Has webbed feet; lays eggs
A platypus
A way to cook eggs, or to take game or fish illegally
Poach
"B.N.W."
by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
These brothers are known for their collections of folk songs & tales, like "Kinder-und Hausmarchen"
The Brothers Grimm
Portland, Oregon
Pacific
Sega's Sonic is one
A hedgehog
This percussion instrument is also a verb that means to teach by repetition
Drum
"T.W.A.T.G."
by John Irving
The World According to Garp
In 1846 these 3 sisters published "Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell" at their own expense, & sold only 2 copies
The Brontës
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Eastern
Adult males are called silverbacks
Gorillas
To sit on eggs, or to worry
Brood
"S.O.S."
by Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon
These 2 brothers, sons of a president, were given the Secret Service code names Tumbler & Tripper
Jeb & George (W.) Bush
Provo, Utah
Mountain
1 of the 2 whose names end in "beest"
A wildebeest (or a hartebeest)
The last name of golfer Rocco, it means to help settle a dispute
Mediate
"S.A.L."
by D.H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers
Sun Yat-Sen & this leader who followed him were brothers-in-law; their wives were sisters
Chiang Kai-shek
Birmingham, Alabama
Central
Marsupial that comes in a Virginia type
Opossum
This verb means to use another's work without permission or to attack a ship at sea
To pirate
"W., O."
by Sherwood Anderson
Winesburg, Ohio
With his brother Dan, this 19th c. outlaw committed a series of daring robberies in the Victoria-New South Wales borderland
Ned Kelly
Quebec City,
Canada
Eastern