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Book The Life and Times of Kin Hubbard  Creator of Abe Martin

Download or read book The Life and Times of Kin Hubbard Creator of Abe Martin written by Fred Charters Kelly and published by New York, Farrar, Straus and young. This book was released on 1952 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Best of Kin Hubbard

Download or read book The Best of Kin Hubbard written by Kin Hubbard and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-22 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an absolutely delightful book.... Hubbard is considered to be a regional humorist, but like all really good humorists, he speaks to everyone." --Humor: International Journal of Humor Research "Now an' then an innocent man is sent t' th' legislature." "When a feller says, 'It hain't th' money, but th' principle o' th' thing, it's the money." During the early years of this century, the fictional Abe Martin became one of the most popular cracker-barrel philosophers this country has ever known. First created for the Indianapolis News by Kin Hubbard, the humorous and sometimes painful lines of Abe and his neighbors in the Bloom Center Weekly Sliphorn captured the imagination of Americans everywhere. This collection gathers together the very best sayings, humorous essays, cartoons, drawings, and a representative sample of Abe's "almanack."

Book The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis written by David J. Bodenhamer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1994-11-22 with total page 1624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A work of this magnitude and high quality will obviously be indispensable to anyone studying the history of Indianapolis and its region." -- The Journal of American History "... absorbing and accurate... Although it is a monument to Indianapolis, do not be fooled into thinking this tome is impersonal or boring. It's not. It's about people: interesting people. The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis is as engaging as a biography." -- Arts Indiana "... comprehensive and detailed... might well become the model for other such efforts." -- Library Journal With more than 1,600 separate entries and 300 illustrations, The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis is a model of what a modern city encyclopedia should be. From the city's inception through its remarkable transformation into a leading urban center, the history and people of Indianapolis are detailed in factual and intepretive articles on major topics including business, education, religion, social services, politics, ethnicity, sports, and culture.

Book The Rotarian

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1952-10
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 66 pages

Download or read book The Rotarian written by and published by . This book was released on 1952-10 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.

Book Bean Blossom

Download or read book Bean Blossom written by Thomas A. Adler and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2011-05-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bean Blossom, Indiana is home to the annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, founded in 1967 by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. Here, Adler discusses the development of bluegrass music, the many personalities involved in the bluegrass music scene, the interplay of local, regional, and national interests, and more.

Book Joe E  Brown

    Book Details:
  • Author : Wes D. Gehring
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2014-12-24
  • ISBN : 0786483512
  • Pages : 229 pages

Download or read book Joe E Brown written by Wes D. Gehring and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young boy in the depths of the 1890s depression, Joe E. Brown had a job: making faces at the firemen on passing coal-burning trains so they would throw coal at him. As a child he also worked as a circus acrobat and newsboy. His inventiveness and spunk helped his family get through hard times but also fueled his fascination with entertainment, and he built up a repertoire of rubber-faced expressions and funny antics that would make his stage and screen work memorable. Baseball was a favorite pursuit in his life and thus a recurring theme in his films and skits. In this biography--the first on one of the top film comedians of the 1930s--the reader learns of Joe's challenging childhood and how it prepared him for later screen roles, and how his love of baseball translated into screen successes. His early career in vaudeville is discussed, his work as a Broadway comedian in the Roaring Twenties, his road to movie stardom, and how he parlayed his love of sports into big hits like 1930's Elmer the Great. The year 1935 gets its own chapter; its films are considered the pinnacle of Brown's career, including Alibi Ike, Bright Lights and A Midsummer Night's Dream. The final chapters reveal what happened after he left Warner Bros., including the bittersweet 1940s, when he entertained troops around the globe while mourning a son lost to the war. The book concludes with a comprehensive filmography of his features from 1928 to 1963.

