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Cockfighter

Author : Charles Willeford
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468306901
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book Cockfighter written by Charles Willeford and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-08-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the criminal underbelly of the 1960s rural South, a silent, iron-willed man is ready to sacrifice anything to rise to the top. A former professional boxer, actor, horse trainer and radio announcer, Charles Willeford (1919-1988) is best known for his Miami-based crime novels featuring hard-boiled detective Hoke Moseley, including Miami Blues and Sideswipe. His career as a writer began in the late 1940s, but it was his 1972 novel Cockfighter that announced his name to a wider audience. Frank Mansfield is the titular cockfighter: a silent and fiercely contrary man whose obsession with winning will cost him almost everything. Mansfield haunts the cockpits, bars and roads of the rural South in the early 1960s, adrift but always capable of nearly anything... First published in complete form in 1972, and adapted by Willeford for a Monte Hellman film in 1974 (which became infamous for its use of real animals in the fight scenes), the novel Cockfighter has been out of print for nearly 20 years. Praise for Charles Willeford and Cockfighter “One of our most skilled, interesting, accomplished and productive writers.” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post “Charles Willeford renders the sport [of cockfighting] with such knowledge and attention to detail that . . . I had the almost inexpressible impression of being on my knees again beside the great fighting pits of the southern circuit.” —Harry Crews “No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford.” —Elmore Leonard “Entertaining every step of the way... Willeford opens up for most of us a whole undiscovered world, and conveys it wonderfully.” —Publishers Weekly

Cockfighter

Author : Charles Willeford
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1471914372
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book Cockfighter written by Charles Willeford and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford' Elmore Leonard Frank Mansfield is the cockfighter, a man obsessed with an illegal sport which is unspeakably cruel, unthinkably bloody - and incredibly exciting. His pursuit of the champion's medal takes him into the seamy underbelly of rural Southern life - into the hot, dusty small-town circuits, where greed and corruption vie only with lust and violence . . .

Cockfighter

Author : Charles Ray Willeford
Publisher : Picturebox, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780984589227
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Cockfighter written by Charles Ray Willeford and published by Picturebox, Incorporated. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered to be Charles Willeford's masterpiece, Cockfighter is a brutal, if beautiful, fiction of the American South, loosely modelled on Homer's Odyssey. Frank Mansfield is the titular cockfighter - a silent and fiercely contrary man whose obsession with winning costs him almost everything. Mansfield haunts the cockpits, bars and roads of the rural South in the early 1960s, adrift but always capable of nearly anything. First published in complete form in 1972 and adapted into the infamous Monte Hellman film in 1974, it is now back in print after 20 years.

The Remarkable Story and Sudden Death of a Cockfighter

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)

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The Remarkable Story and Sudden Death of a Cockfighter, Etc

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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The Art of Cockfighting: A Handbook for Beginners and Old Timers

Author : Arch Ruport
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1446548031
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Cockfighting: A Handbook for Beginners and Old Timers written by Arch Ruport and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Cockfighting and how it is practised in certain parts of the World where it is still legal. In Britain it has been a forbidden sport for more than 150 years, although it is said that in country parts, that it ceased much later than that time. Many people keep Game Fowl purely for interest and this book is reissued in the hope that many of the sections relating to the history, feeding, conditioning and other aspects of keeping these birds will be of great interest. Contents Include: History Selection of a Strain, Basic Strains, The Hen Breeding and Breeding Systems The House Caring for Brood Fowl Rearing Game Chickens, Stages in the Life History of a Gamecock Dubbing Stags The Farm Walk Coop Walks, Movable and Stationary Getting Ready for Battle Trimming out for Battle Six Good Keeps Conditioning Powders and Drugs Tools of the Trade Gaffs Heeling Cocks for Battle In the Pit Handling and Nursing in the Pit The Referee After the Battle Methods of Conducting Cockfights

House of Psychotic Women

Author : Kier-La Janisse
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1903254825
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book House of Psychotic Women written by Kier-La Janisse and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cinema is full of neurotic personalities, but few things are more transfixing than a woman losing her mind onscreen. Horror as a genre provides the most welcoming platform for these histrionics: crippling paranoia, desperate loneliness, masochistic death-wishes, dangerous obsessiveness, apocalyptic hysteria. Unlike her male counterpart - ‘the eccentric’ - the female neurotic lives a shamed existence, making these films those rare places where her destructive emotions get to play. HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN is an examination of these characters through a daringly personal autobiographical lens. Anecdotes and memories interweave with film history, criticism, trivia and confrontational imagery to create a reflective personal history and a celebration of female madness, both onscreen and off. This critically-acclaimed publication is packed with rare images that combine with family photos and artifacts to form a titillating sensory overload, with a filmography that traverses the acclaimed and the obscure in equal measure. Films covered include The Entity, Paranormal Activity, Singapore Sling, 3 Women, Toys Are Not for Children, Repulsion, Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, The Haunting of Julia, Secret Ceremony, Cutting Moments, Out of the Blue, Mademoiselle, The Piano Teacher, Possession, Antichrist and hundreds more. Prior to this ebook edition, Kier-La's highly acclaimed book has already been issued twice in hardcover and twice in paperback, garnering extensive press coverage. Endorsement including the following: “God, this woman can write, with a voice and intellect that’s so new. The truth in the most deadly unique way I’ve ever read.” – Ralph Bakshi, director of ‘Fritz the Cat’, ‘Heavy Traffic’, ‘Lord of the Rings’, etc. “Fascinating, engaging and lucidly written: an extraordinary blend of deeply researched academic analysis and revealing memoir.” – Iain Banks, author of ‘The Wasp Factory’

