The Vulgarians
Author : Edgar Fawcett
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 1903
Category : American fiction
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Author : Edgar Fawcett
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 1903
Category : American fiction
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Author : Robert Chesley Osborn
Publisher :
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 15,83 MB
Release : 1960
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
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Author : David Roberts
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 16,4 MB
Release : 1998-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780898866018
A collection of the author's favorite twenty adventure stories from the last eleven years
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Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 1921
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Author : David Roberts
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780898861181
Moments of Doubt is a collection of 20 essays and articles on mountaineering and adventure by David Roberts, selected from the published works of two decades. It showcases one of the most highly regarded writers in the field.
Author : Victoria Robinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 35,51 MB
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0313378622
This book provides the ultimate guide to rock climbing in the United States, suitable for climbers and nonclimbers alike, covering the technical and physical aspects of the sport as well as the mental challenges involved. Rock Climbing: The Ultimate Guide covers the history of rock climbing in the United States from its origins to the present day, documenting the importance and vitality of the popular sport. The chapters address topics such as the technicalities of the equipment and clothing, training methods, key places and events where the sport takes place, the different types of rock that climbers challenge themselves on, past and present rock climbing heroes who inspire today's climbers, and the evolution of the sport over the years—for example, in terms of climbers' sporting achievements and its growing global appeal. The book also covers the sport from an unprecedented perspective that only the author—an experienced climber and social scientist—could provide, discussing the meaning of extreme sports in our culture, issues of gender, why climbing can serve an individual focused on personal achievement and satisfy those seeking to be part of a community, and how climbers come to terms with the inherent risks of the sport.
Author : Stephen E. Kercher
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 19,93 MB
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0226431657
We live in a time much like the postwar era. A time of arch political conservatism and vast social conformity. A time in which our nation’s leaders question and challenge the patriotism of those who oppose their policies. But before there was Jon Stewart, Al Franken, or Bill Maher, there were Mort Sahl, Stan Freberg, and Lenny Bruce—liberal satirists who, through their wry and scabrous comedic routines, waged war against the political ironies, contradictions, and hypocrisies of their times. Revel with a Cause is their story. Stephen Kercher here provides the first comprehensive look at the satiric humor that flourished in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. Focusing on an impressive range of comedy—not just standup comedians of the day but also satirical publications like MAD magazine, improvisational theater groups such asSecond City, the motion picture Dr. Strangelove, and TV shows like That Was the Week That Was—Kercher reminds us that the postwar era saw varieties of comic expression that were more challenging and nonconformist than we commonly remember. His history of these comedic luminaries shows that for a sizeable audience of educated, middle-class Americans who shared such liberal views, the period’s satire was a crucial mode of cultural dissent. For such individuals, satire was a vehicle through which concerns over the suppression of civil liberties, Cold War foreign policies, blind social conformity, and our heated racial crisis could be productively addressed. A vibrant and probing look at some of the most influential comedy of mid-twentieth-century America, Revel with a Cause belongs on the short list of essential books for anyone interested in the relationship between American politics and popular culture.
Author : Greil Marcus
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 23,29 MB
Release : 2001-09-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1466827726
From the critic who knows music and culture like no other, a fascinating look at two outsiders who epitomize America's fractured self-image In June of 1992, when all polls showed Bill Clinton didn't have a chance, he took his saxophone onto the Arsenio Hall Show, put on dark glasses, and blew "Heartbreak Hotel." Greil Marcus, one of America's most imaginative and insightful critics, was the first to name this as the moment that turned Clinton's campaign around--and to make sense of why. In Double Trouble, drawing on pieces he published from 1992 to 2000, Marcus explores the remarkable and illuminating kinship between Bill Clinton and Elvis Presley. In a cultural landscape where ideals and choices are increasingly compromised and commodified, the constantly mutating representations of Clinton and Elvis embody the American struggle over purity and corruption, fear and desire. Focusing as well on Hillary Clinton, Nirvana, Sinéad O'Connor, Andy Warhol, Roger Clinton, and especially Bob Dylan, Marcus pursues the question of how culture is made and how, through culture, people remake themselves. The result is a unique and essential book about the final decade of the twentieth century.
Author : John Mitchell (Allegorist)
Publisher :
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 41,82 MB
Release : 1762
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Author : Laura Waterman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 41,90 MB
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0811767671
First published in 1993 and hailed as a classic, Yankee Rock & Ice is now reissued in a new edition with four new chapters covering the 1990s through today to bring the book up to date. This comprehensive and entertaining history of roped rock and ice climbing in the Northeast traces the growth of this popular sport in New England and New York and covers the first trailblazers of the eighteenth century through today’s events and personalities. Well-known mountaineers and preservationists, Guy and Laura Waterman have explored every corner of the mountains of New England and New York and done solid historical research on first ascents of classic routes and the climbers who have made them legendary. Climber Michael Wejchert joins Laura for the work on the second edition.