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Book Synopsis Billy Gashade by : Loren D. Estleman
Download or read book Billy Gashade written by Loren D. Estleman and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Gashade is a wandering musician crossing the young United States in the late 1800s, and introducing us to its most colorful characters along the way. Calamity Jane, Billy the Kid, Chief Crazy Horse, Oscar Wilde, and many many more cross paths with Billy in this sweeping epic of American History from Loren D. Estleman. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Book Synopsis The Branch and the Scaffold and Billy Gashade by : Loren D. Estleman
Download or read book The Branch and the Scaffold and Billy Gashade written by Loren D. Estleman and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two westerns from Spur Award-Winning author Estleman are collected in this tall Premium Edition. Contains "The Branch and the Scaffold" and "Billy Gashade." Original.
Book Synopsis Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri by : Robert L. Dyer
Download or read book Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri written by Robert L. Dyer and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War in Missouri was a time of great confusion, violence, and destruction. Although several major battles were fought in the state between Confederate and Union forces, much of the fighting in Missouri was an ugly form of terrorism carried out by loose bands of Missouri guerrillas, by Kansas "Jayhawkers," or by marauding patrols of Union soldiers. This irregular warfare provided a training ground for people like Jesse and Frank James who, after the war, used their newly learned skills to form an outlaw band that ultimately became known all over the world. Jesse James and the Civil War in Missouri discusses the underlying causes of the Civil War as they relate to Missouri and reveals how the war helped create both the legend and the reality of Jesse James and his gang. Written in an accessible style, this valuable little book will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in the Civil War, the legend of Jesse James, or Missouri history.
Book Synopsis The Breakout Novelist by : Donald Maass
Download or read book The Breakout Novelist written by Donald Maass and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-have reference for novel writers! If you're serious about transforming your writing into vibrant, engaging, and marketable fiction, you've found the right book. The Breakout Novelist gives you the craft and business know-how you need to make your stories stand out. Veteran literary agent Donald Maass brings together the best innovative and practical information from his previous books and workshops to help you set your novel apart from the competition. Maass shares examples from successful and contemporary writers across all genres to equip you with strategies for crafting compelling fiction--from core elements like character, setting, description, and plot, to more advanced techniques including theme, tension, and suspense. Plus, you'll find over 70 practical exercises to help you evaluate your writing to the breakout level. You'll also learn from Maass's experiences from more than three decades in the publishing industry. Get straight talk from an insider about agents, contracts, industry changes, and how to be the kind of author who builds a successful career book after book. If your goal is to craft powerful stories that capture your audience's attention from the first page to the last, then The Breakout Novelist is an indispensable reference.
Book Synopsis The American West on Film by : Johnny D. Boggs
Download or read book The American West on Film written by Johnny D. Boggs and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a history of Western movies, The American West on Film intertwines film history, the history of the American West, and American social history into one unique volume. The American West on Film chronicles 12 Hollywood motion pictures that are set in the post–Civil War American West, including The Ox-Bow Incident, Red River, High Noon, The Searchers, The Magnificent Seven, Little Big Man, and Tombstone. Each film overview summarizes the movie's plot, details how the film came to be made, the critical and box-office reactions upon its release, and the history of the time period or actual event. This is followed by a comparison and contrast of the filmmakers' version of history with the facts, as well as an analysis of the film's significance, then and now. Relying on contemporary accounts and historical analysis as well as perspectives from filmmakers, historians, and critics, the author describes what it took to get each movie made and how close to the historical truth the movie actually got. Readers will come away with a better understanding of how movies often reflect the time in which they were made, and how Westerns can offer provocative social commentary hidden beneath old-fashioned "shoot-em-ups."
