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4 unusual facts about Harper's Island


HMNZS Tarapunga

After decommissioning, she was purchased by North American owners and can be seen in Harper's Island Episode 1, as the charter boat that brings the wedding party to the island.

Kilcoole

Cassidy's claim to fame was in her appearance in the film The Others and also starring as the lead in the television show Harper's Island.

Sanford Bookstaver

As a television director, some of Bookstaver's episodic credits include Prison Break, The O.C., Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, House, Harper's Island, Jericho, White Collar, Fastlane and Bones.

WTTB

The phrase was recently used in the 2009 television series pilot for CBS's Harper's Island.


Alan Lightman

Since that time, Lightman's essays, short fiction, and reviews have also appeared in The American Scholar, The Atlantic Monthly, Boston Review, Dædalus, Discover, Exploratorium, Granta, Harper's Magazine, Harvard Magazine, Inc Technology, Nature, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, "Salon",

Alice Cary

Alice wrote for the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Putnam's Magazine, the New York Ledger, the Independent, and other literary periodicals.

All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight

"All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight" was a poem first published as "The Picket Guard" by Ethel Lynn Beers in Harper's Weekly, November 30, 1861, attributed only to "E.B."

Althea Harper

While at University, Harper interned with notable fashion designers Anna Sui, and Zac Posen, in NYC, she also lived in London interning with Alexander McQueen, and Vivienne Westwood.

Andrew Cockburn

Apart from his books he has written for National Geographic, Los Angeles Times, The London Review of Books, Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, Harper's Magazine, CounterPunch, Condé Nast Traveler, New York Times, and the Dungarvan Observer.

Bambi Harper

In early September 2008, it was reported that administrative charges could be leveled against Harper for having allowed the cutting of 29 trees, including nine mahogany and flame trees at the Plaza de Roma fronting Manila Cathedral.

Brooks Thomas

Thomas was president of the Association of American Publishers (as well as Harper & Row) in 1983 when that group voted to fund a revamped version of American Book Awards, ending a four-year experiment on the Academy Awards model.

Chad Kultgen

#The Lie (2009, Published by Harper, HarperCollins, Harper Perennial)

Charles McVety

In November 2006, former Conservative Garth Turner claimed that McVety had once boasted to him of his influence with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, saying "I can pick up the phone and call Harper and I can get him in two minutes." McVety flatly denied saying this, after which Turner firmly reiterated his claim.

Colaba

Gerald Aungier, second Governor of Bombay (1672), and the president of the English settlement of Surat, took possession of Colaba and Old Woman's Island on behalf of the Company in 1675.

David T. Beito

Black Maverick is a biography of civil rights leader, surgeon, entrepreneur and self-help advocate, T.R.M. Howard, who was a mentor to Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer, and was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Harper's Magazine, and other publications.

Dick at Nite

# "Gilligan's Island Theme" (a.k.a. The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle) – 1:54

El Laberinto de Alicia

New Victims describe the place where the abuse occurred as a basement, this is identical to the Shelter School, Alice and her ex-husband who is case Detective Manuel (Francisco Reyes) conclude that the pedophile is an alumnus of the School to Shelter recreates the place was abused by Mr. Harold Harper, wanting to follow the steps above.

Fight for Your Mind

Reviews were generally very positive, praising Harper's fusion of multiple genres, from folk ("Another Lonely Day"), folk rock ("Gold to Me"), Black Sabbath-style riffing heavy metal ("Ground on Down") and politically charged reggae ("Excuse Me Mr.").

After Harper's well-received debut, Welcome to the Cruel World, he expanded on his fanbase by touring relentlessly with jam bands like Dave Matthews Band.

Folkjokeopus

The album is notable for the lengthy track "McGoohan's Blues", which Harper states was "inspired by actor Patrick McGoohan's depiction of the establishment rebel in his TV series, The Prisoner".

Harper University Hospital

Harper University Hospital ranked above the national average in a survey compiled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Federal Department of Health and Human Services.

Harper Ward, Utah

Previously known as Call's Fort (1855–1906), it was renamed Harper Ward in 1906 in honor of Thomas Harper, who served as LDS branch president (1866–1877) and later as the first LDS bishop (1877–1899) in the area.

Harper, West Virginia

Harper is the name of several communities in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

Henry Plummer

Jess Harper (Robert Fuller) and Pete Dixon (Warren Oates), and Pete's younger brother, soon come to Slim's aid.

Jessica Amornkuldilok

After her victory in the show, she landed herself in Harper's Bazaar magazine cover, becoming the face of Canon IXUS 2013 Campaign and booked various high-end fashion show around the globe under management of Storm Model Management in London alongside show's runner-up Stephanie Retuya.

Kentucky Military Institute

Jim Backus, actor; credits included Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island

Lake Wawasee

Known geographic place names around Wawasee: Black's Point, Black Stump Point, Jones Landing, Willow Grove, Pickwick Park, Kale Island, Oakwood, Lakeview-South Park, Ogden's Island, Sand Point, Johnson's Bay, Buttermilk Bay, Vawter Park, Ideal Beach, Waveland Beach, Conkling Hill, Morrison's Island, and Nattie Crow Beach.

