Great Pretenders
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Great Pretenders: My Strange Love Affair with '50s Pop Music
By Karen SchoemerA veteran music critic traces her search for seven pop stars from the 1950s, including Connie Francis, Pat Boone, and Patti Page, offering insight into their musical period's cultural significance, historical influence, and ongoing legacy. ...
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Great Pretenders: My Strange Love Affair with '50s Pop Music
By Karen SchoemerHe was dating Shirley Foley, the daughter of country star Red Foley. He was voted most popular in his class. He even had a pedigree: he was descended from Kentucky pioneer Daniel Boone. No wonder authorities got so wound up over Elvis; ...
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Great Pretenders: Pursuits And Careers Of Persistent Thieves
By Neal Shover... “Life in the fast lane: A retrospective view by commercial thieves,” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 19(1982), ... Paul F. Cromwell, James N. Olson, and D' Aunn Wester Avary, Breaking and Entering (Newbury Park, Calif.
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Great Pretenders: Pursuits And Careers Of Persistent Thieves
By Neal ShoverHe shows how the working-class origins of most persistent thieves produce both low legitimate and low criminal aspirations, even as those origins leave them ill equipped to exploit comparatively safe, lucrative, and newer forms of criminal ...
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Great Pretenders: Race and Class Under ANC Rule
By Ebrahim HarveyThis book is not just an evisceration of the ANC, however, as Harvey is able, through many interviews and patient delving into the past and present, to provide an indispensable guide to the future.
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Great Pretenders: A History of Female and Male Impersonation in the Performing Arts
By Anthony SlideThis book is illustrated with photographs that punctuate a totally factual but witty and interesting look at this fascinating aspect of show business. In a time period that extends from...