Ft. Pitt [additional Pittsburgh history] = Caitlin
Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers = Alex
American Standard Corporation [background] (pp. 8-9) = Richard
Jean Arp style furniture (35) = James
Calder sculpture (8, 35, 213) = Melissa
Gaugin’s Fatata te miti [art] (35) = Vaughn
Edgerton Avenue (33) --Richland Avenue (66) --Reynolds Street (45) = Monica
Frick Park (Ch. 10) = Hannah
Lake Erie—summer cottage of Grandparents Doak (Ch. 13) = Sean
The Field Book of Ponds and Streams by Ann Haven Morgan (Ch. 16) = Samantha
Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Frederick H. Pough (Ch. 25) = Emily
Cotillion and Debutante process (Ch. 17 and 32) = Shelby
Orange Street Cars in Pittsburgh (Ch. 19) = Jesse
Ralph Kiner (68) and Roberto Clemente (220-1) [baseball players] = Drew
“trollish” Pirates’ fate in the ‘50s (97) = Whitney
Bill Mazeroski and 1960 World Series: Pirates vs. Yankees (99 and 229) = Adam
Wayne Terwilliger (110) = Jordan
Tamiami Trail (111) = Analisa
Reddy Kilowatt (102) [See Illustration above] = Pieter
French and Indian Wars [history] (Ch. 21) = Jade
Sid Caesar (140) = Matt
Polyphemus moth (160) = See chapter "The Fixed" in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Dillard's 1975 Pulitzer Prize winner.
Rhinocerous beatle (163) = Nathan
Sewickley Country Club (Ch. 32) = Cory
Andrew Carnegie (Ch. 35) = Justin
Man Walking sculpture (212-3) = Erica
Annie now. Where is Waldo Annie? = Ashleigh
In Addition, Ponder These...
>What question would you ask Dillard, if you had a chance to talk to her? Why? What would her answer be?
>What perspective does An American Childhood give you on your life?
>What metaphor(s) would you use to describe life? [But beware cliches.]
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The American Standard Company, formerly known as Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company, was founded in 1875. By 1899 it had merged with several other small plumbing companies as well. The one-piece toilet, built-in tubs, combination faucets (which mix hot and cold water to deliver tempered water), and tarnish-proof, corrosion-proof chrome finishes for brass fittings are all things that the American Standard company introduced or improved on. 1929 Standard had become the world’s largest producer of bathroom fixtures and plumbing fixtures. Also in 1929 we finally get the name American Standard when Standard Sanitary Corporation merged with American Radiator Company to form American Standard. --Richard
When millionaire industrialist Henry Clay Frick told his 17-year-old daughter, Helen, that she could have anything she wanted for her debutante party in 1908, she asked for a park where the children of Pittsburgh could enjoy nature. The park that came to be Frick Park is a direct result of Henry Clay Frick’s gift to the city. The park opened in 1927 and has continually been added to by the city with the most recent addition in 1996. The park now consists of 561 acres and is home to many recreational courts as well as nature preserves, historical sites, and miles of trails.
via http://www.pittsburghparks.org/photo-gallery
--Hanna
The 1960 World Series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) and New York Yankees (AL). But the reason why this series is so unforgettable is because of game seven. The game was tied 9-9 in the bottom of the ninth inning. Bill Mazeroski stepped up to the plate hit a home run that won the game 10-9 and the Series for the Pirates. --Adam
Ralph Kiner played only 10 seasons because constant injuries forced his retirement. But Kiner's tremendous slugging output during his short career outpaced nearly all of his National League contemporaries between the years 1946 and 1954. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975. In 1947, he gained notice for hitting 51 home runs. Ralph Kiner is the only player to lead the league in home runs each of his first seven seasons in the league. For every 100 at-bats, he averaged 7.1 home runs. That percentage is second only to Babe Ruth. Kiner holds the National League record for most consecutive seasons as the league’s home run king (7).
