Purshia: The Wild and Bitter Roses

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Among the plant species of the Great Basin rangeland, the Purshia--ancient members of the rose family evolved to survive the aridity and temperature extremes of this harsh region--are one of the most important. In this first book-length study of this key plant species, range scientists James A. Young and Charlie D. Clements offer a comprehensive examination of the biology of the Purshias and their significant role in the ecology of the Great Basin.

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The Far West includes some of the country's most rugged and beautiful land and wildlife, from the national parks to private reserves. The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America brings it all to life for you with 160+ full-color photographs of the region's diverse wildlife and scenery.

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A most excellent guide especially for outdoor people.......2006-03-02

This is a very good guidebooks for hikers and people that want to see some great outdoor sites--good photo ops as well as good places to hike. The book doesn't shows trails, but it gives great advice about places to see--you can then look up trails in the area to see how far you might want to hike.

We followed several of the stops on a drive through California Hwy 1 and this book covered a lot of territory. I own several in the series and this one is the best.

The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America: Pacific Northwest: Washington, Oregon (Smithsonian Guides to Natural America)

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The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America: Pacific Northwest: Washington, Oregon (Smithsonian Guides to Natural America)
Daniel Jack Chasan
Manufacturer: Random House
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0679763139
Release Date: 1995-10-24

The Pacific States: Smithsonian Guides (Smithsonian Guides to Historic America)

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The Pacific States: Smithsonian Guides (Smithsonian Guides to Historic America)
William Bryant Logan
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1556706383

The Pacific: Alaska and Hawaii (The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America)

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The Pacific: Alaska and Hawaii (The Smithsonian Guides to Natural America)
Kim Heacox
Manufacturer: Random House
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ASIN: 0679761551
Release Date: 1995-05-02

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Featuring glorious full-color photos and maps throughout, this new addition to the Smithsonian Guides to Natural America covers the parks, wilderness preserves, nature sanctuaries, and scenic wonders to be found in the rugged and remote areas of Alaska and Hawaii. Over 150 color photos.

THE SMITHSONIAN GUIDE TO HISTORIC AMERICA : The Pacific States (THE SMITHSONIAN GUIDES TO HISTORIC AMERICA, Volume 7)

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THE SMITHSONIAN GUIDE TO HISTORIC AMERICA : The Pacific States (THE SMITHSONIAN GUIDES TO HISTORIC AMERICA, Volume 7)

Manufacturer: Easton Press
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Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000CPLC46

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"""The 12 Volume set includes V 1 Virginia and the Capital Region (VA MD DE DC) + V 2 Southern New England (MA RI CT) + V 3 The Mid-Atlantic States (NY PA NJ) + V 4 Northern New England (ME NH VT) + V 5 The Deep South (GA FL AL MS LA) + V 6 The Great Lakes States (OH IN IL MI WI MN) + V 7 The Pacific States (CA OR WA + V 8 The Rocky Mountain States (MT ID WY CO) + V 9 The Carolinas and the Appalachian States (NC SC TN KY WV) + V 10 The Desert States (NM AZ UT NV) + V 11 Texas and the Arkansas River Valley (TX OK AK) + V 12 The Plains States (MO IA KS NE SD ND) with descriptive text and full color photographs of all significant historic sites"""

The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Pacific States

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The Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Pacific States
Roger G. Kennedy
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc
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ASIN: 1556701101

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In 1993, a columnist from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote regarding Congressman Clifford R. Hope: "He was a man in the finest tradition of the party of Lincoln." He was "straightforward," never "evasive, ambiguous, or patronizing."

Congressman Hope represented the 7th Congressional District of Kansas (redesignated the 5th District in 1942), from 1927 to 1957.

Quiet Courage is a tribute to this widely respected Representative who was not afraid to tell the people what he thought on major issues.

He spoke out against the Ku Klux Klan in the early '20s, and in 1948 -- in an election year -- wrote in support of President Harry Truman's civil rights program, despite some constituents' thoughts to the contrary. Hope supported Truman's firing of MacArthur, and, despite pressure, opposed the Republican Party line on occasion.

