Acknowledgments

1. Commentaries by Paul David Dunn from "The Possibility Thinkers Bible," Robert H. Schuller, Exec. Editor (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1984)

2. "The Hollywood History of the World" by George MacDonald Fraser (Beech Tree Books/William Morrow, 1988)

3. Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary (Merriam-Webster, 1989)

4. "The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable", E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. (1894 edition. Reproduced by Avenel Books/Crown Publishers, Inc., 1978)

5. "The Children's Hour, Vol. 8, Legends and Myths", Marjorie Barrows, Editor (Spencer Press, 1953)

6. CBS News

7. "The Right Stuff" (Warner Bros., 1983)

8. "Ripley's Believe It or Not", ABC Television

9. "Texas Highways"  (April 1994)

10. World Book Encyclopaedia (1958 edition)

11. Gray Line Tours

12. The History Channel

13. "The Cooking of the British Isles" by Adrian Bailey (Time/Life Books, 1969)

14. "Traditional Scottish Recipes" by George L. Thomson (Canongate Publishing, 1976)

15. American folklore

16. "The Bible as History" by Werner Keller (Hodder and Stoughton, 1965, 1980; Bantam, 1982)

17. Holy Bible (King James, New King James, New International Version and Revised Standard versions)

18. "The Plays of of William Shakespeare" from The Peebled Classic Library, Sandy Lesberg, Editor (Peebles Press International, Inc.)

19. "350 B.C. History of Animals by Aristotle" (translated by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson)

20. "The Bestiary on Eliki "(A Collection of Creatures from Myth and Magic) from www.ELIKI.com

21. "Encyclopedia of American Cars (From 1930)" by the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide, 1993.

22." The New York Times Book of Science Literacy : What Everyone Needs to Know from Newton to the Knuckleball" by Richard Flaste, Editor (Times Books, 1991)

23. "Old Houghs Keep the Game Real" by Michael Alan Long (from "The Sou'wester",  Vol. 83, No. 16, Feb. 21, 1996; Rhodes College)

24. "Baseball Lore: Knuckleballs" by Eliot Cohen (from Total Baseball Online)

25. Hill's Album of Art and Biography by Thomas E. Hill (Danks & Co., 1890)

26. Breaking All the Rules by Nancy Roberts (Viking Press, 1987)

27. Elite Cars by the Editors of Consumer Digest (1979 ed.)

28. Back to the Future (1985), II (1989)& III (1990) Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Universal Pictures)

29. The Age of Chivalry (Story of Man Library) by National Geographic Staff (National Geographic Society, 1969).

30. "The Music Man" by Meredith Wilson (Warner Bros., 1962; based on the Broadway musical: 1957).

31. The Milton Cross New Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music, 1969.

32. "Gunga Din" (RKO Radio Pictures, 1939), "Wee Willie Winkie" (20th Century Fox, 1937) from stories by Rudyard Kipling.

33. "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (Warner Brothers, 1936) from the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

34. "The Vikings" (United Artists, 1958).

35. Dallas Morning News

36. KRLD News Radio 1080AM

37. British folklore

38. "The Great Escape" novel by Paul Brickhill (Arrow Books, 1951)

39. "The Great Escape" (United Artists, 1963)

40. "After the Battle" magazine (No. 87)

41. "The Longest Tunnel" by Alan Burgess (Bloomsbury Publishing, 1990)

42. The Great Escape: Stalag Luft 3, Sagan: March 1944 (website) by Rob Davis

43. "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp (Lippencott, 1949)

44. "The Sound of Music" (20th Century Fox, 1965)

45. "The Longest Day, June 6, 1944" by Cornelius Ryan (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1959)

46. "The Longest Day" (20th Century Fox, 1962)

47. "Superman" (D.C. Comics)

48. "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" by Jim Croce

49. "Outline of the Apostles" from the Open Bible (KJV) (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1975)

50. 1001 Christmas Facts and Fancies by A.C. Hottes (Dodd, Mead & Co., 1944)

51. How in the World? (Reader's Digest Books, 1990)

52. "The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Jesus" by Gary R. Habermas (College Press Publishing Co., 1996)

53. "Blazing Saddles" (Warner Brothers, 1974)

54. "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, New Edition" (Oxford University Press, 1981; rev. 1987)

55. "Who's Who in the Bible" (Reader's Digest Association, 1994)

56. Eerdman's Family Encyclopedia of the Bible (Lion Publishing, 1978)

57. "Maverick" (Warner Brothers, 1994)

58. "The Bishop's Wife" (RKO Radio Pictures, 1947).

59. Strange Stories and Amazing Facts (Reader's Digest Association, 1976, 1977).

60. "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (Columbia Pictures, 1989).

61. "Just For Laughs" and "The Best of Andy Griffith" (Capitol Records)

62. The Wall Street Journal.

63. "The Quiet Man" (Republic Pictures, 1952)

64. "The Old Apple Tree" (M.K. Jerome & Jack Scholl, 1938)

65. "Swing Your Lady" (Warner Bros., 1938)

66. Bob Crosby and His Orchestra 1938 (Circle, re-release 1991)

67. CNN.com (Travel Guide--"Hilton's new Hanoi hotel no  'Hanoi Hilton'"--February 26, 1999)

68.  CNN.com (analysis y: why it matters--"'Hanoi Hilton' now holds only painful memories" by Tom Mintier --April 27, 2000)

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