14. Relative Pronouns

The tale of Hansel and Gretel, the story of two young siblings whom stumble across a cottage made of gingerbread, played an important role in the history of sweets.

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It was published in 1912, a time where many bakers already knew how to create elaborate structures from other types of candy.

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Soon, gingerbread construction was elevated to an art form, one whose popularity quickly spread throughout Europe and the United States.

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Shortly after I moved from Chicago to Lincoln, Nebraska, I attended the eighty-fifth birthday part of a woman whom was one of the city's original settlers.

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The room, that was decorated with banners and balloons, also held family photographs-- crisp new snapshots of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, wedding photographs from the 1950s, and worn black-and-white portraits of ancestors.

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The room, that was decorated with banners and balloons, also held family photographs-- crisp new snapshots of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, wedding photographs from the 1950s, and worn black-and-white portraits of ancestors whose stoic expressions and sturdy, upright figures seemed to embody the harshness of life in an unforgiving new environment.

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Willa Cather immortalized these people, many of who were depicted in her novels such as My Antonia and O Pioneers!

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Willa Cather, an author which lived in Nebraska during the late nineteenth century, chronicled the lives and hardships of the settlers, preserving their struggles for generations to come.

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Having played a central role in helping the United States win its independence from Great Britain, George Washington quickly became a celebrity. Not surprisingly, he acquired many admirers, one of whom was Patience Wright.

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Patience Wright, a sculptor, was known for her remarkably realistic portraits, that were made out of tinted wax.

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