The Cockfight

Author : Alan Dundes
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299140547
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book The Cockfight written by Alan Dundes and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1994-06-15 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating more than 2500 years ago, cockfighting is one of the oldest documented sports in the world. It has continued to flourish despite bans against it in many countries. In The Cockfight: A Casebook, folklorist Alan Dundes brings together a diverse array of writing on this male-dominated ritual. Vivid descriptions of cockfights from Puerto Rico, Tahiti, Ireland, Spain, Brazil, and the Philippines complement critical commentaries, from the fourth-century reflections of St. Augustine to contemporary anthropological and psychoanalytic interpretations. The various essays discuss the intricate rules of the cockfight, the ethical question of pitting two equally matched roosters in a fight to the death, the emotional involvement of cockfighters and fans, and the sexual implications of the sport. The result is an enlightening collection for anthropologists, folklorists, sociologists, and psychologists, as well as followers of this ancient blood sport.

Cockfight

Author : Maria Fernanda Ampuero
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1936932830
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Cockfight written by Maria Fernanda Ampuero and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Ecuadorian short story collection explores domestic horrors and everyday violence, a "grotesque, unflinching" portrait of twenty-first-century Latin America (Publishers Weekly). “Ampuero’s literary voice is tough and beautiful at once: her stories are exquisite and dangerous objects.” —Yuri Herrera, author of Signs Preceding the End of the World Named one of the ten best fiction books of 2018 by the New York Times en Español, Cockfight is the debut work by Ecuadorian writer and journalist María Fernanda Ampuero. In lucid and compelling prose, Ampuero sheds light on the hidden aspects of the home: the grotesque realities of family, coming of age, religion, and class struggle. A family’s maids witness a horrible cycle of abuse, a girl is auctioned off by a gang of criminals, and two sisters find themselves at the mercy of their spiteful brother. With violence masquerading as love, characters spend their lives trapped reenacting their past traumas. Heralding a brutal and singular new voice, Cockfight explores the power of the home to both create and destroy those within it.

Transactions with the World

Author : Adam O’Brien
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785330012
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Transactions with the World written by Adam O’Brien and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics, the “New Hollywood” films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored, however, has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as The Wild Bunch, Chinatown, and Nashville. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking, such as the increased reliance on location shooting and the rejection of American self-mythologizing, made the era such a vividly “grounded” cinematic moment. Synthesizing a range of narrative, aesthetic, and ecocritical theories, it offers a genuinely fresh perspective on one of the most studied periods in film history.

Australian Wine Vintages 2006

Author : Robin Bradley
Publisher : Morris Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9780957728066
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Australian Wine Vintages 2006 written by Robin Bradley and published by Morris Island Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Page to Stage

Author : Vincent Murphy
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472051873
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Page to Stage written by Vincent Murphy and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, for those who adapt literature into scripts, a how-to book that illuminates the process of creating a stageworthy play. Page to Stage describes the essential steps for constructing adaptations for any theatrical venue, from the college classroom to a professionally produced production. Acclaimed director Vincent Murphy offers students in theater, literary studies, and creative writing a clear and easy-to-use guidebook on adaptation. Its step-by-step process will be valuable to professional theater artists as well, and for script writers in any medium. Murphy defines six essential building blocks and strategies for a successful adaptation, including theme, dialogue, character, imagery, storyline, and action. Exercises at the end of each chapter lead readers through the transformation process, from choosing their material to creating their own adaptations. The book provides case studies of successful adaptations, including The Grapes of Wrath (adaptation by Frank Galati) and the author's own adaptations of stories by Samuel Beckett and John Barth. Also included is practical information on building collaborative relationships, acquiring rights, and getting your adaptation produced.

The Official Post office directory of New South Wales

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Official Post office directory of New South Wales written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cockfighter

Author : Frank Manley
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 9780385494205
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (942 download)

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Download or read book The Cockfighter written by Frank Manley and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning debut novel, Manley explores the part of the rural American experience where the human spirit prevails against seemingly overwhelming odds.

