Download or read book Maverick written by Dennis Broe and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airing on ABC from 1957 to 1962, Maverick appeared at a key moment in television Western history and provided a distinct alternative to the genre’s usual moralistic lawmen in its hero, Bret Maverick. A non-violent gambler and part-time con man, Maverick’s principles revolved around pleasure and not power, and he added humor, satire, and irony to the usually grim-faced Western. In this study of Maverick, author Dennis Broe details how the popular series mocked, altered, and undermined the characteristics of other popular Westerns, like Gunsmoke and Bonanza. Broe highlights the contributions made by its creators, its producer, Roy Huggins, and its lead actor, James Garner, to a format that was described as “the American fairy tale.” Broe describes how Garner and Huggins struck blows against a feudal studio system that was on its last legs in cinema but was being applied even more rigidly in television. He considers Maverick as a place where multiple counter-cultural discourses converged—including Baudelaire’s Flaneur, Guy DeBord’s Situationists, and Jack Kerouc’s Beats—in a form that was acceptable to American households. Finally, Broe shows how the series’ validation of Maverick’s outside-the-law status punctured the Cold War rhetoric promoted by the “adult” Western. Broe also highlights the series’ female con women or flaneuses, who were every bit the equal of their male counterparts and added additional layers to the traditional schoolteacher/showgirl Western dichotomy. Broe demonstrates the progressive nature of Maverick as it worked to counter the traditional studio mode of production, served as a locus of counter-cultural trends, and would ultimately become the lone outpost of anti–Cold War and anti-establishment sentiments within the Western genre. Maverick fans and scholars of American television history will enjoy this close look at the classic series.
Download or read book Genealogies in the Library of Congress written by Marion J. Kaminkow and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Michael Finnissy written by Ian Pace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The composer and pianist Michael Finnissy (b. 1946) is an unmistakeable presence in the British and international new music scene, both for his immeasurable generosity as prolific composer for many different types of musicians, major advocate for the works of others, and performer and conductor who has also been a driving force behind ensembles; he was also President of the International Society for Contemporary Music from 1990 to 1996. His vast and enormously varied output confounds those who seek easy categorisations: once associated strongly with the ‘new complexity’, Finnissy is equally known as composer regularly engaged with many different folk musics, for working with amateur and community musicians, for a long-term engagement with sacred music, or as an advocate of Anglo-American ‘experimental’ music. Twenty years ago, a large-scale volume entitled Uncommon Ground: The Music of Michael Finnissy gave the first major overview of the output of any ‘complex’ composer. This new volume brings a greater plurality of perspectives and critical sensibility to bear upon an output which is almost twice as large as it was when the earlier book was published. A range of leading contributors – musicologists, composers, performers and others – each grapple with particular questions relating to Finnissy’s music, often in ways which raise questions relating more widely to new music, and provide theoretical foundations for further of study both of Finnissy and other composers.
Download or read book Maury Maverick written by Richard B. Henderson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maury Maverick was possibly the first liberal United States Congressman from Texas to achieve national and even international stature. A dedicated Democrat, he was ready to attack Franklin D. Roosevelt whenever he felt that Roosevelt was flagging in his enthusiasm for reform. He was honest to the point of rudeness, and he belonged to the "damn the torpedoes" class that pulled ahead regardless of political consequences. He was at home with the literate—he was a prodigious writer and speaker—but always ready to puncture their pretensions. And he could cuss with sailors, pecan shellers, and any breed of saloon keeper. Put all that together with a short, stocky, bulldog frame, a fierce face and a voice to match, and you have one of the nation's more colorful political figures.
Download or read book Genealogies in the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986 written by Library of Congress and published by Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service. This book was released on 1991 with total page 1368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
Download or read book Maverick s Progress written by James T. Flexner and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flexner, a biographer and historian and a recipient of prestigious awards including the National Book Award and a Special Pulitzer Prize, chronicles his development as a writer, from his experiences as a journalist to his historical biographies. He reveals his methodology as a biographer, and discusses his work as an advisor to historical sites and as president of PEN and the Society of American Historians, as well as his personal relationships. Contains bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Maverick Ancestors of the Maverick Family of Texas written by James Slayden Maverick and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Taking the Alpha King written by Tina A. Ferro and published by Tina A. Ferro. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being made Beta of the Ganymede pack, Cayden Hawks must learn to navigate his new responsibilities, a growing civil war, and his feelings for his best friend, Alpha King Maverick Richards. When Maverick's Luna-to-be shows up, Cayden's world takes a turn for the worst. *** My wolf responds to his, kneeling in submission to our Alpha. I lower my gaze in respect, but Maverick's free hand catches my chin, forcing me to lift my head. "You never have to bow to me."
