Ticknor
Americannoun
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Her 2005 novel, “Ticknor,” was inspired by the real-life friendship between the 19th-century authors William Hickling Prescott and George Ticknor.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022
Amy Ticknor, a flight attendant who is among the 19,000 people American Airlines is furloughing, spent Thursday filing for unemployment insurance and taking care of her 6-week-old and 2-year-old daughters.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2020
“Trump was the tipping point for me,” said Emily Ticknor, a 33-year-old stay-at-home mother.
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2018
Her short-story collection, The Middle Stories, appeared in 2001, then came Ticknor, a historical novel about a 19th-century biographer.
From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2013
The s�ances were frequented at one time or another by most of the stars of English letters, embracing, besides those above named, Campbell, Hallam, Crabbe, Lockhart, Disraeli, Irving, George Ticknor, etc.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
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