Mcfarland Company Inc Publishers imprint: 86 books
Dorothy Lee
The Life and Films of the Wheeler and Woolsey Girl
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Dorothy Lee is best remembered for her screen appearances with the popular comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. She went from being a struggling vaudeville performer to the female vocalist in one of the most successful bands in the country to a star in the new-fangled "talking pictures"...
Cammie Up!: Memoir of a Recon Marine in Vietnam, 1967-1968
Memoir of a Recon Marine in Vietnam, 1967-1968
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
In this Marine combat memoir, Steve Johnson recounts his service in Vietnam from April 1967 to May 1968. Only 17 when he enlisted in 1964, Johnson deployed to Vietnam with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, and his tour included such now famous locations as Phu Bai, Khe Sanh, Nha...
War, Politics and Superheroes: Ethics and Propaganda in Comics and Film
Ethics and Propaganda in Comics and Film
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Superhero adventure comics have a long history of commenting upon American public opinion and government policy, and the surge in the popularity of comics since the events of September 11, 2001, ensures their continued relevance. This critical text examines the seventy-year history of comic book superheroes...
Voices of Vietnamese Boat People: Nineteen Narratives of Escape and Survival
Nineteen Narratives of Escape and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
On April 30, 1975, the Hanoi government of North Vietnam took control over the South. South Vietnamese, particularly "intellectuals" and those thought to have been associated with the previous regime, underwent terrible punishment, persecution and "re-education." Seeking their...
Inside Gilligan's Island: From Creation to Syndication
From Creation to Syndication
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
While every new TV series has to face some problems, no show had to overcome greater obstacles than Gilligan's Island. In spite of that, no series has achieved greater success, as measured by the fact that Gilligan's Island has given rise to three TV movies, two animated series, and is the most rerun...
A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde: Interviews with 62 Filmmakers
Interviews with 62 Filmmakers
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
In this jam-packed jamboree of conversations, more than 60 movie veterans describe their experiences on the sets of some of the world's most beloved sci-fi and horror movies and television series. Including groundbreaking oldies (Flash Gordon, One Million B.C.); 1950s and 1960s milestones (The War...
Irwin Allen Television Productions, 1964-1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants
A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
Before establishing himself as the "master of disaster" with the 1970s films The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen created four of television's most exciting and enduring science-fiction series: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land...
Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers
His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2006
He was born Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko on October 20, 1882, in Hungary. He joined Budapest's National Theater in 1913 and later appeared in several Hungarian films under the pseudonym Arisztid Olt. After World War I, he helped the Communist regime nationalize Hungary's film industry, but barely escaped...
Three Bad Men
John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
These were unique, complex, personal and professional relationships between master director John Ford and his two favorite actors, John Wayne and Ward Bond. The book provides a biography of each and a detailed exploration of Ford's work as it was intertwined with the lives and work of both Wayne and...
by Sean Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2006
Archie Bunker, George Jefferson, Maude--the television sitcom world of the 1970s was peopled by the creations of Norman Lear. Beginning in 1971 with the premier of All in the Family, Lear's work gave sitcoms a new face and a new style. No longer were families perfect and lives in order. Mostly blue-collar...
Fugitive Slaves and the Unfinished American Revolution
Eight Cases, 1848-1856
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
This book posits that the American Revolution--waged to form a "more perfect union"--still raged long after the guns went silent. Eight major fugitive slave stories of the antebellum era are described and interpreted to demonstrate how fugitive slaves and their abolitionist allies embraced Patrick...
The Wolves of World War II: An East Prussian Soldier's Memoir of Combat and Captivity on the Eastern Front
An East Prussian Soldier's Memoir of Combat and Captivity on the Eastern Front
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2007
On September 25, 1944, Hitler attempted to shore up his faltering forces by creating the Volkssturm or People's Army. His new draft called into service all remaining able-bodied men, including those whose civilian labor had previously been deemed indispensable. Among the latter was an East Prussian...
Courtney Hicks Hodges
From Private to Four-Star General in the United States Army
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2006
In the annals of military history, only rarely has someone earned the distinction of rising from the rank of private to full general. Born January 5, 1887, Courtney Hodges attended West Point during the early 1900s. After failing Mathematics at West Point, he returned home for three months before enlisting...
Unconventional Warrior
Memoir of a Special Operations Commander in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
This fascinating look at the life of a modern-day professional soldier gives the reader an inside view of the deadly global war on terror. Herd argues that conflicting political objectives have muddied the way forward for the on-the-ground commanders and thus threaten the prospect of any real victory...