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Photograph of pilot, horse trainer, writer, and adventurer Beryl Markham on horseback.

Beryl Markham

(1902 - 1986)

American editor Terry McDonell.

Terry McDonell

John McPhee

Black and white image of American writer Herman Melville.

Herman Melville

(1819 - 1891)

Black and white photograph of Mencken looking over his shoulder at the camera

H.L. Mencken

(1880 - 1956)

Photograph of Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

(1899 - 1977)

Eric Nesterenko

Henry Newbolt

(1862 - 1938)

Hakeem Olajuwon

Black and white engraving of Roman poet Ovid in profile.

Ovid

(43 BC - c. 17)

Chuck Palahniuk

Blaise Pascal

(1623 - 1662)

Gary Paulsen

Matthew C. Perry

(1794 - 1858)

Pindar

(c. 518 BC - c. 438 BC)

George Plimpton

George Plimpton

(1927 - 2003)

Engraving of Roman author and administrator Pliny the Younger.

Pliny the Younger

(61 - 112)

Black and white image of Greek biographer and writer Plutarch.

Plutarch

(46 - c. 120)

Mosaic portrait of a bearded man in red holding a book

Marco Polo

(1254 - 1324)

Polybius

(c. 200 BC - c. 120 BC)

Beth Raymer

Black and white photograph of former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt

(1858 - 1919)

American writer Philip Roth.

Philip Roth

(1933 - 2018)

Damon Runyon

(1880 - 1946)