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Local Man Journey to Success The younger generations may not know what a wonderful person Paul Newman was but this is the reason for writing this paper about his life and established career. He was a local resident who shot to stardom and became a household name in both acting and business. This paper will share information about his early life, his acting career, and the race car driver that he lived to be. Who would have known that someone from Ohio could be so successful. Paul Leonard Newman, who was the second son of Theresa (Fetsko) and Arthur Sigmund Newman, was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio on January 26, 1925. Paul’s father was Jewish and the owner of a sporting goods store and his mother was a practicing Christian Scientist, but it was Paul’s uncle Joe who gave him his itch for acting. The young, good looking blue-eyed Paul started acting when he was in grade school and continued to perform plays during his high school years. Before Paul turned 21 years old, he was kicked out of Ohio University college for unruly behavior. After being kicked out of college Paul had joined the military and spent 3 years in the Navy II attending to the radios during World War. Paul had wanted to become a flier of planes, but it was discovered that Paul was color blind, which destroyed his dreams of becoming a pilot. After he served his time in the military, he then attended and graduated from Kenyon’s College in Ohio and married his first wife, Jackie Witte. Paul moved his…

Beginning back millions of years ago, anthracite coal as well as bituminous coal were deposited within the Appalachian Mountains. All over the United States, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia coal deposits are found (“Appalachian Mountains,” 2015). Today, 1.8 billion pounds of high explosives were used in just West Virginia and Kentucky alone. These explosives may shake and crack house foundations, startle wildlife, or spray a large area with rock and other debris. The blasting…

Siege of Boonesborough - September 7-17 1778 In 1775 Daniel Boone blazed his way into central Kentucky. He built a fort near the Kentucky River and christened it, Fort Boone. Soon American settlers began to move westward,they started settling at Fort Boone. With the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hamilton ordered the British to arm the local Native tribes and Loyalists with weapons, and encouraged them to attack the American settlers in Kentucky. In February of…

History in Louisville, Kentucky spans hundreds of years. Many famous people are from Louisville; actors, inventors, and a boxing legend. Louisville is also known for the Kentucky Derby at the Churchill Downs. During the 1770’s settlers moved into the Kentucky region area starting from scratch they built a settlement, forts, and farm lands on the Ohio River. One of the well-known residents was inventor Thomas Edison, he was a prolific inventor, holding over a thousand US patents in his name.…

Good morning, noble gentlemen of the legislature of Kentucky, allow me to introduce myself. I am the Obdurate Planter, but you can call me Adam Harrison. I am from the Jackson Purchase region and I grew up in tidewater Virginia on my father’s 5,000 acre plantation. Throughout my childhood, I was surrounded by slaves and my father’s wealth and success depended on slavery. After college, I met and became engaged to a nice young woman from good family. She had never seen a slave before, so when I…

In the story of The Great Gatsby, the narrator who explains everything is named Nick and he tells us about all the characters in The Great Gatsby . To know more about Nick the narrator, he is a non judgemental person , rich, joined the WW1. Then there is Gatsby, who is the main character. Tom is married to Daisy who is cousins with Nick, and Jordan Baker is Daisy’s friend and is interested in Nick. Myrtle is Tom’s mistress who he tries to keep secret, but everyone knows he is having an affair.…

people spoke a distinct dialect that became known as AE. Unique features characterize the speech in Appalachia; the use of these features is fading as the area becomes less isolated. Migration and advances in technology have played a key role in shifting the dialect toward Standard English. The Appalachian English dialect, which has several unique features, developed in the Appalachian Mountain area due to migration and isolation in the 1700s and began to fade due to migration, technology…

Kentucky residents of Jefferson, Oldham, Bullitt, Trimble, Meade, Shelby, and Spencer counties qualify for in-state resident tuition. Other counties are considered out-of-state tuition. As of Summer 2016, IUS switched to a flat fee tuition rate. This enables students to register from 12 to 18 credit hours per semester. Tuition for enrollment in fewer than 12 credit hours is charged at the current per-credit-hour rate of $215.92 per credit hour. At IUS, most degree programs encourage…

After briefly setting the stage in the Civil War and the immediate years following, Eller focuses on modernization efforts preceding the 1930s depression and revitalization efforts that began during World War II. Eller makes the argument that industrialization and an expanding market economy altered Appalachian land use and social relations as early as the Civil War. During the years leading up to the Great Depression residents attempted to return to an earlier way of life that involved farming…

This book is centered around Dawn Jewel, a 15-year-old girl growing up in Eastern Kentucky. It illustrates the many challenges a young lady growing up in the region would but seems to extremely over exaggerate the issues to the most extreme. The novel is set in a poor community that details bad living conditions and a failing schools system. The novel details Dawn being pressured into doing drugs before school, skipping school, fighting, and stealing cars. These details are exactly what I think…