tag: birthplace
ernest hemingway locations
July 16, 2013 peter bell
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in Oak Park, IL on July 21, 1899. The son of a physician (Clarence Edmonds Hemingway) and a musician (Grace Hall-Hemingway), Ernest spent the summers of his youth in northern Michigan where he learned to hunt and fish, as he began to develop a habit for writing stories. Later in […]
jack kerouac locations
May 8, 2013 peter bell
Born Jean-Louis Kerouac on March 12, 1922 to French-Canadian parents in the second-story apartment of a Lowell, MA home, Jack Kerouac became one of the preeminent writers (along with Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs) of what was later dubbed “the Beat generation.” Before beatniks or hippies or even punk rock- this group of writers, […]
elvis presley locations in tupelo
April 18, 2013 peter bell
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 to Vernon and Gladys Presley. Elvis’ twin brother, Jesse Garon, died in stillbirth that same day. The home where Elvis was born is now a museum open to the public in Tupelo. The Presleys lived in and near Tupelo until Vernon moved the family to Memphis. […]
bruce springsteen locations
March 20, 2013 peter bell
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born in the fertile green hills of New Jersey, USA on September 2, 1949. The Boss was raised on 50s rock, became an Americana rock-and-roller in the 70s, turned into a denim-clad icon in the 80s, and today has the distinguished position of elder rock statesman and link to music […]
janis joplin locations
March 6, 2013 peter bell
Janis Lyn Joplin was born on January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, TX. The daughter of a Texaco engineer and a college registrar (Seth and Dorothy Joplin, respectively), Janis attended church, sang in the choir, and grew into an awkward teen that loved the blues. She left Port Arthur to attend college in Beaumont and […]