Book Indiana s 200

    Book Details:
  • Author : Linda C. Gugin
  • Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
  • Release : 2016-05-20
  • ISBN : 0871953935
  • Pages : 440 pages

Download or read book Indiana s 200 written by Linda C. Gugin and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Indiana Historical Society's commemoration of the nineteenth state's bicentennial, Indiana's 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State recognizes the people who made enduring contributions to Indiana in its 200-year history. Written by historians, scholars, biographers, and independent researchers, the biographical essays in this book will enhance the public's knowledge and appreciation of those who made a difference in the lives of Hoosiers, the country, and even the world. Subjects profiled in the book include individuals from all fields of endeavor: law, politics, art, music, entertainment, literature, sports, education, business/industry, religion, science/invention/technology, as well as "the notorious."

Book Indiana Originals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray E. Boomhower
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2018-11-12
  • ISBN : 1439665753
  • Pages : 211 pages

Download or read book Indiana Originals written by Ray E. Boomhower and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hoosier history overflows with bold visionaries, noble heroes and lovable rogues. May Wright Sewall struggled to uplift womankind and unflinchingly called for peace in a world sleepwalking toward conflict. In the guise of Abe Martin, Kin Hubbard graced the Indianapolis News's back page for twenty-six years with folksy humor. Combat photographer John A. Bushemi bravely faced the terrors of war and perished capturing its violence. Audacious automotive pioneer Carl G. Fisher went to any length to promote himself, even flying a car via a hot-air balloon. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience, author Ray E. Boomhower, the dean of Hoosier biographers, brings together forty of the most notable figures from the nineteenth state.

Book Saturday Review of Literature

Download or read book Saturday Review of Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1952-07 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary of Midwestern Literature  Volume 1

Download or read book Dictionary of Midwestern Literature Volume 1 written by Philip A. Greasley and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-05-30 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume One, surveys the lives and writings of nearly 400 Midwestern authors and identifies some of the most important criticism of their writings. The Dictionary is based on the belief that the literature of any region simultaneously captures the experience and influences the worldview of its people, reflecting as well as shaping the evolving sense of individual and collective identity, meaning, and values. Volume One presents individual lives and literary orientations and offers a broad survey of the Midwestern experience as expressed by its many diverse peoples over time.Philip A. Greasley's introduction fills in background information and describes the philosophy, focus, methodology, content, and layout of entries, as well as criteria for their inclusion. An extended lead-essay, "The Origins and Development of the Literature of the Midwest," by David D. Anderson, provides a historical, cultural, and literary context in which the lives and writings of individual authors can be considered.This volume is the first of an ambitious three-volume series sponsored by the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature and created by its members. Volume Two will provide similar coverage of non-author entries, such as sites, centers, movements, influences, themes, and genres. Volume Three will be a literary history of the Midwest. One goal of the series is to build understanding of the nature, importance, and influence of Midwestern writers and literature. Another is to provide information on writers from the early years of the Midwestern experience, as well as those now emerging, who are typically absent from existing reference works.

Book The Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 2468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Editor   Publisher

Download or read book Editor Publisher written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indiana Magazine of History

Download or read book Indiana Magazine of History written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Readers  Guide to Periodical Literature

Download or read book Readers Guide to Periodical Literature written by Anna Lorraine Guthrie and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Michigan Alumnus

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  • Publisher : UM Libraries
  • Release : 1952
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 404 pages

Download or read book Michigan Alumnus written by and published by UM Libraries. This book was released on 1952 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section: "Some Michigan books."

Book Kessinger s Mid west Review

Download or read book Kessinger s Mid west Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chaplin s War Trilogy

Download or read book Chaplin s War Trilogy written by Wes D. Gehring and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-09-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines Charlie Chaplin's evolving perspective on dark comedy in his three war films, Shoulder Arms (1918), The Great Dictator (1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947). In the first he uses the genre in a groundbreaking manner but yet for a pro-war cause. In Dictator dark comedy is applied in an antiwar way. In Monsieur Verdoux Chaplin embraces the genre as an individual in defense against a society out to destroy him. All three are pivotal films in the development of the genre in film, with the latter two movies being very controversial for their time.