Author: Wayne Whipple Publisher: 1st World Publishing ISBN: 1421825066 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 142
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Come along, Bill; we'll have to get there, or we won't hear the first of it. Mr. Gray said it would begin promptly at three. "I'm doing my best, Gus. This crutch -" "I know. Climb aboard, old scout, and we'll go along faster." The first speaker, a la
Author: Wayne Whipple Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 107
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In 'Radio Boys Cronies; Or, Bill Brown's Radio,' editors Wayne Whipple and S. F. Aaron present an engaging anthology that captures the spirit and imagination fueled by the early days of radio technology. This collection uniquely blends the burgeoning enthusiasm for science and communication with captivating storytelling, offering readers a broad spectrum of narratives that range from adventure and camaraderie to reflections on societal change. The anthology is significant for its historical context, highlighting the transformative impact of radio on society and individual lives, and features standout pieces that cleverly integrate technical innovation with human emotion and ambition. This engaging compilation benefits from the diverse backgrounds of its contributors, Wayne Whipple and S. F. Aaron, both of whom played pivotal roles in pioneering the inclusion of technological marvels in literary works. Their collective effort aligns with cultural movements that embraced the radio as a symbol of progress and connectivity, enriching the anthology with stories that embody optimism and the universal human quest for knowledge and connection. The varied voices and styles present in this collection offer readers a nuanced understanding of the era, weaving together the excitement of new technological frontiers with the timeless themes of friendship, adventure, and growth. 'Readio Boys Cronies; Or, Bill Brown's Radio' is highly recommended for readers interested in the intersection of technology, history, and literature. The anthology provides a unique opportunity to explore diverse interpretations of radio's impact on early 20th-century society, through a tapestry of tales that celebrate innovation and the unbreakable human spirit. It invites readers to embark on a journey not just through the annals of technological advancement, but through heartwarming adventures and challenges that resonate with universal truths, making it a compelling read for anyone fascinated by the wonder of radio and the stories it inspired.
Author: John Williams Publisher: New York Review of Books ISBN: 1590174240 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 297
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Now a major motion picture starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Gabe Polsky. In his National Book Award–winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher’s Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America. It is the 1870s, and Will Andrews, fired up by Emerson to seek “an original relation to nature,” drops out of Harvard and heads west. He washes up in Butcher’s Crossing, a small Kansas town on the outskirts of nowhere. Butcher’s Crossing is full of restless men looking for ways to make money and ways to waste it. Before long Andrews strikes up a friendship with one of them, a man who regales Andrews with tales of immense herds of buffalo, ready for the taking, hidden away in a beautiful valley deep in the Colorado Rockies. He convinces Andrews to join in an expedition to track the animals down. The journey out is grueling, but at the end is a place of paradisal richness. Once there, however, the three men abandon themselves to an orgy of slaughter, so caught up in killing buffalo that they lose all sense of time. Winter soon overtakes them: they are snowed in. Next spring, half-insane with cabin fever, cold, and hunger, they stagger back to Butcher’s Crossing to find a world as irremediably changed as they have been.
Author: Philip K. Dick Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0547572484 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 291
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Slavery is back. America, 1962. Having lost a war, America finds itself under Nazi Germany and Japan occupation. A few Jews still live under assumed names. The 'I Ching' is prevalent in San Francisco. Science fiction meets serious ideas in this take on a possible alternate history.
Author: Philip Roth Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0547345313 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 401
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Philip Roth's bestselling alternate history—the chilling story of what happens to one family when America elects a charismatic, isolationist president—is soon to be an HBO limited series. In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial “understanding” with Adolf Hitler, while the new government embarks on a program of folksy anti-Semitism. For one boy growing up in Newark, Lindbergh’s election is the first in a series of ruptures that threaten to destroy his small, safe corner of America–and with it, his mother, his father, and his older brother. "A terrific political novel . . . Sinister, vivid, dreamlike . . . creepily plausible. . . You turn the pages, astonished and frightened.” — The New York Times Book Review
Author: Howard Frank Mosher Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780618619030 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 292
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On the eighth birthday of Ethan "E.A". Allen, who lives with his mother and Gran in a Vermont town decades behind the rest of New England, a drifter named Teddy comes into their world, teaching E.A. how to play ball and the secrets of baseball.
Author: James Carville Publisher: Random House (NY) ISBN: 9780679769781 Category : Federal government Languages : en Pages : 234
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Carville, chief strategist of the 1992 Clinton campaign, offers a no-holds-barred response to the right-wing myths coming out of Congress and the AM airwaves.
Author: Leo G. Mazow Publisher: Penn State Press ISBN: 0271050837 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 218
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"Argues that musical imagery in the art of American painter Thomas Hart Benton was part of a larger belief in the capacity of sound to register and convey meaning"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Larry Schweikart Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101217782 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 1373
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For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way America’s past is taught. These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of America’s patriots and the achievements of “dead white men.” As a result, more emphasis is placed on Harriet Tubman than on George Washington; more about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II than about D-Day or Iwo Jima; more on the dangers we faced from Joseph McCarthy than those we faced from Josef Stalin. A Patriot’s History of the United States corrects those doctrinaire biases. In this groundbreaking book, America’s discovery, founding, and development are reexamined with an appreciation for the elements of public virtue, personal liberty, and private property that make this nation uniquely successful. This book offers a long-overdue acknowledgment of America’s true and proud history.
Author: Wayne Whipple
Author: Wayne Whipple
Author: John Williams
Author: Philip K. Dick
Author: Philip Roth
Author: Howard Frank Mosher
Author: James Carville
Author: Leo G. Mazow
Author: Wayne Whipple
Author: Larry Schweikart