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
- Black Beauty (1.3.4)
- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1.4.4) (6.1.8)
- Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1.8.4) (3.14.3) (5.12.10)
- John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress (1.8.5)
- John Milton, Paradise Lost (1.8.5)
- Edgar Allan Poe, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1.8.5)
- Emily Dickinson (1.8.5) (3.17.5) (6.3.19)
- Quasimodo from Victor Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame (1.8.34)
- E.B. White, Stuart Little (2.2.5) (3.5.2)
- Bobbsey Twins in Eskimo Land (2.5.9) (2.5.13)
- Nancy Drew (2.5.13)
- Aladdin's lamp from Arabian Nights (2.6.6)
- William Carlos Williams, "The Red Wheelbarrow" (2.8.1)
- Emily Dickinson, "Hope is the thing with feathers" (2.12.4) (3.14.6)
- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (3.11.5)
- Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (3.14.10)
- Diana of the Hunt (3.14.10)
- Emily Dickinson, "Because I could not stop for death..." (4.10.1)
- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre (6.1.29)
- Emily Dickinson, "Tell all the Truth" (5.3.1) (5.3.21)
- Sir Philip Sydney, "Come Sleep, O Sleep! The Certain Knot of Peace" (5.7.31)
- William Shakespeare (5.8.69)
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest (5.11.51)
- Emily Dickinson, "A Toad Can Die of Light!" (6.3.1)
- William Carlos Williams (6.3.18)
Historical References
- Patrice Lumumba (referenced throughout)
- Joseph Mobutu (reference throughout)
- Dwight Eisenhower (referenced throughout)
- First Monkey in Space (Prologue.9)
- John F. Kennedy (1.Prologue.9) (2.Prologue.26)
- Dr. Livingstone (1.Prologue.14)
- Herbert Hoover (1.1.12)
- Florence Nightingale (1.8.30)
- World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri (1.8.31)
- Marco Polo (1.10.17)
- Trojan War (1.11.16)
- Eleanor Roosevelt (2.Prologue.26)
- George F. Kennan (2.Prologue.26)
- Mamie Eisenhower (2.1.25)
- Nikita Khrushchev (2.7.9) (2.8.14)
- King Baudouin of Belgium (2.7.13) (2.11.1)
- Joseph Kasavubu (2.7.21)
- Charles de Gaulle (2.7.40)
- General Douglas MacArthur (3.Prologue.22)
- Moise Tshmobe (3.5.60) (3.5.62)
- WI/Rogue (3.17.12)
- Allen Dulles (4.Prologue.8)
- Lawrence Devlin (4.Prologue.8)
- Dr. Gottlieb (4.Prologue.8)
- Waterloo (4.Prologue.15)
- Senator Frank Church (4.Prologue.21)
- Battle of Appomattox Court House (5.Prologue.8)
- Washington Crossing the Delaware (5.Prologue.10)
- Capture of Okinawa (5.Prologue.10)
- Kwame Nkrumah (5.6.16)
- Agostinho Neto (5.6.16) (5.11.8) (5.13.19)
- Pearl Harbor (5.8.45)
- Etienne Tshisekedi (5.10.34)
- Henry Kissinger (5.11.9)
- Karl Marx (5.11.9) (5.11.13)
- Ronald Reagan (5.11.13)
- Princess Grace (6.1.15)
- Albert Schweitzer (6.3.4)
Pop Culture References
- Art Linkletter's House Party (1.1.11)
- Donald Duck (1.2.7) (3.8.50)
- Lone Ranger (1.2.7)
- Cinderella (1.2.7) (5.9.2)
- Briar Rose (1.2.7)
- Dorothy Lamour (1.6.13)
- Three Little Pigs (1.7.6)
- The Lennon Sisters (1.11.15)
- Lawrence Welk (1.11.15)
- "Klatu barada nikto!" Famous quote from The Day the Earth Stood Still (2.1.12)
- The Hardy Boys (2.1.27)
- Rikki Tikki Tavi (2.2.5)
- Buster Brown (2.2.5) (2.3.47)
- Marilyn Monroe (2.3.4)
- "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" (2.3.4)
- Brigitte Bardot (2.3.4) (6.1.13)
- Dr. Kildare (2.3.38)
- Charlie Chaplin (2.3.46)
- The Platters (2.5.21)
- Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head (2.7.2)
- Beauty and the Beast (2.7.10)
- Donna Reed (3.4.32)
- Cinderella (3.7.5)
- Snow White (3.8.50)
- Elizabeth Taylor (3.11.4)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (3.11.4)
- Brigitte Bardot (3.11.4)
- Zorro (3.11.7)
- Humphrey Bogart (3.16.15)
- Rachel references Robin Hood when she really means William Tell (4.2.2)
- Brenda Starr (6.1.29)
- The Four Seasons, "Big Girls Don't Cry" (5.5.8)
- Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, "The Rumble in the Jungle" (5.8.9) (5.9.8)
- Dick Clark (6.1.5)
- American Bandstand (6.1.5)