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    What connects Petrarch, Wilder, Gene Tierney and Ray Peterson?

    Question #104105. Asked by Midget40. (Mar 24 09 9:40 AM)


    Datsmeharse

    		"Laura"
    Petrarch's Muse
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch

    Author Laura Ingalls Wilder
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder

    Actress Gene Tierney's Most Famous Move Role
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037008/

    Singer Ray Peterson's Biggest Hit:
    (Tell Laura I Love Her)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Peterson

    Mar 24 09, 10:39 AM
    daBomb619

    		Laura.

    Petrarch's collection of poems that he called the "Rime sparse" ("scattered rhymes") was said to be inspired by a woman he saw named Laura.

    Laura Ingalls Wilder is a popular American author, famous for her "Little House on the Prairie" series.

    Gene Tierney was an American actress who starred in the 1944 film "Laura".

    Ray Peterson recorded a song in 1960 called "Tell Laura I Love Her".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_(1944_film)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Laura_I_Love_Her

    Mar 24 09, 10:42 AM

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