Book Synopsis Aces & Eights by : Loren D. Estleman
Download or read book Aces & Eights written by Loren D. Estleman and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dead Man's Hand No one paid any mind to Jack McCall as he unloaded a .44 caliber slug into Wild Bill Hickok's brain at point-blank range. Deadwood's legendary gunslinging marshal was dead, holding a poker hand of aces and eights, a dead man's hand. The question the law wanted to know: was McCall a hired killer or did he kill Hickok to avenge his brother's death? Find out in Loren D. Estleman's Aces & Eights. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Book Synopsis Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and American Folk Outlaw Performance by : Damian A. Carpenter
Download or read book Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and American Folk Outlaw Performance written by Damian A. Carpenter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its appeal predicated upon what civilized society rejects, there has always been something hidden in plain sight when it comes to the outlaw figure as cultural myth. Damian A. Carpenter traverses the unsettled outlaw territory that is simultaneously a part of and apart from settled American society by examining outlaw myth, performance, and perception over time. Since the late nineteenth century, the outlaw voice has been most prominent in folk performance, the result being a cultural persona invested in an outlaw tradition that conflates the historic, folkloric, and social in a cultural act. Focusing on the works and guises of Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Bob Dylan, Carpenter goes beyond the outlaw figure’s heroic associations and expands on its historical (Jesse James, Billy the Kid), folk (John Henry, Stagolee), and social (tramps, hoboes) forms. He argues that all three performers represent a culturally disruptive force, whether it be the bad outlaw that Lead Belly represented to an urban bourgeoisie audience, the good outlaw that Guthrie shaped to reflect the social concerns of marginalized people, or the honest outlaw that Dylan offered audiences who responded to him as a promoter of clear-sighted self-evaluation. As Carpenter shows, the outlaw and the law as located in society are interdependent in terms of definition. His study provides an in-depth look at the outlaw figure’s self-reflexive commentary and critique of both performer and society that reflects the times in which they played their outlaw roles.
Book Synopsis American Historical Fiction by : Lynda G. Adamson
Download or read book American Historical Fiction written by Lynda G. Adamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-10-21 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication will fill a gap in the bibliographic reference shelf by identifying historical novels for both adult and young adult readers. ^IAmerican Historical Fiction^R contains over 3,000 titles set in states and historical regions of the United States. Entries are organized by time period. The newest titles, as well as old favorites, are covered. The volume is indexed by author, title, genre, subject, and geographic setting.
Book Synopsis Songs of the Great American West by : Irwin Silber
Download or read book Songs of the Great American West written by Irwin Silber and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents ninety-two songs of the American West, each with lyrics, a vocal score, simple piano arrangements, and chord symbols, and includes historical notes and commentaries, and over one hundred period illustrations.
Book Synopsis The Mythical West by : Richard W. Slatta
Download or read book The Mythical West written by Richard W. Slatta and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-11-20 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cultural journey down memory lane showcases how major Western figures, events, and places have been portrayed in folk legends, art, literature, and popular culture. Ever since the days of the 49ers and George Armstrong Custer, the Old West has been America's most potent source of legend. But it is sometimes hard to separate fact from fiction. Did you know, for example, that Annie Oakley was a talented marksman who shot an estimated 40,000 rounds per year while practicing and performing for Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in the late l800s? Or that many interpreters believe that The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is not just a fairy tale, but also a Populist allegory? These are just two of the folk legends dissected and examined in this veritable cultural geography. The volume covers everything from billionaire Howard Hughes and composer Aaron Copeland to Aztlan (the legendary first city of the Aztecs) and Area 51, the top-secret U.S. Air Force base at Groom Lake, Nevada, that has fascinated UFO and conspiracy buffs.
Download or read book A Study of Poetry written by Bliss Perry and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chronicles written by Bob Dylan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the NOBEL PRIZE in Literature 2016 This is the first spellbinding volume of the three-volume memoir of one of the greatest musical legends of all time. In CHRONICLES Volume I, Bob Dylan takes us back to the early 1960s when he arrived in New York to launch his phenomenal career. This is Dylan's story in his own words - a personal view of his motivations, frustrations and remarkable creativity. Publication of CHRONICLES Volume I is a publishing and cultural event of the highest magnitude.
Book Synopsis The Text and the Voice by : Alessandro Portelli
Download or read book The Text and the Voice written by Alessandro Portelli and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-05 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Text and the Voice
Download or read book Long Steel Rail written by Norm Cohen and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-boy by : Franz Rickaby
Download or read book Ballads and Songs of the Shanty-boy written by Franz Rickaby and published by Cambridge, [Mass.]: Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1926 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The English Ballad by : Robert Graves
Download or read book The English Ballad written by Robert Graves and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis High Passage by : Thomas Hornsby Ferril
Download or read book High Passage written by Thomas Hornsby Ferril and published by New York : AMS Press. This book was released on 1926 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
