Here are posts labelled "Businessman" on The Guide
Just the Facts:
- Name: Harris Newmark
- Birth: July 5, 1834, Löbau, Germany
- Death: April 4, 1916, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Language: German, English
- Who he was: Prussian-American businessman and historian; Sixty Years in Southern California: 1853-1913
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Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Josiah Gregg
- Birth: July 19, 1806, Overton County, Tennessee, USA
- Death: February 25, 1850, Clearlake, California, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American merchant, naturalist, and author; Commerce of the Prairies
- Included in lists (What's This?): SW
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Phineas Taylor Barnum
- Known as: P. T. Barnum
- Birth: July 5, 1810, Bethel, Connecticut, USA
- Death: April 7, 1891, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American showman; Life of P.T. Barnum; The Humbugs of the World; Struggles and Triumphs; The Art of Money-Getting
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Walter Elias "Walt" Disney
- Birth: December 5, 1901, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Death: December 15, 1966, Burbank, California, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American filmmaker and entrepreneur responsible for dozens of animated and live-action films (which earned a record 22 Academy Awards, plus four honoraries) as well as theme parks and other enterprises. His films include Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Fantasia; Pinocchio; Dumbo; Bambi; Cinderella; and Mary Poppins.
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Marco Polo
- Birth: 1254 (date and place unknown)
- Death: January 8, 1324, Venice, Italy
- Language: Italian
- Who he was: Italian merchant and explorer; The Travels of Marco Polo (originally in Old French Livre des Merveilles du Monde or Book of the Marvels of the World) was based on his stories
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
