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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sheldon was born Sidney Schechtel in Chicago, Illinois, to parents of Russian Jewish ancestry, Ascher "Otto" Schechtel (1894?1967), manager of a jewelry store, and Natalie Marcus. At 10, he made his first sale, $5 for a poem. During the Depression, he worked at a variety of jobs, attended Northwestern University and contributed short plays to drama groups.In 1937 he moved to Hollywood, California, where he reviewed scripts and collaborated on a number of B movies. Sheldon enlisted in the military during World War II as a pilot in the War Training Service, a branch of the Army Air Corps, However, his unit was disbanded before Sheldon could see any action. He then returned to civilian life and moved to New York where he began writing musicals for the Broadway stage while continuing to write screenplays for both MGM Studios and Paramount Pictures. ... Read more

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For Laurie Field, life is a series of hellos and good-byes, of attachments cut short by the struggle for survival in America's Dust Bowl.When a violent dust storm leaves their mother dead and the family farm in ruins, Laurie and her brother help their father load up the flivver and leave Kansas, aiming for a better life.At the side of the road, the Fields meet handsome wayfarer Johnny Morrigan.Although he is with them for only a short time, Johnnny makes a painful journey easier with his gentle manner and songs of struggle and hope written by Woody Guthrie and other American greats.Her father travels to California in search of work, leaving Laurie and her brother in the care of their autocratic grandfather.Anxious to see her family reunited, Laurie head for California.An unabridged reading by Academy Award Winning Actress Patty Duke.14 CD's 16.2 Hrs. ... Read more

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The Longest Road
I read this book for a school report, and it kept me engaged throughout the book. Laurie is an amazing person who has learned so much at a young age by the tragedies that have come to her. She is a great charactor. ... Read more

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To Love This Life is a beautiful and moving souvenir of one of the world's most admired women.This memorable collection of quotations from Helen Keller brings words of wisdom, courage, and inspiration from a remarkable individual who above all wanted to make a difference in the lives of her fellow men and women.They offer profound statements on the meaning of being human and on life in all its complexity, revealing the wit and wisdom of an unforgettable woman.Perfect for gift giving. ... Read more

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This small book, spoken from the heart of the eternal "symbol of strength," Helen Keller, will warm and inspire the reader!
Helen Adams Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880.A sudden illness at the age of 19 months quickly wiped out her ability to communicate and relate to the world around her as she suddenly found herself deaf and blind.Her world closed in around her and she was unable to relay to the world her inner feelings, to learn, and speak to it until "Teacher," Annie Sullivan, came into her life.She soon began to blossom and her "words" began to flow nonstop until her death almost a decade later.

In this book we can read those "words of wisdom, courage, and inspiration from a woman who above all wanted to make a difference in the lives of her fellow men and women and whose remarkable personality is reflected in this new and memorable collection of quotations."The foreward is by Jimmy Carter and the Preface is penned by Keller Johnson-Thompson, Helen's great-great-nephew, and followed by a chronology of her life.The quotations in this small volume are thematic: This Life, The Senses, Faith, Happiness, Friendship and Love, Life and Living, Education, Books and Literature, Nature, Women in Society, Human Nature, War and Peace, Changing the World, People and Events, and Triumph over Adversity.

"Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. . . . Hear the music of voices, the song of the bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow.Touch each object as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail.Smell the perfume of the flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again.Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facts of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you."--- "Three Days to See," Atlantic Monthly, January 1933

This small book, spoken from the heart of the eternal "symbol of strength," Helen Keller, will warm and inspire the reader.There are several black and white photographs interspersed throughout the book that mesh with the series of quotations.For example, under the section of quotations for the section "Friendship and Love," we find her with the inimitable Annie Sullivan in a loving portrait.Some of the "quotations" embrace more than a simple line or two and are snippets from actual letters.One such letter discusses her thoughts on the Warsaw Ghetto in a letter written to Jo Davidson in 1947.This beautiful book is one that shows many facets of Helen Keller and will be cherished by the reader for many years to come. ... Read more

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From 1973 to 1974, radio enjoyed a return to compelling drama with "The Zero Hour", hosted by Rod Serling and featuring edge-of-your-seat dramas adapted from bestselling mystery novels. "The Wife of the Red-Haired Man" stars Patty Duke, John Astin, Howard Duff, Harold Gould and Benny Ruben. 2 cassettes. ... Read more

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11" x 8"; 128 pages. Whitman #1122 ... Read more