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Charles Gates, 1865–1951, U.S. financier and diplomat: vice president of the U.S. 1925–29; Nobel Peace Prize 1925.
William, 1745–99, U.S. Revolutionary patriot: rode with Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott warning Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston.
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Sons and Lovers David Herbert Lawrence
Cy Whittaker’s Place Joseph C. Lincoln
Sons and Lovers David Herbert Lawrence
Cy Whittaker’s Place Joseph C. Lincoln
For the Term of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke
Dream Town Henry Slesar
Sons and Lovers David Herbert Lawrence
Dream Town Henry Slesar
The Ranchman Charles Alden Seltzer
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Charles Gates. 1865–1951, US financier, diplomat, and statesman, who devised the Dawes Plan for German reparations payments after World War I; vice president of the US (1925–29); Nobel peace prize 1925
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