Download or read book Niagara Falls All Over Again written by Elizabeth McCracken and published by Delta. This book was released on 2002-11-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By turns graceful and knowing, funny and moving, Niagara Falls All Over Again is the latest masterwork by National Book Award finalist and author of The Giant’s House, Elizabeth McCracken. Spanning the waning years of vaudeville and the golden age of Hollywood, Niagara Falls All Over Again chronicles a flawed, passionate friendship over thirty years, weaving a powerful story of family and love, grief and loss. In it, McCracken introduces her most singular and affecting hero: Mose Sharp — son, brother, husband, father, friend ... and straight man to the fat guy in baggy pants who utterly transforms his life. To the paying public, Mose Sharp was the arch, colorless half of the comedy team Carter and Sharp. To his partner, he was charmed and charming, a confirmed bachelor who never failed at love and romance. To his father and sisters, Mose was a prodigal son. And in his own heart and soul, he would always be a boy who once had a chance to save a girl’s life — a girl who would be his first, and greatest, loss. Born into a Jewish family in small-town Iowa, the only boy among six sisters, Mose Sharp couldn’t leave home soon enough. By sixteen Mose had already joined the vaudeville circuit. But he knew one thing from the start: “I needed a partner,” he recalls. “I had always needed a partner.” Then, an ebullient, self-destructive comedian named Rocky Carter came crashing into his life — and a thirty-year partnership was born. But as the comedy team of Carter and Sharp thrived from the vaudeville backwaters to Broadway to Hollywood, a funny thing happened amid the laughter: It was Mose who had all the best lines offstage. Rocky would go through money, women, and wives in his restless search for love; Mose would settle down to a family life marked by fragile joy and wrenching tragedy. And soon, cracks were appearing in their complex relationship ... until one unforgivable act leads to another and a partnership begins to unravel. In a novel as daring as it is compassionate, Elizabeth McCracken introduces an indelibly drawn cast of characters — from Mose’s Iowa family to the vagabond friends, lovers, and competitors who share his dizzying journey — as she deftly explores the fragile structures that underlie love affairs and friendships, partnerships and families. An elegiac and uniquely American novel, Niagara Falls All Over Again is storytelling at its finest — and powerful proof that Elizabeth McCracken is one of the most dynamic and wholly original voices of her generation.

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Download or read book America s Loch Ness Monsters written by Philip L. Rife and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-08-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FLORIDA FISHERMAN MEETS ONE OF NESSIE'S AMERICAN COUSINS... "It was as if someone were staring at my back. You know, the type of feeling when the hair seems to stand up on the back of your neck. I turned around and looked directly into the face of a giant sea serpent! Its head and neck were raised out of the water to the height of about 10 feet. The frightening thing was staring at me with two dull, dark eyes five inches across. The head was slightly larger than the neck, probably about 36 inches in diameter. The thing stared at me for at least a minute, moving its head slightly from side to side. Then it disappeared beneath the surface." (FROM CHAPTER 5)

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Download or read book Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York written by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Canada and the Canadians written by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle and published by London : H. Colburn. This book was released on 1846 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Canada and the Canadians Vol 1 2 written by Richard Henry Bonnycastle and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook edition has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Emigrants and Immigration The Emigrant and his Prospects A Journey to the Westward The French Canadian Penetanguishene Barrie and Big Trees A new Capital of a new District The Rebellion and the Radicals Toronto and the Transit Views of American and of English Institutions Blacklegs and Races Colonial high life Setting fire to Niagara The Great Fresh-water Seas of Canada Trip to Hamilton Port Credit, Oakville, Bronte, Wellington Square Burlington Bay and Canal Immense expenditure on Public Works Value of the Union of Canada with Britain The Grand River Mohawks George the Third, a Republican King Church of the Indians The Five Nations The great Fire of London The loyal Western District America as it now is Dutch Country Moravian Indians Policy of the Government The Thames Steamer Hatred to England and encouragement of Desertion Crime and Vice in the Canadas Penitentiaries unfit for juvenile offenders Inefficiency of the Police Local and Municipal Administration Courts of Law Excursion to the River Trent Bay of Quinte Prince Edward's Island Arrogance of American politicians Forsaken Dwellings Prospects of the Emigrant in Canada Militia of Canada Population Rapidly increasing Prosperity of the North American Colonies, compared with the United States Conclusion…

