by Yale law student R. Douglas Stuart, Jr., along with other students including future President Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Contributions To Liberal Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Contributions To Liberal Theory - William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison (United States, 1805-1879) Some literature: Articles advocating abolition of slavery in the newspaperThe Liberat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Vice Presidency
Because of his control of the crucial New York legislature, Burr was placed on the Republican presidential ticket in the 1800 election wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September 11 2001 Attacks: Encyclopedia Ii - September 11 2001 Attacks - Arts And Literature
11'09"01 — September 11, a 2002 film where 11 directors present 11 stories (each of 11 minutes, 9 seconds, and 1 frame) of the event’...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Conspiracy And Trial
After the expiration of his term as Vice President on March 4, 1805, broken in fortune and virtually an exile from New York and New Jerse...   » Read the article