American Meaning: The name Helena is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Helena is: Light. Greek Meaning: The name Helena is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Helena is: Shining light.The bright one. English Meaning: The name Helena is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Helena is: In mythology the abduction of Zeus's mortal daughter Helen sparked the Trojan War.he name Helena is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Helena is: Shining light. The bright one. English Meaning: The name Helena is an English baby name.
A Painted House. A Painted House is a February 2001 novel by American author John Grisham. It was made into a television film in 2003, starring Scott Glenn and Logan Lerman. Inspired by his childhood in Arkansas, it is Grisham's first major work outside the legal thriller genre in which he established himself.
The book, published in May 1853, sold 150,000 copies in the U.S. in its first year. The wake of Uncle Tom's Cabin was wide, and in it everyone wanted to see and hear from the woman who wrote the tome. In March of 1853, Harriet Beecher Stowe traveled to England and Europe on what purported to be a speaking tour.