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	William R. Burnett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Burnett kept busy, producing a novel or more a year and turning most into screenplay s (some as many as three times).
		Thematically Burnett was similar to Dashiell Hammett and James M. Cain but his contrasting of the corruption and corrosion of the city with the better life his characters yearned for, represented by the paradise of the pastoral, was fresh and original.
		Burnett worked with many of the greats in acting and directing, including John Huston, John Ford, Howard Hawks, Nicholas Ray and Michael Cimino, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Paul Muni, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/William_R._Burnett (536 words)

	eReader.com: Author: W. R. Burnett
		William Riley Burnett (1899-1981) was a master of journeyman fiction whose work is so efficient and skillful that it has left him all but anonymous in a world that deifies his contemporaries James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, and Dashiell Hammett.
		Burnett wrote some 36 novels and either wrote or collaborated on 60 screenplays, not to mention dozens of magazines stories (I the days when magazines published fiction regularly), short stories, plays and even songs.
		Burnett was born in Springfield Ohio, to a family active in local and state politics.
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	William R. Burnett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Suddenly Burnett found himself associating with a cornucopia of characters straight from the mean streets—prize-fighters, hoodlums, hustlers and hobos.
		Burnett kept busy, producing a novel]or more a year and turning most into screenplays (some as many as three times).
		Burnett's characters exist in world of twilight morality—virtue can come from gangsters and criminals, malice from guardians and protectors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_R._Burnett (530 words)

	Family History of Roger Williams - Person Page 4
		William Bishop was born in 1904 at Feilding, New Zealand.
		William Henry Brown was the son of William Brown and Amelia Caroline Rasmussen.
		William Henry Brown was a dairy farmer circa 1919 at Aokautere, New Zealand.
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	W. R. Burnett
		Burnett turned them and their jargon into Little Caesar (1929), a crime novel that was an overnight success and landed him a screen-writing job in Hollywood.
		Where Burnett differs from other hard-boiled writers is that he contrasts to this a bucolic world of nature to which his protagonists often try to return.
		Burnett's The Asphalt Jungle was also filmed three times: under the original title by John Huston in 1950; as The Badlanders in 1959; and as Cool Breeze in 1972.
	www.case.edu /artsci/engl/marling/hardboiled/Burnett.HTM (771 words)

	Pioneer Preacher Profile: Glen Owen Burnett
		Santa Rosa, CA len Owen Burnett was among the first wave of Gospel preachers coming over the Oregon Trail, although the first saints arrived in the Great Migration of 1843.
		Burnett organized the Bethel Church which flourished due largely to his strong, yet reverent and tender appeal and his scathing denunciation of sin.
		Burnett chose the name "Bethel" because it was the name of the last church he had served in Missouri, a town north of Jefferson City, Missouri on State Route 15.
	ncbible.org /nwh/ProBurnett.html (1550 words)

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		ELIZABETH ANN5 BURNETT (GEORGE4, JAMES3, GEORGE2, THOMAS1) was born September 9, 1813 in Nashville, Tennessee, and died October 16, 1885 in Williams, Colusa County, California.
		She married WILLIAM BURNETT February 18, 1819 in Shelby County, Kentucky, son of John Burnett and Judith Beck.
		WILLIAM R. THOMAS1) was born Abt 1838 in Kentucky.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~cgaunt/etc/comp75.txt (4944 words)

	A Youngstown Ohio Obituary of General Burnett
		Henry L. Burnett was a direct descendant of William Burnett who was colonial governor of New York and New Jersey from 1720 to 1728 and afterward of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
		Another member of the family, William Burnett was a member of the Continental congress, serving from 1776 until the close of the war as surgeon-general of the army for the eastern district of the Union.
		The responsibiliites of this office were such that he soon became a national figure and presided at some memorable cases, one being when he secured the conviction of the conspirators and exposed the connivance of high Confederate officials in the attempt to murder the chiefs of the federal government at the time Lincoln was assassinated.
	www.iment.com /maida/familytree/burnett/obithlb.htm (811 words)

	eBooks - Little Caesar by W. R. Burnett - eReader.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Burnett knew, first-hand, of the world he describes in his terse, vivid 1929 novel with a brutally ironic title -- Little Caesar.
		Burnett worked as a reporter in Chicago in the 1920s, and he observed the nobodies willing to cheat and kill their way to being somebodies.
		It is no surprise that Burnett wound up in Hollywood, a successful screenwriter, as he continued to write novels.
	www.ereader.com /product/detail/2680?book=Little_Caesar (434 words)

	Gift to create seminars on learning disabilities
		So Burnett and his company leased space from the university in Wilson Library’s basement and renovated it by installing carrels, lighting, soundproofing, private rooms for tutoring and offices for tutors.
		Burnett won the 1994 William R. Davie Award for "extraordinary service to the university." Throughout his career, Burnett has championed what many consider to be Carolina’s heart and soul -- the College of Arts and Sciences.
		Burnett was chairman of the Morehead Foundation regional selection committee from 1989-90 and, since 1995, has been the vice-chairman of the central selection committee.
	www.unc.edu /news/archives/nov98/burnett3.htm (555 words)

