Westward Ho
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- Westward Ho (play)Westward Ho (play)Westward Ho is an early Jacobean era stage play, a satire and city comedy by Thomas Dekker and John Webster that was first published in 1607...
, a 1604 play by John Webster and Thomas Dekker - Westward Ho! (novel)Westward Ho! (novel)Westward Ho! is an 1855 British historical novel by Charles Kingsley, inspired in part by an Elizabethan travelogue by privateer Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins and by the Crimean War.-Plot summary:...
, an 1855 novel by Charles Kingsley - Westward Ho (1935 film), a 1935 film starring John Wayne
- Westward Ho (1942 film)Westward Ho (1942 film)Westward Ho is a 1942 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by John English.- Cast :* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith* Tom Tyler as Stony Brooke* Rufe Davis as Lullaby Joslin* Evelyn Brent as Mrs...
, one in a series of western films known as The Three MesquiteersThe Three MesquiteersThe Three Mesquiteers is the umbrella title for a series of 51 western B-movies released between 1936 and 1943, including 8 films starring John Wayne... - Westward Ho!, 1832 novel by James Kirke PauldingJames Kirke PauldingJames Kirke Paulding was an American writer and, for a time, the United States Secretary of the Navy.-Biography:...
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- Westward Ho!Westward Ho!Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England. The A39 road provides access from the towns of Barnstaple, Bideford and Bude...
, a town in the UK, named after the Kingsley book - Westward Ho!, an alternative name for the course at Royal North Devon Golf ClubRoyal North Devon Golf ClubRoyal North Devon Golf Club was founded in 1864, and is the oldest golf course in England. The course was designed by Old Tom Morris. RND is located on Northam Burrows between Northam and Westward Ho! Traditionally the course has been referred to as Westward Ho! - golf writer Bernard Darwin,...
- Westward Ho!, the original name for the University Golf ClubUniversity Golf ClubThe University Golf Club is a public golf club located in Pacific Spirit Regional Park near the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and the University of British Columbia. It is owned by Ting Kwok David Ho.- History of the club :...
(near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - Westward Ho (Phoenix)Westward Ho (Phoenix)Westward Ho is a skyscraper located at 618 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, formerly occupied by a hotel of the same name. When completed in 1928, the 208-foot hotel was the tallest building in Arizona, a title it held until 1960....
, landmark hotel in Phoenix, Arizona - Westward Ho Hotel and CasinoWestward Ho Hotel and CasinoThe Westward Ho Hotel and Casino was a casino and hotel located on the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, an unincorporated area of Clark County in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Westward Ho was the last large motel style property on the Strip...
a defunct Las Vegas hotel and casino - Westward Ho, Alberta
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- Westward Ho! (clipper)Westward Ho! (clipper)Westward Ho! was an 1852 extreme clipper which made two very fast passages to San Francisco, 100 days from Boston and New York. She had a very close race with Neptune's Car, and ended her days in the coolie trade.-Construction:...
, an 1852 California clipper - Westward Ho was one of the GWR 3031 ClassGWR 3031 ClassThe Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915 - Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore RailwayBideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore RailwayThe Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway was most unusual amongst British railways in that although it was built as a standard gauge line, it was not joined to the rest of the railway network, despite the London and South Western Railway having a station at Bideford East-the-Water, just...
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- Westward Ho, the popular name for a painting by Emanuel LeutzeEmanuel LeutzeEmanuel Gottlieb Leutze was a German American history painter best known for his painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.-Philadelphia:...
in a stairway in the Capitol in Washington D.C. - "Westward Ho", a song performed by Westside Connection on the album Bow DownBow DownBow Down is the debut album by American gangsta rap group Westside Connection, released on October 22, 1996 through Ice Cube's Lench Mob/Priority Records. It featured production from Bud'da, QDIII and Ice Cube among other producers....
- "Westward Ho", a song by John Parr from the 1990 film Go Trabi GoGo Trabi GoGo Trabi Go is a 1991 German comedy film. It was the first major box office hit about events concerning the newly reunified Germany. Unlike other films in this period which focused on the problems following the reunification, Go Trabi Go sees the main characters, former citizens of East Germany,...
See also
- Westward Ha!, a 1948 collection of miscellaneous pieces by S. J. PerelmanS. J. PerelmanSidney Joseph Perelman, almost always known as S. J. Perelman , was an American humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker...
. - Worstward HoWorstward HoWorstward Ho is a prose piece by Samuel Beckett the title of which is a parody of Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho!. Written in English in 1983, it is the penultimate novella by Beckett....
, a Samuel Beckett text - Westward Ho, the Wagons!Westward Ho, The Wagons!Westward Ho, the Wagons! is a 1956 live-action Disney western film, aimed at family audiences. Based on Mary Jane Carr's novel Children of the Covered Wagon, the film was produced by Bill Walsh, directed by William Beaudine, and released to theatres on December 20, 1956 by Buena Vista Distribution...
1956 film - Westward Ho, a sculpture in Muskingum Park, Marietta, Ohio, by Gutzon Borglum, who created the Mount Rushmore monument