Mcfarland: 2486 books
Pete Duel
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2007
Actor Pete Duel, most widely known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes in television's Alias Smith and Jones, led an unpredictable and often tumultuous life, a fact best characterized by his highly publicized 1971 suicide at the height of his television celebrity. This extensive biography...
The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words
Selected Letters, 1931-1950
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
This is a collection of letters written by the nine African American defendants in the infamous March 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama, rape case. Though most of the defendants were barely literate and all were teenagers when incarcerated, over the course of almost two decades in prison they learned the rudiments...
by Dani Cavallaro
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2006
The thought-provoking, aesthetically pleasing animated films of Hayao Miyazaki attract audiences well beyond the director's native Japan. Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away were critically acclaimed upon U.S. release, and the earlier My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service have found popularity...
Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art
A Guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999
This is a guide to self-taught and outsider artists in the United States, also called folk artists, and to their work. Interest in this field is exploding and information on hundreds of artists and the places where their work may be viewed or purchased is provided in this book. The first part covers...
Bobby Whitlock: A Rock 'n' Roll Autobiography
A Rock 'n' Roll Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2010
From early childhood singing in church to the rock 'n' roll limelight of Derek and the Dominos, Bobby Whitlock launched a musical journey still going to this day. Whitlock's life story does more than share rock gossip about stars like Keith Moon, George Harrison, and Eric Clapton, however. Whitlock...
James Arness: An Autobiography
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2001
James Arness was born May 26, 1923, in Minneapolis. He entered college just as World War II began and dreamed of being a naval aviator. It seemed as if every night his fraternity was having a party to send off a brother to the service. Young Arness got his interview with a naval flight program officer,...
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...
John Clarkson
A Chapter from Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
An irony of enshrinement at the baseball Hall of Fame is that it’s no guarantee of lasting name recognition. The sport’s history stretches too far back, as today fans scratch their heads about athletes and owners who were among the most celebrated public figures of their time. Who was more renowned...
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...