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
- Sigmund Freud (first reference 1.48; throughout)
- Horatio Alger (5.271)
Historical References
- John F. Kennedy (first reference 1.1; throughout)
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1.8-9)
- Henry Wallace (1.10)
- Glen Taylor (1.10)
- Vincent Van Gogh (1.24)
- Henri Rousseau (1.57)
- Bugsy Siegel (4.168-170)
- Nikita Khrushchev (5.87)
- Karl Marx (5.124-125)
- Pablo Picasso (6.3)
- Benjamin Franklin (8.3)
- Andrew Jackson (8.3)
- Abraham Lincoln (8.3)
- Grover Cleveland (8.3)
- George Washington (8.3)
- Ulysses S. Grant (8.3)
- William Henry Harrison (8.3)
- Queen Victoria (8.3)
- Raphael (8.369)
- Beethoven (8.370)
- Vladimir Lenin (8.373)
- Winston Churchill (8.373)
- Adolf Hitler (8.373)
Pop Culture References
- Marlene Dietrich (4.5)
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (4.5)
- Grace Kelly (4.7)
- Marilyn Monroe (4.7)
- "Deep Purple" (song) (4.14)
- "Hong Kong Blues"(4.15)
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" (4.20)
- "Funky Butt" (song) (4.216-217)
- "Every Day With Jesus" (4.225-227)
- Daddy Warbucks (6.13)
- Dick Gregory (6.75)
- Tallulah Bankhead (6.84)