	Little Caesar eBooks - W. R. Burnett - Visit eBookMall Today!
		W.R. Burnett knew, first-hand, of the world he describes in his terse, vivid 1929 novel with a brutally ironic title-Little Caesar.
		William Faulkner was influenced by the novel while writing Sanctuary, as was Graham Greene while writing Brighton Rock.
		Burnett once told an interviewer that Horace Thompson, who wrote the existentialist novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, said Little Caesar convinced him that he wanted to be a writer.
	www.ebookmall.com /ebooks/little-caesar-burnett-ebooks.htm (506 words)

	Burnett Genealogy Connections - Morris County, Kansas; Vigo County, Indiana; Suffolk County, New York
		William Burnett asked her what her name was and she said, "Anna Maude." But all he understood was the "Maude." So from that time on, she was "Anna" to the Wiggins' and "Maude" to the Burnetts.
		William was apprenticed as a wagonmaker and flsmith.
		William Burnett's father was named Stephen Grover Burnett; he had a brother named Stephen Grover Burnett; and he named a son Stephen Grover Burnett.
	www.paulburnett.com /genealog.htm (4315 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Burnett
		Burnett, A. — of Cadiz, Trigg County, Ky. Democrat.
		Burnett, Arthur — of Cadiz, Trigg County, Ky. Democrat.
		Delegate from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/burnett.html (608 words)

	Hon. William R Burnett
		WILLIAM R. BURNETT, Mayor of the city of Springfield, was elected to this office in the spring of 1889, and is discharging the duties in connection therewith in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to the people.
		To herself and husband was born a family of nine children, viz: Thomas, William R., Theodore, George, Jane, James, Edward, Emma and Lewis.
		BURNETT was born in June, 1844, in Springfield, and is the daughter of John and Eliza (TUTTLE) MONAHAN.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~gen2/burnettwilliamr.htm (649 words)

	Descendants of James Burnett
		William and Nancy had a farm in Berry County which they sold and left for a New Mexico land claim in 1904.
		He was riding the rails (hitching a ride on boxcar); slipped and fell with the train wheel severing his leg and he bled to death.
		Body was claimed by Charles and Rutha Brumback and William Larkin Bailey in Arkansas City, Kansas.
	home.houston.rr.com /gwburris/Family/Burnett.htm (1855 words)

	William Burnett 1778-1852
		William was the son of John Burnett and Sarah Trueman.
		son of William and Margaret Burnett, of Hartley, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland
		SPECIAL THANKS to R. Jones, of Blyth, Northumberland, a descendant of Mary Leonard (1728-1795) for the details provided above.
	members.cox.net /cbgraham/williamburnett1778.html (190 words)

	Bleeker Books - W. R. Burnett
		Not only were several of his novels made into exceptional films, but he also worked on the screenplays of several other great movies.
		Burnett's first novel, Little Caesar, and the movie made from it, pretty much invented the gangster story.
		His tale of the rise and fall of Caesar Bandello was told in a flat, unemotional style that echoed both Hemingway and Hammett and made him an instant success.
	www.bleekerbooks.com /Books/Authors/Author.asp?ID=13 (161 words)

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		Some researchers suggest he was the son of William and Elizabeth Philpott Turner, but his birth year does not fit with the known children of this couple.
		Some researchers suggest he was the son of William and Elizabeth Philpott Turner, but his birth year does not fit with the known children of this couple.~ Romona...
		Given that the Burnett name only originated in Scotland, it would seem that there is a good chance that all of the Burnett's in VA were probably related.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~cgaunt/etc/v00i12.txt (2378 words)

	W R Burnett Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A former government statistician, Burnett settled in Chicago at the height of Prohibition and penned his first novel "Little Caesar" in 1929.
		A veiled study of the rise and fall of a mobster who bore a passing resemblance to Al Capone, the novel was an success as was the screen version starring Edward G Robinson.
		Books and stories with Burnett's by-line were almost a guaranteed sale to Hollywood (not unlike John Grisham and Stephen King in the late 20th Century), and eventually the writer turned to penning his own scripts for Tinseltown.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/199424 (334 words)

	William R. Burnett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		William R. Burnett is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Fawcett was also an independent newsstand distributor, and in 1949 the company negotiated a contract with New American Library to distribute their Mentor and Signet titles.
		William R. Burnett: Encyclopedia II - Fawcett Publications - Acquisition and recent history
	www.experiencefestival.com /william_r_burnett (1150 words)

	William J. Burnett
		William J. Burnett concentrates his practice in bankruptcy, reorganizations, and workouts.
		A Fortune 100 diversified worldwide travel, financial and network services company as a major creditor in bankruptcy cases throughout the country.
		Burnett is currently an adjunct professor at the Temple University Beasley School of Law for the Integrated Transactional Program.
	www.flastergreenberg.com /bios/burnett1.cfm (400 words)

