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
- Addison, Joseph (2.1.118-122, 2.1.125, 2.1.129)
- Allen, Fred (2.3.52)
- Alsop, Joseph (2.3.62)
- Brunhild (3.2.12)
- Carroll, Lewis (4.4.16)
- Conan Doyle, Arthur, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (3.3.56)
- De Cervantes, Miguel, Don Quixote (1.2.4)
- Ferbner, Edna (4.1.9)
- Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail (3.8.1)
- Gielgud, John, The Ages of Man (3.3.90)
- Homer (2.3.67)
- Lewis, Sinclair (a.k.a. Red) (2.3.67, 3.2.35-45, 3.3.1-7)
- Shakespeare, William (3.3.90, 3.3.94)
- Shirer, William, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (2.1.101)
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (3.6.11)
- Wolfe, Thomas, You Can't Go Home Again (3.10.39, 3.11.3)
- Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, Heavenly Discourse (3.5.4)
Historical References
- The Alamo (4.1.8)
- Bonaparte, Napoleon (2.3.54)
- Brady, Matthew (3.6.1)
- Caesar, Julius (3.10.4)
- The Constitution (3.7.11)
- Custer, George Armstrong (3.5.3)
- The Declaration of Independence (3.7.11)
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (2.3.67)
- Frémont, General John C. (3.11.4)
- Gallup, George (3.13.5)
- Gandhi, Mahatma (4.4.125, 4.4.129)
- The Gestapo (2.4.25)
- Harding, Warren G. (3.10.12)
- Herodotus (3.3.10)
- Hoover, Herbert (3.10.12)
- Huggins, Alan P. (2.3.67)
- Jacob (2.2.54)
- Kennedy, John F. (3.10.14)
- Kennedy, Robert F. (3.10.21)
- Genghis Khan (3.10.25)
- King, Martin Luther (4.4.123)
- Chief Joseph (3.5.4)
- Khrushchev, Nikita (2.1.67-76)
- Knox, John (2.3.63)
- Lewis and Clark (3.7.2)
- Lincoln, Abraham (2.5.31, 3.7.11, 3.7.115)
- Mandeville, John de (3.3.10)
- Miles, General (3.5.4)
- Geoffrey of Monmouth (2.3.67)
- The Narváez Expedition (3.13.19, 3.13.26)
- Nixon, Richard M. (3.10.15)
- Mount Rushmore (2.2.38, 3.6.1)
- St. Paul (2.5.84)
- Marco Polo (3.3.10)
- Remington, Frederic (3.4.3)
- Roosevelt, Franklin (3.3.8, 3.3.34)
- Sitting Bull (3.5.3)
Pop Culture References
- Disneyland (3.6.1)
- Gielgud, John (3.3.90, 3.3.92, 3.3.97-98)
- The New York Yankees (3.3.27)
- Porter, Cole (2.3.67)
- Presley, Elvis (2.3.67)