A Little Bit of History

Lab One:

1. William Faulner's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

"I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work..."

2. January 1, 1644 fell on a Friday. As for the weather, from the 1st to the 10th of the month, it was "cloudy and rainy weather, with occasional sunshine and somewhat warm."

(Source: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography)

3. The five deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history:

1) Great Galveston Hurricane (TX)/1900/Category 4/8,000 deaths

2) FL (Lake Okeechobee)/1928/Category 4/2,500 deaths

3) Katrina (LA, MS, FL, GA, AL)/2005/Category 3/1,200 deaths

4) Cheniere Caminanda (LA)/1893/Category 4/1,100-1,400 deaths

5) Sea Islands (SC, GA)/1893/Category 3/1,000-2,000 deaths

(Source: Weather Underground)

4. Hey, look! It's Frank Lloyd Wright's "Fallingwater" blueprints!

5. Here's Hemingway's passport photo, along with some observations...

1) Is it just me or is he staring through my soul?

2) The sepia tone really dates the photograph, and even Hemingway himself. No beard in this photo.

3) Hemingway's silhouette is very straight; there seem to be no curves at all.

4) The picture could not be more precise, not a thing is messy or unkempt.

5) There is just something very ominous about the photo. This man is hiding something. Even though it's just a still image, I feel at any second there could be movement.