Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Frank R. Stockton
Born: April 5, 1834
Died: April 20, 1902 (aged 68)
Bio: Frank Richard Stockton was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century.
Known for:
- The Lady, or the Tiger? (1882)
- The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales (1887)
- The griffin and the minor canon (1885)
- The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories (1884)
- The Adventures of Captain Horn (1894)