The best-selling biographer of Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart profiles the critically acclaimed performer known for such films as Dirty Harry, tracing his rise from a disaffected youth to a dynamic Hollywood actor, producer and director. Reprint. A best-selling book.
Looks at the life of the famous rebel in the social, cultural, and political context of his times.
After a term at forced labor and a reduction of rank he was transferred to the Aviation Replacement Element and Replacement Battalion on December 30, 1955. Once out of the brig Richard embarked onboard the USS General, AE Anderson, ...
A few weeks passed, and Thomas Kirk, no longer fearing reprisal, approached Benjamin Hallowell, chief customs officer, with his version of what had happened aboard the Liberty. By this time, the British warship Romney had arrived in ...
In the heyday of the American avant-garde and Greenwich Village bohemianism, in the early years of the twentieth century, Floyd Dell was one of the scene's brightest lights. "The prose...
Upton Sinclair, American Rebel
When separatist revolts erupted in Spain's American colonies in the early 1800s, opinion in the United States was undecided as to what position to take.
"Jack London's adventure novels and stories made him one of America's most popular writers. Less known, however, is the role he played of social critic and spokesman for the oppressed....
Steve McQueen has been ranked among the best actors in film history. Biographer Marshall Terrill chronicles the life and times of a man whose power both on- and off-camera has...
A Sailor's Songbag: An American Rebel in an English Prison, 1777-1779
The volume includes an extensive introduction by Dovid Katz, a biographical note about each poet, a bibliography, and a timeline of political, social, and literary events that provide context for the poetry.