Download or read book Sam Patch the Famous Jumper written by Paul E. Johnson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2004-06-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true history of a legendary American folk hero In the 1820s, a fellow named Sam Patch grew up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, working there (when he wasn't drinking) as a mill hand for one of America's new textile companies. Sam made a name for himself one day by jumping seventy feet into the tumultuous waters below Pawtucket Falls. When in 1827 he repeated the stunt in Paterson, New Jersey, another mill town, an even larger audience gathered to cheer on the daredevil they would call the "Jersey Jumper." Inevitably, he went to Niagara Falls, where in 1829 he jumped not once but twice in front of thousands who had paid for a good view. The distinguished social historian Paul E. Johnson gives this deceptively simple story all its deserved richness, revealing in its characters and social settings a virtual microcosm of Jacksonian America. He also relates the real jumper to the mythic Sam Patch who turned up as a daring moral hero in the works of Hawthorne and Melville, in London plays and pantomimes, and in the spotlight with Davy Crockett—a Sam Patch who became the namesake of Andrew Jackson's favorite horse. In his shrewd and powerful analysis, Johnson casts new light on aspects of American society that we may have overlooked or underestimated. This is innovative American history at its best.

Download or read book A Thread Across the Ocean written by John Steele Gordon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the successful laying of a cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866, exploring the physical, financial, and technological challenges of the project and assessing the impact of the cable on the course of twentieth-century history.

Download or read book The Day the Falls Stood Still written by Cathy Marie Buchanan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Niagara Falls, 1915 When Bess Heath returns to her family home near the picturesque falls, it is to an unfamiliar scene - the elegance of the life she once knew has vanished. Her father is a broken man, jobless and losing hope, and her mother is struggling to keep the family afloat. Isabel, the lively, charismatic sister Bess has always relied on is almost unrecognisable. Her engagement called off, she languishes in her bedroom, brooding and refusing to eat. Through all of this Bess finds solace in Tom Cole, a man she met by chance the night she returned home. Constant, gentle and devoted to Bess, he understands better than anyone the awesome and potentially devastating power of the falls - and consoles her through a tragedy that nearly ruins her. But as their lives become more fully entwined, Bess is forced to make a painful choice between what she wants and what is best for her family . . .

Download or read book Canada and the Canadians written by Richard Henry Bonnycastle and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents._x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ Emigrants and Immigration_x000D_ The Emigrant and his Prospects_x000D_ A Journey to the Westward_x000D_ The French Canadian_x000D_ Penetanguishene_x000D_ Barrie and Big Trees_x000D_ A new Capital of a new District_x000D_ The Rebellion and the Radicals_x000D_ Toronto and the Transit_x000D_ Views of American and of English Institutions_x000D_ Blacklegs and Races_x000D_ Colonial high life_x000D_ Setting fire to Niagara_x000D_ The Great Fresh-water Seas of Canada_x000D_ Trip to Hamilton_x000D_ Port Credit, Oakville, Bronte, Wellington Square_x000D_ Burlington Bay and Canal_x000D_ Immense expenditure on Public Works_x000D_ Value of the Union of Canada with Britain_x000D_ The Grand River_x000D_ Mohawks_x000D_ George the Third, a Republican King_x000D_ Church of the Indians_x000D_ The Five Nations_x000D_ The great Fire of London_x000D_ The loyal Western District_x000D_ America as it now is_x000D_ Dutch Country_x000D_ Moravian Indians_x000D_ Policy of the Government_x000D_ The Thames Steamer_x000D_ Hatred to England and encouragement of Desertion_x000D_ Crime and Vice in the Canadas_x000D_ Penitentiaries unfit for juvenile offenders_x000D_ Inefficiency of the Police_x000D_ Local and Municipal Administration_x000D_ Courts of Law_x000D_ Excursion to the River Trent_x000D_ Bay of Quinte_x000D_ Prince Edward's Island_x000D_ Arrogance of American politicians_x000D_ Forsaken Dwellings_x000D_ Prospects of the Emigrant in Canada_x000D_ Militia of Canada_x000D_ Population_x000D_ Rapidly increasing Prosperity of the North American Colonies, compared with the United States_x000D_ Conclusion…