Download or read book Maverick s Earth and Universe written by J. Marvin Herndon and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maverick's Earth and Universe is about the true nature of Earth and Universe, and the way science should work, including a methodology more fundamental than the so-called scientific method.
Download or read book Hand List of American Genealogies in the New York Public Library written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New England Historical and Genealogical Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. number.
Download or read book Anxious Objects written by Patterson Sims and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication accompanies the first survey of Willie Cole's work from the late 1980s to the present. Cole was born and raised in New Jersey and has resided in the state his entire life. The exhibition and catalogue focus on Cole's mixed media sculptural works made from salvaged irons, blow dryers, ironing boards, high-heeled shoes, lawn jockeys, and bicycle parts; paintings and drawings made of iron scorch marks, and prints. Cole's consumer and domestic objects assume the appearance of objects from another time, culture, or place, transformed into powerful cultural and spiritual evocations referencing African and global culture. His art is solidly based in studious appreciation rather than humorous imitation or ironic appropriation." "The exhibition was organized by Patterson Sims. In this catalogue, Sims offers a broad introduction to Cole and detailed descriptions of the works included in the show. The text traces Cole's thinking, process, and evolution and the influence of his life-long residency in New Jersey. This catalogue also includes an insightful interview between the artist and Leslie King-Hammond, Dean of Graduate Studies, Maryland Institute College of Art; a short essay by Lowery Stokes Sims, President of the Studio Museum in Harlem, related to Cole's pivotal 1988-89 artist residency there; and an extensive chronology and professional history of the artist."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Maverick s Reward written by Roxann Delaney and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes an excerpt from Rustled, by B.J. Daniels.
Download or read book Taking the Alpha King written by kunfetti and published by eGlobal Creative Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I never want to see that again," Maverick grumbles. "I know. It was an accident. It won't happen, ever again." My heart is beating a mile a minute. Something I said set him off because he's growling low in his chest. If I wasn't terrified, I'd be turned on. The next thing I know, I'm forced against the wall, Maverick pushing my shoulders, "you don't understand." "So help me to." *** After being made Beta of the Ganymede pack, Cayden Hawks must learn to navigate his new responsibilities, a growing civil war, and his feelings for his best friend, Alpha King Maverick Richards. When Maverick's Luna-to-be shows up, Cayden's world takes a turn for the worst. *** My wolf responds to his, kneeling in submission to our Alpha. I lower my gaze in respect, but Maverick's free hand catches my chin, forcing me to lift my head. "You never have to bow to me." 18+ for explicit language and sexual content. Taking the Alpha King is created by Kunfetti, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
Download or read book American Mavericks written by Susan Key and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the San Francisco Symphony's highly successful American music festival last June, this book and its accompanying CD provide an entertaining survey of some of America's best-known composers--all of them controversial in their day.
Download or read book When Race Becomes Real written by Bernestine Singley and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2008-09-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Race Becomes Real is a critically acclaimed collection that pushes the boundaries of current discussions about race. In these personal and evocative essays, thirty contemporary black and white writers describe their own intimate experiences with race and discrimination, taking an unflinching look at both society and themselves. The result is an incisive and powerful anthology that rethinks what it means to be black—and white—in the modern world. Only through frank and tough conversation, Singley tells us, can America hope to realize its goals of justice and racial equality. This collection opens that much needed honest dialogue, exploring a wide range of racial experiences in relation to a myriad of topics: from crime and religion to humor, history, and desire. Readers will find within these pages examinations of the roots of racial beliefs and the origins of the language and rules that have heretofore governed discussion; analysis of the reasons behind our reticence to discuss the subject openly; and suggestions for solutions to the problems that plague open racial discourse. The writers of When Race Becomes Real demonstrate the progress that can be made when our ingrained wariness on the subject of race is abandoned, and we instead confront the issue openly and personally. Included are contributions by a variety of authors, from Pulitzer Prize winners such as Robert Coles, Leonard Pitts, and Natalie Angier to popular writers and emerging voices. In each essay the author sweeps aside the cautious rules that often dominate racial discussions to address what race really means in the twenty-first century. When Race Becomes Real directly tackles one of our most taboo subjects with bravery, wit, and emotion. Sometimes shocking, sometimes amusing but always honest, this collection encourages readers to move beyond the ineffective reluctance and objectivity that hinder contemporary conversations and in doing so forge a new path in racial consciousness.
