Reveals the American showman P T Barnum as, by turns, a moral reformer, a habitual hoaxer, an insightful critic, a savvy puffer, a master of images, a sparkling writer, a relentless provocateur, and an early advocate of family entertainments. This title tracks the shifting personas of the great showman and his representational choices.
Reveals the American showman P T Barnum as, by turns, a moral reformer, a habitual hoaxer, an insightful critic, a savvy puffer, a master of images, a...
"The Mailbox Murders" is set in the small town of Stoney Creek, Oregon. The Chief of Police, Chuck Wagner, is put in the position of trying to find out who has been killing local residents and placing their heads in street corner mailboxes. The story has few suspects and leads until the climactic ending. The reader will be interconnected with the work of Chuck Wagner as well as his private life. Is the killer someone that's very close to the chief of police or is it someone who is above suspicion.
"The Mailbox Murders" is set in the small town of Stoney Creek, Oregon. The Chief of Police, Chuck Wagner, is put in the position of trying to find ou...
Ingenious automatons which appeared to think on their own. Dubious mermaids and wild men who resisted classification. Elegant sleight-of-hand artists who routinely exposed the secrets of their trade. These were some of the playful forms of fraud which astonished, titillated, and even outraged nineteenth-century America's new middle class, producing some of the most remarkable urban spectacles of the century.
In The Arts of Deception, James W. Cook explores this distinctly modern mode of trickery designed to puzzle the eye and challenge the brain. Championed by the "Prince of...
Ingenious automatons which appeared to think on their own. Dubious mermaids and wild men who resisted classification. Elegant sleight-of-hand artis...
A definitive account of one of the most dominant trends in recent historical writing, "The Cultural Turn in U.S. History" takes stock of the field at the same time as it showcases exemplars of its practice. The first of this volume's three distinct sections offers a comprehensive genealogy of American cultural history, tracing its multifaceted origins, defining debates, and intersections with adjacent fields. The second section comprises previously unpublished essays by a distinguished roster of contributors who illuminate the discipline's rich potential by plumbing topics that range from...
A definitive account of one of the most dominant trends in recent historical writing, "The Cultural Turn in U.S. History" takes stock of the field at ...