Clifford Hope was called a "perfect gentleman," with a strong belief in duty to country.

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Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America, from the earliest period to the present time: With descriptive sketches ... history of the North American regions,
Patrick Fraser Tytler
Manufacturer: Harper & Brothers
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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A Memoir Of Sebastian Cabot
Richard Biddle
Manufacturer: University Press of the Pacific
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ASIN: 1410211908

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Biddle's memoir is one of the earliest American works of serious and critical historical scholarship, and the major source and inspiration for subsequent articles on the Cabots for the next forty years. Biddle stressed the achievements and pre-eminence of Sebastian over his father John. In addition to the voyages of the Cabots, Biddle also discusses those of Cortereal, Columbus, Verrazano, Frobisher, and Hudson.

An important work for anyone interested in the history of the exploration of the eastern coast of North America and in the early history of the search for the Northwest Passage. Biddle was apparently the first in the nineteenth century to distinguish between the two Cabot voyages of 1497 and 1498.

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Memoir of Sebastian Cabot, With a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery (Select Bibliographies Reprint Series)
Richard Biddle
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ASIN: 0836952111

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MEMOIR OF SEBASTIAN CABOT: WITH A REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF MARITIME DISCOVERY

Manufacturer: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper
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ASIN: B000I8YVTU

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A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot

Manufacturer: New Library Press
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ASIN: 0795009038

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Historical view of the progress of disclovery on the more northern coasts of America, from the earliest period to the present time. With descriptive sketches ... Illustrated by a map and nine engravings
Patrick Fraser Tytler
Manufacturer: Harper
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ASIN: B00085DNEW

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Historical view of the progress of discovery on the more northern coasts of America, from the earliest period to the present time
Patrick Fraser Tytler
Manufacturer: Harper & Bros
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ASIN: B00088Z81A

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HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF AMERICA, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. WITH DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN REGIONS BY JAMES WILSON. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX CONTAINING REMARKS ON A LATE MEMOIR OF SEBASTIAN CABOT, WITH A VINDICATION OF RICHARD HAKLUYT
Patrick Fraser Tyler
Manufacturer: Oliver & Boyd
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000WFV7HI

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In the Company of Animals is an original and very readable study of human attitudes to the natural world. It contrasts the way we love some animals while ruthlessly exploiting others; it provides a detailed and fascinating account of ways in which animal companionship can influence our health; and it provides a key to understanding the moral contradictions inherent in our treatment of animals and nature. Its scope encompasses history, anthropology, and animal and human psychology. Along the way, the author uncovers a fascinating trail of insights and myths about our relationship with the species with which we share the planet. James Serpell is the editor of The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions With People (CUP, 1995).

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The best introduction to human-animal studies.......2003-08-25

In the Company of Animals is the single best introduction to anthrozoology - the study of human-animal interactions. A woman once told me about her experience reading it. She said simply, "That book changed my life." Serpell is a both a powerful writer and a leading scholar in this field. The first half of In the Company of Animals is largely concerned with the who, what, and why of maintaining non-human animals as companions. In the breadth of his coverage, Serpell displays an impressive command of psychology, ethology, history, cultural anthropology, and behavioral medicine. A brief sampling of a few representative topics illustrates the span of Serpell's intellectual vision: the role of pets in sixteenth century witchcraft, the effects of watching aquarium fish on blood pressure, bestiality, social parasitism, and why dogs rather than pigs became companion animals. Serpell argues that individuals who keep pets have often been viewed with scorn, suspicion, and pity. At times, pet owners have been subjected to persecution and even death. Thus, this part of the book is essentially a defense of companion animals. Serpell reviews recent studies documenting the benefits of pets to human health, psychological well-being, and the amelioration of loneliness. He concludes that the company of animals serves to buffer their owners from the interpersonal isolation all too common in modern industrial societies.
The second half of In the Company of Animals focuses on the darker side of human-animal interactions. Serpell is particularly adept at describing paradoxes inherent if our interactions with other species. Among my favorites are the dual roles of puppies in Southeast Asian households (pets and dinner), Adolf Hitler's commitment to animal welfare, and the love people have for dogs coupled with an equally passionate loathing for their immediate progenitor, the wolf. Serpell, however, goes further than listing the foibles that characterize human-animal relationships. He develops an explanation, suggesting that these paradoxes ultimately reflect the evolutionary processes which have shaped the human mind.
Serpell believes that moral conflict that emerges in our relationships with animals stems from a tendency we inherited from our hunter-gatherer forbearers -- the penchant for meat. By nature we are exploiters of animals. But unlike tigers and wolves and boa constrictors, we are carnivores with a sense of guilt. As a result we have developed psychological mechanisms that allow us to maintain the "myth of human supremacy." He believes this is an illusion which developed as cultures shifted from hunter-gatherer economies to those based on the slaughter of domestic animals. This hypothesis provides a powerful perspective on the contradictions seen in human-animal relationships.
While readers may not agree with all of Serpell's ideas, they will find that In the Company of Animals is a beautifully written book that is rich in both facts and provocative ideas. It will appeal to both animal lovers and the scholars who study them.