Leonard Evans

He wanted to join with Elijah Harper in denying approval for the Accord in 1990, but declined so as not to detract from the issue of aboriginal rights (Harper is aboriginal, Evans is not).

Man and Myth

In the run up to the album's release, Harper was interviewed by Laura Rawlings on her BBC Radio Bristol show on 15 August 2013.

North Berwick Law

John Henry Devereux South Carolina architect who used whale jaw bones to adorn the largest mansion on Sullivan's Island

Nucular

In his 1999 book, The Big Book Of Beastly Mispronunciations, logophile Charles Harrington Elster noted that the vast majority of those he spoke with during the writing of his book as well as 99 percent of the 1985 usage panel of Morris & Morris' Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage specifically condemned the use of the word and characterized it as a mispronunciation.

Quebec Expedition

The fleet arrived in Boston on 24 June, and the troops were disembarked onto Noddle's Island (the present-day location of Logan International Airport).

Return to Nim's Island

Return to Nim's Island is a 2013 Australian adventure-fantasy film directed by Brendan Maher and starring Bindi Irwin, Matthew Lillard, Toby Wallace and John Waters.

Richard Rogers Bowker

Richard Rogers Bowker (September 4, 1848 – November 12, 1933) was a journalist, editor of Publishers Weekly and Harper's Magazine, and founder of the R.R. Bowker Company.

Richard Rovere

Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, he periodically contributed to Esquire, Harper's, and The American Scholar; now and then he reported on American matters for Britain's Spectator.

Rickshaw Boy

The most recent full translation is Rickshaw Boy: A Novel (New York: Harper Perennial Modern Chinese Classics, 2010), Translated by Howard Goldblatt.

Russ Hiebert

On February 8, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Hiebert parliamentary secretary to the Minister of National Defence, Gordon O'Connor.

S. S. Minnow

The S.S. Minnow II was a successor boat purchased by the Skipper from insurance money for the first in the 1978 made-for-TV movie Rescue from Gilligan's Island.

Sam Harper

Harper is the son of painter and advertising agency chairman of Needham Harper Worldwide Paul Harper Jr., and has five siblings including actress Jessica Harper, composer William Harper, illustrator Lindsay Harper duPont, Rev. Charles Harper and Diana Harper.

Sharpe's Devil

Lord Cochrane, a former Royal Navy officer now in service to the Chilean rebels under Bernardo O'Higgins, ambushes the Espiritu Santo and, with the assistance of Sharpe and Harper, capture it, taking Captain Ardiles prisoner.

Somers Isles Company

A ninth subdivision, now the eastern-most parish, was Saint George's, comprising Saint George's Island, Saint David's Island, part of the Main Island, and various smaller islands and islets around Castle Harbour (then known as Southampton Harbour) and Saint George's Harbour.

Southern Thule

Simon Winchester, Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire, Harper Perennial, 2004 (originally published in 1987).

Stan Stammers

Stammers turned down an offer by Charlie Harper to join punk band UK Subs to be in Theatre of Hate with Kirk Brandon.

Strange Luck

Strange Luck is an American television series that aired on FOX, created by Karl Schaefer and starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper, a freelance photographer afflicted with a bizarre tendency to always be in the wrong place at the right time.

Swan's Island, Maine

It is named after Colonel James Swan of Fife, Scotland, who purchased this island and some surrounding areas and organized their colonization in the 18th century.

Tale for a Deaf Ear

Tale for a Deaf Ear is an opera in one act with music and lyrics by Mark Bucci, sung in three languages and based on a story by Elizabeth Enright that appeared in the April 1951 edition of Harper's Magazine.

The New Adventures of Gilligan

It was based on the 1964–1967 CBS television series Gilligan's Island and featured almost all the actors from the show, except for Tina Louise, who was determined to distance herself from the role of Ginger Grant (the animated Ginger became a platinum blonde in case Louise objected to Filmation using her image), and Dawn Wells, who was on the road in a play and was unavailable (Jane Webb voiced both Ginger and Mary Ann; she was credited as Jane Edwards for the latter).

Three Hundred Words

According to Harper's spoken introduction on his 1992 Live album, Born in Captivity II, (re-released in 1993 as Unhinged) "Three Hundred Words" was written for a benefit concert for Lancashire batsman, Graeme Fowler.

Tom Palumbo

He was a staff photographer of Vogue from 1959 until 1962 and at Harper's Bazaar from 1953 until 1959, where he worked with the art directors Alex Liberman and Alexey Brodovitch.

Triathlon at the 2013 Island Games

Triathlon, for the 2013 Island Games, were held at Clearwater Beach on St. David's Island, Bermuda.

Troy Glasgow

In 2008 Troy originated the role of Tobias Rich in the world premiere of Harper Regan at the National Theatre by British playwright Simon Stephens alongside Lesley Sharp as Harper Regan.

Uncle Tom's Children

The Harper Perennial edition of Wright's novel Black Boy, under the heading 'Books by Richard Wright', misprints "Uncle Tom's Children" as "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America

You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America (2008) is the third book by journalist and Harper's Magazine president John R. MacArthur.


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