When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Proverbs (Bible) (4.13; 63.15)
- Jesus (6.14; 43.11; 63.6, 63.10; 136.15)
- Psalms (Bible) (18.1)
- H.G. Wells (21.14)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (56.10)
- 1 Samuel (Bible) (121.23; 127.18)
- Exodus (Bible) (121.27)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (133.9)
Historical References
- Theodore Roosevelt (Pre.4; 12.6; 13.1; 77.21; 138.21; 139.1; 140.3)
- Abraham Lincoln (24.13; 33.18; 92.6)
- Senator John Tyler Morgan (47.2)
- W.E.B. Du Bois (48.2; 89.10; 96.13)
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett (48.2; 89.10; 96.13)
- Booker T. Washington (48.12)
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain) (54.15; 55.12; 56.1)