Book Description
For this riotous Edwardian caper, the author of the bestselling "Flashman Papers" presents a raucous adventure that brings America's Wild West to London's West End and features arch-cad Harry Flashman.
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,27 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Americans
ISBN : 9780006470182
For this riotous Edwardian caper, the author of the bestselling "Flashman Papers" presents a raucous adventure that brings America's Wild West to London's West End and features arch-cad Harry Flashman.
Author : Juliet McDaniel
Publisher : Inkshares
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 26,93 MB
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1942645864
In the vein of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, this whip-smart romantic comedy is as incisive as it is funny—and refuses to be thwarted by convention. After getting dumped by her husband, a woman sets out to prove her worth by entering a 'best housewife' pageant in 1970 Palm Springs.
Author : Mark Adams
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,42 MB
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0061976474
“A remarkable story. . . . It is to Mark Adams’s great credit that, in Mr. America, he has rescued from obscurity a man whose influence is still felt in this country more than a century after he muscled his way onto the national scene.” —Wall Street Journal “Hilarious. . . . Delightful. . . . If Macfadden hadn’t existed, we would have had to invent him.” —Washington Post Mr. America is the fascinating true story of Bernarr Macfadden, a self-made millionaire and founding father of bodybuilding, alternative medicine, and tabloid culture. Madfadden’s impact on popular American culture is everywhere, from yoga to raw food diets to US Weekly, and Mr. America vividly brings to life this charismatic and intriguing character.
Author : John D. Fair
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,81 MB
Release : 2015-01-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0292767501
“Map[s] the shifting definitions of gender and masculinity . . . provides the rare insight into the world of bodybuilding that only an insider could offer.” —Sport in American History For most of the twentieth century, the “Mr. America” image epitomized muscular manhood. From humble beginnings in 1939 at a small gym in Schenectady, New York, the Mr. America Contest became the world’s premier bodybuilding event over the next thirty years. Rooted in ancient Greek virtues of health, fitness, beauty, and athleticism, it showcased some of the finest specimens of American masculinity. Interviewing nearly one hundred major figures in the physical culture movement (including twenty-five Mr. Americas) and incorporating copious printed and manuscript sources, John D. Fair has created the definitive study of this iconic phenomenon. Revealing the ways in which the contest provided a model of functional and fit manhood, Mr. America captures the event’s path to idealism and its slow descent into obscurity. As the 1960s marked a turbulent transition in American society—from the civil rights movement to the rise of feminism and increasing acceptance of homosexuality—Mr. America changed as well. Exploring the influence of other bodily displays, such as the Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia contests and the Miss America Pageant, Fair focuses on commercialism, size obsession, and drugs that corrupted the competition’s original intent. Accessible and engaging, Mr. America is a compelling portrayal of the glory days of American muscle. “An entertaining narrative of the bodybuilding subculture in America.” —Kirkus Reviews “Deftly written and superbly researched.” —Journal of Sport History
Author : George MacDonald Fraser
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 22,84 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780002712354
Author : Joanne Stanbridge
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 18,81 MB
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0547935668
When the Lusitania was attacked in 1915, the American composer and New Yorker Charles Ives transformed the experience of this heartbreaking news into a musical piece. It begins with a jumble of traffic noises, then the hurdy-gurdy swells into the lovely old hymn “In the Sweet Bye-and-Bye.” In lyrical text and watercolors—sometimes in dramatic wordless spreads—this thoughtful picture ebook reveals not only a wartime tragedy, but a composer’s conviction that everyday music can convey profound emotion—and help heal a city. Young readers will understand that if they listen, music can be heard in the unlikeliest of places, from the busy chatter of a market to the wail of a fire engine.
Author : John Hanson Mitchell
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 28,48 MB
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1497672821
Looking for Mr. Gilbert is an account of the quest to uncover the heretofore unknown life of Robert A. Gilbert, an African American serving man who worked for the ornithologist William Brewster. A man of many talents, Gilbert went on to become the first African American landscape photographer.
Author : John Charles Anderson Stagg
Publisher :
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 28,50 MB
Release : 1983
Category : United States
ISBN : 9780691047027
The Description for this book, Mr. Madison's War: Politics, Diplomacy, and Warfare in the Early American Republic, 1783-1830, will be forthcoming.
Author : George Sullivan
Publisher :
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 12,70 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Presidents
ISBN : 9780590136716
These brief, easy-to-read essays portray the lives of our 42 presidents, the leaders who have come from many backgrounds and sections of the country. Photos/illustrations.
Author : Michael Medved
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,21 MB
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0553447262
Among the stirring, illogical episodes described here: a band of desperate religious refugees find themselves blown hopelessly off course, only to be deposited at the one spot on a wild continent best suited for their survival; George Washington's beaten army, surrounded by a ruthless foe and on the verge of annihilation, manages an impossible escape due to a freakish change in the weather; a famous conqueror known for seizing territory, frustrated by a slave rebellion and a frozen harbor, impulsively hands Thomas Jefferson a tract of land that doubles the size of the United States; a weary soldier picks up three cigars left behind in an open field and notices the stogies have been wrapped in a handwritten description of the enemy's secret battle plans--a revelation that gives Lincoln the supernatural sign he's awaited in order to free the slaves.