The Publishers Weekly
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Page : 838 pages
File Size : 39,75 MB
Release : 1923
Category : American literature
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Author :
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Page : 838 pages
File Size : 39,75 MB
Release : 1923
Category : American literature
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Author : New York Public Library
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Page : 576 pages
File Size : 22,72 MB
Release : 1936
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Author : Frank Karslake
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Page : 596 pages
File Size : 46,66 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Autographs
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A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.
Author : R. Alton Lee
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 26,76 MB
Release : 2002-12-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780813170374
Tells the story of the infamous “Goat Gland Doctor”—controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario, and prescient political campaigner—and recounts his amazing rags to riches to rags career. A popular joke of the 1920s posed the question, “What’s the fastest thing on four legs?” The punch line? “A goat passing Dr. Brinkley’s hospital!” It seems that John R. Brinkley’s virility rejuvenation cure—transplanting goat gonads into aging men—had taken the nation by storm. Never mind that “Doc” Brinkley’s medical credentials were shaky at best and that he prescribed medication over the airwaves via his high-power radio stations. The man built an empire. The Kansas Medical Board combined with the Federal Radio Commission to revoke Brinkley’s medical and radio licenses, which various courts upheld. Not to be stopped, Brinkley started a write-in campaign for Governor. He received more votes than any other candidate but lost due to invalidated and “misplaced” ballots. Brinkley’s tactics, particularly the use of his radio station and personal airplane, changed political campaigning forever. Brinkley then moved his radio medical practice to Del Rio, Texas, and began operating a “border blaster” on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande. His rogue stations, XER and its successor XERA, eventually broadcast at an antenna-shattering 1,000,000 watts and were not only a haven for Brinkley’s lucrative quackery, but also hosted an unprecedented number of then-unknown country musicians and other guests.
Author : Samuel Bowdlear Green
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Page : 416 pages
File Size : 28,66 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Bosques - Minesota
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Author : Eric Schlosser
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 17,83 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0547750331
An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.
Author : J.E. Force
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 32,79 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9401732493
Dick Popkin and James Force have attended a number of recent conferences where it was apparent that much new and important research was being done in the fields of interpreting Newton's and Spinoza's contributions as biblical scholars and of the relationship between their biblical scholarship and other aspects of their particular philosophies. This collection represents the best current research in this area. It stands alone as the only work to bring together the best current work on these topics. Its primary audience is specialised scholars of the thought of Newton and Spinoza as well as historians of the philosophical ideas of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Author : Library of Congress
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Page : 554 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Libraries
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Author : Robert J Roulston
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,46 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
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ISBN : 9781017915969
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Dominic J. CapeciJr.
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 25,74 MB
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0813156467
On January 20, 1942, black oil mill worker Cleo Wright assaulted a white woman in her home and nearly killed the first police officer who tried to arrest him. An angry mob then hauled Wright out of jail and dragged him through the streets of Sikeston, Missouri, before burning him alive. Wright's death was, unfortunately, not unique in American history, but what his death meant in the larger context of life in the United States in the twentieth-century is an important and compelling story. After the lynching, the U.S. Justice Department was forced to become involved in civil rights concerns for the first time, provoking a national reaction to violence on the home front at a time when the country was battling for democracy in Europe. Dominic Capeci unravels the tragic story of Wright's life on several stages, showing how these acts of violence were indicative not only of racial tension but the clash of the traditional and the modern brought about by the war. Capeci draws from a wide range of archival sources and personal interviews with the participants and spectators to draw vivid portraits of Wright, his victims, law-enforcement officials, and members of the lynch mob. He places Wright in the larger context of southern racial violence and shows the significance of his death in local, state, and national history during the most important crisis of the twentieth-century.