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Also Known As	Edward Franklin Albee
Born	March 12, 1928 • Washington, D.C. • United States
Died	September 16, 2016 (aged 88) • New York
Awards And Honors	Tony Awards (2005) • Kennedy Center Honors (1996) • National Medal of Arts (1996) • Pulitzer Prize (1994) • Pulitzer Prize (1975) • Pulitzer Prize (1967) • Grammy Award (1963)
Notable Works	“A Delicate Balance” • “At Home at the Zoo” • “Occupant” • “Seascape” • “The American Dream” • “The Goat; or, Who Is Sylvia?” • “The Play About the Baby” • “The Sandbox” • “The Zoo Story” • “Three Tall Women” • “Tiny Alice” • “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

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Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

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