Author: Oliver OpticPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Robinson Crusoe, Jr
Author: Oliver OpticThe Boys from Syracuse
Author: Foster HirschPublisher: Cooper Square Press
ISBN: 1461698758
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
From 1905 to the crash of 1929, Sam Shubert (1874-1905) and his brothers Lee (1874-1953) and J. J. (1878-1963), despite poor beginnings and near-illiteracy, created a theater monopoly unrivaled in history. Their ruthless business tactics and showmanship made 42nd Street the heart of American popular theater and won them the most sought-after stars of the day, including Al Jolson, Carmen Miranda, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, Mae West, and Fred Astaire.
Crusoe
Author: Katherine FrankPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639360271
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
It is January 1719 and Daniel Defoe, almost sixty, sits at a table, writing. He is troubled with gout and debt, but for now is preoccupied with a younger man on a barren shore – Robinson Crusoe, for which he will principally be remembered. Several miles south, an old man, Robert Knox, is bent over a heavy volume. It is Historical Relation, his account of being held captive on Ceylon, published forty years ago after he escaped and returned to England. It has long been out of print, but a copy perhaps sits on the desk of Daniel Defoe as he writes. Where did Crusoe come from? And what is the secret of his endurance? Crusoe explores the intertwined lives of two real men – Daniel Defoe and Robert Knox – and the character and book that emerged from their peculiar conjunction. It is the biography of a book and its hero, the story of Defoe, the man who wrote Robinson Crusoe, and of Robert Knox, the man who was Crusoe.
Nickelodeon
Author: The Spur
Author: The American Catalogue
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
Junior Knowledge Book
Author: Sura College of CompetitionPublisher: Sura Books
ISBN: 9788185629247
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
A Defoe Companion
Author: J. HammondPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230374700
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Defoe occupies a central place in the history of English literature. As the author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders he can claim to be the creator of the first novels in English, and he was one of the earliest practitioners of the 'desert island' myth which has had such an influence on the human imagination. In A Journal of the Plague Year and A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain he forged a distinctive documentary style which deeply influenced later writers.
Broadway
Author: Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135950202
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Broadway
Author: Ken BloomPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135950199
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Book Description
This volume is another example in the Routledge tradition of producing high-quality reference works on theater, music, and the arts. An A to Z encyclopedia of Broadway, this volume includes tons of information, including producers, writer, composers, lyricists, set designers, theaters, performers, and landmarks in its sweep.