--Drew
Roberto Clemente was a right fielder when he was in the majors. Clemente played eighteen seasons in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1972, all with Pittsburgh. He was awarded the National League’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1966. During the course of his career, Clemente was selected to participate in the league's All Star Game on twelve occasions. He won twelve Gold Glove Awards and led the league in batting average four different seasons. He also has 3,000 career hits. --Drew
‘Trollish’ is human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground in hills, caves or mounds. They are compared to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 50's because over the period of three years when Annie was young they lost over 100 games before winning the National Championship. Associating them with trolls gives the idea that the Pirates were the underdogs of the league, later rising to become champions. --Whitney
Calder was a sculptor who made things such as mobiles and abstract pieces out of metal. He actually invented the mobile. His name was Alexander Calder, but he was also known as Sandy Calder. When Annie’s mother started to get into her modern art phase, she bought a Calder mobile that reminded Annie of trees leaves blowing in the wind during winter. --Melissa
Born September 8, 1922, Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar is an American comic actor and writer known as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, and to younger generations as Coach Calhoun in Grease and Grease 2. Caesar was born in Yonkers, New York, the son of Jewish immigrants, who ran a twenty-four-hour luncheonette. Caesar would helped his parents by waiting on tables. While doing that, Sid learned to mimic many of the accents he would use throughout his long career. When he first tried his double-talk with a group of Italians, he was so small his head barely reached above the table. They enjoyed it so much, they sent him over to a group of Poles to repeat it in Polish, and so on with Russians, Hungarians, Frenchmen, Spaniards, Lithuanians, and Bulgarians. Despite his apparent fluency in many languages, in reality Caesar can only speak English and Yiddish. The Caesars were a funny family and Sid's older brother Dave was his comic mentor and 'one-man cheering section.' --Matt
Because of its strategic site, The Forks of the Ohio became a key location in Britain and France's struggle for control of North America, and later in the new nation's plans for westward expansion and a strong federal government. Fort Pitt was a fort in what is now the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The fort was built in 1758 during the French and Indian War, next to the site of Fort Duquesne. Reference = http://www.wqed.org/education/pghist/units/WPAhist/wpa2.shtml --Caitlin
A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals by Fredrick H. Pough is a definitive guide that includes 385 color photographs showing rocks, minerals, and geologic formations. Hundreds of minerals are described, with details such as geographic formations. Also included are geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystal structure details.
This is related to Annie and her life because it can relate to her interest in nature and her journeys and experiences with nature and finding out more. The geographic distributions could relate to her map information. --Emily
The Field Book of Ponds and Streams by Ann Haven Morgan, is mentioned in chapter 16 of An American Childhood. Dillard writes of finding this book in the adult section of the library under Natural History. After reading The Field Book, Annie discovers her ignorance about a great many things in life.
This book gives instruction on how to make many sorts of nets, buckets, and jars. It also shows and describes how to mount slides, label insects on their pins, and set up a freshwater aquarium. It distinguishes between insects, bacteria, salamanders and other forms of pond life. --- Samantha
The Allegheny River and the Monongahela Rivers come together to form the Ohio River. The Rivers are approximately 325 miles long and run through New York and Pennsylvania. The valley of the river has a lot of energy resources with deposits of coal, petroleum, and natural gas. --Alex
The Tamiami Trail (pronounced "tammy-ammy") is the southernmost 275 miles (443 km) of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida. Construction on the north-south section was begun in 1915. The east-west portion was originally called the Miami-Marco Road. Tamiami is said to be a contraction of “Tampa to Miami.” --Analisa
Andrew Carnegie was an immigrant who became one of the greatest philanthropists of American history. He owned Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company and controlled almost the entire industry. He created libraries with the money he earned and then died. Annie Dillard consistently refers to reading in a library. Through reading the book we discover that this library was established by the one, the only, Andrew Carnegie. –Justin
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