They“Americanized”literature by emphasizing its intimate connection withspace, highlighting the importance of texts such as Thomas Harriot’sBriefe andTrue Report of the New Found Land of Virginia(1588) and the expedition journalsof Lewis and Clark. Others emphasized supposedly unparalleled properties ...
Giant stores are located in Delaware, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland; the company is headquartered in Landover, Maryland. The first store opened in Washington in 1936. The company's founders were Nehemiah Myer Cohen, an immigrant from Palestine, and his partners Samuel and Jacob Lehrma...