Mcfarland: 2486 books
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue
The Evolution of the American Horror Film
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
What’s weighing on Americans? Look to horror movies for your answer—they’re one of the best measures of the American consciousness. From an early fascination with the Gothic, to the mutant horrors of the Atomic Age and alien enemies of the Cold War, to the inner demons of the psyche and the...
It Came from 1957
A Critical Guide to the Year's Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2013
America in the 1950s was a cauldron of contradictions. Advances in technology chafed against a grimly conservative political landscape; the military-industrial complex ceaselessly promoted the “Communist menace”; young marrieds fled crumbling cities for artificial communities known as suburbs;...
Escaping the Khmer Rouge
A Cambodian Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia for three years, eight months and twenty days. After overthrowing Lon Nol in April 1975 and establishing a so-called Democratic Kampuchea, the Communist-sponsored government was responsible for the deaths of as many as two million people, almost one-third of the country’s...
In the Shadow of Vietnam
Essays, 1977-1991
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Twenty-three powerful, moving, angry and wise essays published over a period of 15 years on subjects ranging from South Africa to Central America, the United States to the Soviet Union, all bound together by the lingering physical, psychological, political and intellectual sensibilities the author...
Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry
Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing, 1833-2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Joseph Brown, founder of Brown & Sharpe, was a skilled clockmaker who invented new machines, and new ways to make things. Samuel Darling, an eccentric inventor from Maine, joined up and brought with him his engine for marking precise graduations on measuring instruments. Lucian Sharpe, with his...
Rubber
An American Industrial History
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
The rubber industry was born in bankruptcy and built through bankruptcies. As this history details, many of the great rubber barons—Charles Goodyear, Harvey Firestone, B.F. Goodrich, F.A. Seiberling—found themselves or their companies in bankruptcy courts. Fortunately, the industry has always...
Dog's Best Friend
Will Judy, Founder of National Dog Week and Dog World Publisher
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
In 1923, William Lewis Judy purchased Dog World magazine for just over $1,000. For the next four decades, his unique, poignant, and witty writing and editing style, combined with his genuine love for dogs, enlightened a growing population of dog owners across the nation. A prolific dog show judge...
The Mobilgas Economy Run
A History of the Long Distance Fuel Efficiency Competition, 1936-1968
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
The Mobilgas Economy Runs were annual competitions in which new American production automobiles vied not for speed, but for fuel economy—even as the industry was turning out bigger, more powerful cars year by year. This first complete history of the runs (including the predecessor Gilmore Economy...
Vietnam War River Patrol
A U.S. Gunboat Captain Returns to the Mekong Delta
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
As a 20-year-old gunboat captain and certified U.S. Navy diver in the Mekong Delta, the author was responsible for both the vessel and the lives of its crew. Ambushes and firefights became the norm, along with numerous dives—almost 300 in 18 months. Forty years after the war, he returned as a tourist....
by Andrew Norman
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Instead of leading his people to the “promised land,” Mugabe, the first prime minister of the newly-named Zimbabwe, has amassed a fortune for himself, his family and followers and has presided over the murder, torture and starvation of those who oppose him. This biography offers some explanations...
Evelyn Brent
The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
Evelyn Brent’s life and career were going quite well in 1928. She was happily living with writer Dorothy Herzog following her divorce from producer Bernard Fineman, and the tiny brunette had wowed fans and critics in the silent films The Underworld and The Last Command. She’d also been a sensation...
Kay Francis
A Passionate Life and Career
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Kay Francis came of age in the Roaring Twenties and relished the era’s hedonistic pursuits. Her career as an actress was launched at the same time, and before her death in 1968, she had appeared on many theater stages, in more than 60 films, on radio, in USO tours, as a model, and on television....
Mack Sennett's Fun Factory
A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2010
This is a comprehensive career study and filmography of Mack Sennett, cofounder of Keystone Studios, home of the Keystone Kops and other vehicles that showcased his innovative slapstick comedy. The filmography covers the more than 1,000 films Sennett produced, directed, wrote or appeared in between...
The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935
A History and Filmography
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
In 1929, Hollywood mogul William Fox (1879–1952) came close to controlling the entire motion picture industry. His Fox Film Corporation had grown from a $1600 investment into a globe-spanning $300 million empire; he also held patents to the new sound-on-film process. Forced into a series of bitter...