Author: Stephe R. SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Romance and Humor of the Rail
Author: Stephe R. SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Romance and Humor of the Road
Author: Stephe R. SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Railroad Men
Author: Writing the Romantic Comedy, Revised and Updated Edition
Author: Billy MernitPublisher: Harper Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780062950260
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
"Writing the Romantic Comedy is so much fun to read it could pop a champagne cork."--Alexa Junge, writer and producer of Friends Revised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies, Billy Mernit's insightful look into the mechanics of writing Hollywood's most enduring genre features case studies that reveal the screenwriting secrets behind classics new and old. Whether you're a first-time screenwriter, an intermediate marooned in the rewriting process, or a professional wanting to explore the latest genre trends, this thoroughly charming and insightful guide to the basics of crafting a winning and innovative script will take you step by step from "meet cute" all the way to "joyous defeat." You'll learn the screenwriting secrets behind some of the funniest scenes ever written; how to create characters and dialogue that getsparks flying; why some bedroom scenes sizzle and others fall flat; and much more. Written in a refreshingly accessible style and updated and expanded to recognize the contributions of a fresh generation of romantic comedies, this newly revised 20th Anniversary edition of Writing the Romantic Comedy features case studies drawn from beloved romantic classics such as When Harry Met Sally, Annie Hall, Tootsie, and The Lady Eve to modern-day favorites including Hitch, (500) Days of Summer, Bridesmaids, and Silver Linings Playbook. Field-tested writing exercises are also included, guaranteed to short-circuit potential mistakes and ensure inspiration.
Home on the Rails
Author: Amy G. RichterPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 080787647X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Recognizing the railroad's importance as both symbol and experience in Victorian America, Amy G. Richter follows women travelers onto trains and considers the consequences of their presence there. For a time, Richter argues, nineteenth-century Americans imagined the public realm as a chaotic and dangerous place full of potential, where various groups came together, collided, and influenced one another, for better or worse. The example of the American railroad reveals how, by the beginning of the twentieth century, this image was replaced by one of a domesticated public realm--a public space in which both women and men increasingly strove to make themselves "at home." Through efforts that ranged from the homey touches of railroad car decor to advertising images celebrating female travelers and legal cases sanctioning gender-segregated spaces, travelers and railroad companies transformed the railroad from a place of risk and almost unlimited social mixing into one in which white men and women alleviated the stress of unpleasant social contact. Making themselves "at home" aboard the trains, white men and women domesticated the railroad for themselves and paved the way for a racially segregated and class-stratified public space that freed women from the home yet still preserved the railroad as a masculine domain.
New York Railroad Men
Author: Railway International Passenger and Ticket Agents Journal
Author: Train Romance
Author: Ken SilvestriPublisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781667815190
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
In this collection of poems and images, Cat Weaver, Ken Silvestri, and Natasha Rabin explore the enchantment trains can bring. Trains share in the big and small events of people's lives, and remembered moments in them are depicted here as haunting, bittersweet, quietly nostalgic, and gently comic. "Train Romance" is a breathtaking book of poetry in which three poets have wedded a love of trains with their different poetic styles and a shared sense of rushing through space on a journey that may change one's life. In this volume, readers will hear the moan of a train's faraway whistle touching hearts with its sound of longing. They will enter spaces where the features of strangers open possibilities rather than represent closure. They will feel the rush of the great machine as it passes one by in a gust of wind on the platform. And they will be invited to recall or imagine the uncanny beauty of being inside something that carries them through the night, along tracks which, deep under their pillows, rhythmically click away the unseen distances.
Love and Other Train Wrecks
Author: Leah KonenPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062402528
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A Today.com Best Pick for Valentine’s Day! A whirlwind twenty-four-hour romance about two teens who meet—and perhaps change their minds about love—on a train ride in the middle of a snowstorm. Leah Konen’s Love and Other Train Wrecks is perfect for fans of Emery Lord and Jennifer E. Smith. Noah is a hopeless romantic. He’s traveling home for one last chance with his first love, and he needs a miracle to win her back. Ammy doesn’t believe in true love—just look at her parents. If there’s one thing she’s learned about love in the last year, it’s that it ends. That is, until one winter night when Noah and Ammy find themselves in the same Amtrak car heading to Upstate New York. After a train-wreck first impression between the two of them, the Amtrak train suddenly breaks down—in the middle of a snowstorm. Desperate to make it to their destinations, Noah and Ammy have no other option but to travel together. What starts off as a minor detour turns into the journey of a lifetime, but come morning their adventure takes an unexpected turn for the worst. Can one night can really change how they feel about love...and the course of their lives forever?
Long Steel Rail
Author: Norm CohenPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252068812
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, and variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.