When authors give shout outs 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
- Henry David Thoreau (1.4.3)
- Graham Greene (1.10.26)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (2.13.22)
- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (2.16.49)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (2.16.49)
- Edith Wharton (2.16.49)
Historical References
- John Muir (1.1.2)
- Lewis and Clark (1.2.7, referenced throughout)
- Benton MacKaye (1.3.1)
- Myron Avery (1.3.4, referenced throughout)
- Daniel Boone (1.4.4, referenced throughout)
- William Bartram (1.6.3)
- John Thomas Scopes (1.8.64)
- Clarence Darrow (1.8.64)
- Williams Jennings Bryan (1.8.64)
- Earl V. Shaffer (1.9.1)
- Stewart Udall (1.9.6)
- Asher Brown Durand (1.10.1)
- Thomas Jefferson (1.10.5)
- Bill Gates (1.10.5)
- John Bartram (1.10.6)
- Pehr Kalm (1.10.7)
- Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1.10.7)
- André Michaux (1.10.7)
- Thomas Nuttall (1.10.7)
- Catherine the Great (1.10.11)
- Bill Clinton (1.11.98)
- Franklin Roosevelt (1.12.9)
- John Browne (2.13.21)
- Stonewall Jackson (2.13.22, referenced throughout)
- John Wilkes Booth (2.13.22)
- Robert E. Lee (2.13.37)
- Edwin Drake (2.14.16)
Pop Culture References
- Orson Welles (1.2.51)
- Audrey Hepburn (1.3.34)
- Spencer Tracy (1.3.34)
- Don Knotts (1.4.2)
- Norman Rockwell (1.4.66)
- Deliverance (1.5.71, referenced throughout)
- X-Files (1.6.58, referenced throughout)
- Elvis Presley (1.8.11)
- Dolly Parton (1.8.13)
- Emma (Grandma" Gatewood (1.8.8)
- Jimmy Stewart (1.11.2)
- Deanna Durbin (1.11.2)
- Bob Newhart (2.16.72)
- Allen Partridge (2.16.73)
- Bambi (2.20.3)
- Wizard of Oz (2.20.3)