Quote of the day
Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Ernest K. Gann

Born: October 13, 1910
Died: December 19, 1991 (aged 81)
Bio: Ernest Kellogg Gann was an American aviator, author, sailor, and conservationist.
Known for:
- Fate Is the Hunter (1961)
- The Antagonists (1970)
- In the Company of Eagles (1966)
- Song of the Sirens (1968)
- Island in the Sky (1944)