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Spoke
A Biography of Tris Speaker
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Charles C. Alexander’s biography of Tris Speaker chronicles the twenty-two-year career of arguably the greatest centerfielder ever to play the position. It follows the colorful ballplayer through his years with the Boston Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians, the Washington Senators, and the Philadelphia...
Joining the United States Navy
A Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This book is for the teenager or young adult who is interested in enlisting in the United States Navy. It will walk him or her through the enlistment and recruit training process: making the decision to join, talking to recruiters, getting qualified, preparing for basic training, and learning what...
by Peter Dendle
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
This is a comprehensive overview of zombie movies in the first 11 years of the new millennium, the most dynamic and vital period yet in the history of the zombie genre. It serves not only as a follow-up to its predecessor (The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, McFarland 2001), which covered movies from 1932...
Films You Saw in School
A Critical Review of 1,153 Classroom Educational Films (1958-1985) in 74 Subject Categories
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Millions of dollars in public funds were allocated to school districts in the post–Sputnik era for the purchase of educational films, resulting in thousands of 16mm films being made by exciting young filmmakers. This book discusses more than 1,000 such films, including many available to view today...
Jack Chesbro
A Chapter from Ghosts in the Gallery at Cooperstown
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 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...
Joining the United States Marine Corps
A Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This book is for the teenager or young adult who is interested in enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. It will walk him or her through the enlistment and recruit training process: making the decision to join, talking to recruiters, getting qualified, preparing for basic training, and learning...
Television Specials
5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
This is a complete revision of the author's 1993 McFarland book Television Specials that not only updates entries contained within that edition, but adds numerous programs not previously covered, including beauty pageants, parades, awards programs, Broadway and opera adaptations, musicals produced...
Edward J. Steptoe and the Indian Wars
Life on the Frontier, 1815-1865
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Steptoe’s escape from encirclement by 1,000 Northern Plateau Indians in 1858 is a familiar story from the Indian Wars. Yet the details of the Battle of Pine Creek (or Tohotonimme) and its aftermath remain subjects of debate. Outnumbered six to one, Steptoe’s 164 troops...
Peddling Bicycles to America
The Rise of an Industry
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This economic and technical history of the early American bicycle industry focuses on the crucial period from 1876 to the beginning of World War I. It looks particularly at the life and career of the industry’s most significant personality during this era, Albert Augustus Pope. After becoming enamored...
"In her hour of sore distress and peril"
The Civil War Diaries of John P. Reynolds, Eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2013
John Perkins Reynolds, a member of the “Salem Zouaves” (Company I, Eighth Massachusetts Infantry), left behind a unique record of one company’s service during the early months of the Civil War. His diary documents his company’s hourly activities each day, forming a rare chronicle of a Union...
Clark Gable, in Pictures
Candid Images of the Actor's Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
From the very beginning of Clark Gable’s screen career, the life of the glamorous film star came under the scrutiny of the camera. While audiences are familiar with the public Gable as seen through the studio lens, the private Gable as seen in photos taken by members of the public, friends, and...
by James C. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
In its early years, the Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company survived multiple threats to its existence. Under its new corporate name, the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company would soon be put to the ultimate test, the Civil War. From mobilization to the last effort to supply Lee’s Army...
Eighteen Woody Allen Films Analyzed
Anguish, God and Existentialism
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
This new textbook is an abridgment of the author’s earlier Woody Allen’s Angst: Philosophical Commentaries on His Serious Films (McFarland, 1997; “invaluable”—Choice.) Five main topics are explored: the desire of many of his characters to ground their lives in traditional ethical values...
Wheel Man
Robert M. Keating, Pioneer of Bicycles, Motorcycles and Automobiles
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Robert M. Keating’s story is America’s story. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1862 to poor Irish immigrants, he was just 13 when his father died suddenly. A precocious boy with a knack for mechanics, Keating filed his first patent at 22, started his own bicycle company at 28, and at 32...