A Tennessee Folklore Sampler

Author : Ted Olson
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1572336684
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (723 download)

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Download or read book A Tennessee Folklore Sampler written by Ted Olson and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1934 the Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin has been a respected source on the wonderfully diverse history and traditions of the Volunteer State, but until now that publication's wide-ranging articles have been largely restricted to the society's membership. With the appearance of A Tennessee Folklore Sampler, editors Ted Olson and Anthony P. Cavender provide a broad audience with a rich selection of the work published over the course of this acclaimed journal's seventy-five-year history. Packed with colorful descriptions and analysis of the state's folkways, A Tennessee Folklore Sampler covers all three of the grand divisions of Tennessee--East, Middle, and West-- and includes articles by some prominent students of folklore, among them Charles Wolfe, Charles Faulkner Bryan, Thomas Burton, Donald Davidson, Herbert Halpert, Mildred Haun, Michael Lofaro, Michael Montgomery, and Tom Rankin. Following an introductory section that places the book into historical, cultural, and socioeconomic contexts, A Tennessee Folklore Sampler is divided into ten parts covering material culture, medicine, beliefs and practices, customs, play and recreation lore, speech, legends, ballad and song, instrumental traditions and music collecting, and folk communities. Each part begins with an introduction that places the selections in context and concludes with suggestions for further reading. The appendix features an essay that explores the history of the Tennessee Folklore Society and the evolution of folklore studies of the state. The anthology will be a welcome resource for folklorists and scholars in many fields as well as a special treasure for general readers. With more than sixty illustrations complementing the text, A Tennessee Folklore Sampler presents a vivid overview of Tennessee folk culture that illuminates the very soul of the state. Ted Olson is the author of Blue Ridge Folklife and Breathing in Darkness: Poems, and the coeditor of The Bristol Sessions: Writings about the Big Bang of Country Music. He teaches at East Tennessee State University. Anthony P. Cavender is professor of anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at East Tennessee State University. He is the author of Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia and has published articles in Social Science and Medicine, Journal of Folklore Research, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Human Organization, Appalachian Journal, and American Speech, among others.

Warren Oates

Author : Susan Compo
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813173329
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Warren Oates written by Susan Compo and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009-04-17 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though he never reached the lead actor status he labored so relentlessly to achieve, Warren Oates (1928–1982) is one of the most memorable and skilled character actors of the 1970s. With his rugged looks and measured demeanor, Oates crafted complex characters who were at once brazen and thoughtful, wild and subdued. Friends remember the hard-living, hard-drinking actor as kind and caring, but also sometimes as mean as a blue-eyed devil. Married four times, partial to road trips in his RV affectionately known as the “Roach Coach,” and famous for performances for directors ranging from Sam Peckinpah to Steven Spielberg, Warren Oates remained a Hollywood outsider perfectly suited to the 1960s and 1970s counterculture. Born in the small town of Depoy in rural western Kentucky and reared in Louisville, Oates began his career in the late 1950s with bit parts in television westerns. Though hardly lucrative work, it was during this time Oates met renegade director Sam Peckinpah, establishing the creative relationship and destructive friendship that produced some of Oates’s most unforgettable roles in Ride the High Country (1962), Major Dundee (1965), and The Wild Bunch (1969), as well as a leading part in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974). Though Oates maintained a close association with Peckinpah, he had a penchant for working with a variety of visionary directors who understood his approach and were eager to enlist the subtle talents of the consummate character actor. With supporting roles in In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Hired Hand (1971), Badlands (1973), 1941 (1979), and Stripes (1981), Oates delivered solid performances for filmmakers as diverse and talented as Norman Jewison, Peter Fonda, Terrence Malick, Steven Spielberg, and Ivan Reitman. Oates’s offscreen personality was just as complex as his on-screen persona. Notorious for being a nightlife reveler, he was as sensitive and introspective as he was outgoing and prone to periods of exuberant, and at times illegal, excess. Though he never became a marquee name, Warren Oates continues to influence actors like Billy Bob Thornton and Benicio Del Toro, as well as directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Richard Linklater, all of whom have cited Oates as a major inspiration. In Warren Oates: A Wild Life, author Susan Compo skillfully captures the story of Oates’s eventful life, indulgent lifestyle, and influential career.

Sightseeing

Author : Rattawut Lapcharoensap
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 1555846734
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Sightseeing written by Rattawut Lapcharoensap and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The national bestseller by the award-winning Thai American author. “A brilliant collection . . . brimming with sharp-clawed survival lessons” (Los Angeles Times). Set in contemporary Thailand, these are generous, radiant tales of family bonds, youthful romance, generational conflicts, and cultural shiftings beneath the glossy surface of a warm, Edenic setting. Written with exceptional acuity, grace, and sophistication, the stories present a nation far removed from its exoticized stereotypes. In the prize-winning opening story “Farangs,” the son of a beachside motel owner commits the cardinal sin of falling for a pretty American tourist. In the novella, “Cockfighter,” a young girl witnesses her proud father’s valiant but foolhardy battle against a local delinquent whose family has a vicious stranglehold on the villagers. Through his vivid assemblage of parents and children, natives and transients, ardent lovers and sworn enemies, Lapcharoensap dares us to look with new eyes at the circumstances that shape our views and the prejudices that form our blind spots. Gorgeous and lush, painful and candid, Sightseeing is an extraordinary reading experience, one that powerfully reveals that when it comes to how we respond to pain, anger, hurt, and love, no place is too far from home. “Lapcharoensap is a commanding, animated tour guide, and a lot more than that—he can write with the bait and the hook of genuine talent . . . [He] has a gift for the detail that catches not only his Thai milieu but teenage life everywhere.” —Darin Strauss, The New York Times Book Review