	Litigation
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		The litigation practice at Williams Mullen is comprised of experienced trial attorneys who are at home inside a courtroom before either a judge or jury.
		We are dedicated to resolving your litigation efficiently through the use of technology and our participation in a number of alternative dispute resolution programs.
	www.williamsmullen.com /practice_areas/litigation (672 words)

	Hundred Days
		A division of Georgia militia under Major or-General G. Smith, transfer r ed to the Confederate service by (Governor Brown, was charged with the defense of the bridges and ferries of the Chattahoochee, for the safety of Atlanta.
		William Wallace, Lieut.-Col. Frank Askew, Col. William Wallace, Col. Frank Askew; 49th Ohio, Col. William H. Gibson, Lieut.
		William Cogswell; 13th N. J., Col. Ezra A. Carman; 107th N. Y., Col. Nirom M. Crane; 150th N. Y., Col. John H. Ketcham; 3d Wis., Col. William Hawley.
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	Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845 (rep_nr05.htm)
		Barrett, William M. cam2 Rose, James (4 Cpl) Love, Palas rev4 Rose, _____ Travis, W. Barrett rev1 Rose, _____ Travis, W. Barrett rev1 Rosenberry, Wm.
		Ryon, William cam2 Roward, Washington Mabbitt, Leonard H. rev3 Rowark, A.J. (2 Sgt) Fisher, William S. (Col) cam2 Rowe, J. Brown (Brow_), D. mil2 Rowe, James (1 Lt) Kimbro, Wm.
		Elliott, J.D. rev5 Rowles, James Walker, William rev5 Rowlet, A.W. Splane, P.R. rev3 Rowlett (Rowlet), A.W. Splane, P.R. rev3 Rowlett, A.W. Splane, P.R. rev3 Rowlett, Danl.
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	W.R. Burnett [1899-1982] MiniPage at Spirit of America Bookstore
		Born 25 November 1899 in Springfield Ohio, William Ripley Burnett moved to Chicago in 1927, one of the two major turning points in his life, causing his deep interest in gangsters and resulting in the gangster and noir works for which he is primarily known.
		The second turning point was a visit to Tombstone, Arizona in 1930, where he met and talked with still-living witnesses to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, resulting in his Western works.
		A kindly hitman is paid off in 'hot' money, and flees on a train, where he meets the undercover girlfriend of his cop pursuer.
	www.genordell.com /stores/spirit/WRBurnett.htm (712 words)

	Burnett Genealogy
		I do have what I hope could be pieces of this puzzle.
		The biggest one is that Ralph Crowley(Crawley), the surety for Richard and Nancy [ m.19DEC1833-Campbell Co.VA], married Lucy BURNETT on 13AUG1825.[Also in Campbell Co] Were Lucy and Richard related?
		In neighboring Bedford Co, within a year of the marriage of Richard Burnett and Nancy Saunders, Thomas Saunders married Sabre Burnett.
	members.tripod.com /~jrburnett/burnett.html (282 words)

	1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery
		WILLIAMS, G. WILLIAMS, James D. WILLIAMS, William W. (died as POW, Elmira, NY, 24 Oct 64)
		DUKE, William P. (died as POW, 28 Jan 65, Elmira, NY)
		McNAIR, William A. (died as POW, Elmira, NY, 18 March 65)
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	Estates B
		William R, John, Robert, Daniel, George W, Stephen, Edward, and James Baskin; Polly and Gilbert Layton; Ann and James Norris; Margaret and Delanson Munger; Elizabeth Long; Lucretia and John Boyce
		William R and Mary Burnett; Isaac, James L, Thomas, John, Alice and Cynthia Bassett; Ella Crouch; Lydia Korb; Ray and Betsey Richmond
		R Morgan, Howard F, Delos J, Sophia C, Emma A, Lester A, William E, Daniel M, Samuel P, Myron C, Frederick M, Philomelia H and Caroline A Blodgett
	www.yatescounty.org /upload/12/historian/estate_B.htm (5460 words)

	W.R. Burnett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		William Riley Burnett was born in Springfield, Ohio.
		He also wrote screenplays, short stories, plays and songs.
		He also wrote under the pseudonym 'John Monahan'.
	www.xs4all.nl /~embden11/Engels/burnett.htm (25 words)

	Assassinations / RFK
		As the deadline approached Moldea needed closure, but "lone nut" was the best he could do to justify a fat advance.
		Turner, William W. and Christian, Jonn G. The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: The Conspiracy and Coverup.
		Not only did the earlier edition fail to make it into paperback, but Random House stopped shipping this book because of one letter from a person with links to organized crime.
	www.namebase.org /books04.html (500 words)

	W.R. Burnett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		One of the most influential writers in screen history, W. Burnett has...
		Law and Order (1953) (novel Saint Johnson) (as William R. Burnett)
		Law and Order (1932) (novel Saint Johnson) (as William R. Burnett)
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0122446 (218 words)

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