The best introduction to human-animal studies.......2003-08-20

In the Company of Animals is the single best introduction to anthrozoology - the study of human-animal interactions. A woman once told me about her experience on reading it. She said simply, "That book changed my life." Serpell is a both a powerful writer and a leading scholar in this field. The first half of In the Company of Animals is largely concerned with the who, what, and why of maintaining non-human animals as companions. In the breadth of his coverage, Serpell displays an impressive command of psychology, ethology, history, cultural anthropology, and behavioral medicine. A brief sampling of a few representative topics illustrates the span of Serpell's intellectual vision: the role of pets in sixteenth century witchcraft, the effects of watching aquarium fish on blood pressure, bestiality, social parasitism, and why dogs rather than pigs became companion animals. Serpell argues that individuals who keep pets have often been viewed with scorn, suspicion, and pity. At times, pet owners have been subjected to persecution and even death. Thus, this part of the book is essentially a defense of companion animals. Serpell reviews recent studies documenting the benefits of pets to human health, psychological well-being, and the amelioration of loneliness. He concludes that the company of animals serves to buffer their owners from the interpersonal isolation all too common in modern industrial societies.
The second half of In the Company of Animals focuses on the darker side of human-animal interactions. Serpell is particularly adept at describing paradoxes inherent if our interactions with other species. Among my favorites are the dual roles of puppies in Southeast Asian households (pets and dinner), Adolf Hitler's commitment to animal welfare, and the love people have for dogs coupled with an equally passionate loathing for their immediate progenitor, the wolf. Serpell, however, goes further than listing the foibles that characterize human-animal relationships. He develops an explanation, suggesting that these paradoxes ultimately reflect the evolutionary processes which have shaped the human mind.
Serpell believes that moral conflict that emerges in our relationships with animals stems from a tendency we inherited from our hunter-gatherer forbearers -- the penchant for meat. By nature we are exploiters of animals. But unlike tigers and wolves and boa constrictors, we are carnivores with a sense of guilt. As a result we have developed psychological mechanisms that allow us to maintain the "myth of human supremacy." He believes this is an illusion which developed as cultures shifted from hunter-gatherer economies to those based on the slaughter of domestic animals. This hypothesis provides a powerful perspective on the contradictions seen in human-animal relationships.
While readers may not agree with all of Serpell's ideas, they will find that In the Company of Animals is a beautifully written book that is rich in both facts and provocative ideas. It will appeal to both animal lovers and the scholars who study them.

A Classic by a Highly Esteemed Scholar.......2003-04-02

As a professor of anthropology who teaches a course on Anthrozoology at Western Illinois University, I highly recommend In the Company of Animals. Anthrozoology (the scientific study of human-animal interaction) is a dynamic new area of study and Dr Serpell is one of the founders. This book is required reading for my course, and students love it! Serpell's work explores the phenomena of domestication and pet keeping, or companion animals (as we prefer to call them now), from a cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective that is highly anthropological. Shame on us! An Anthropologist should have written this book! I highly recommend this work.

Extremely disappointing........2000-09-02

Although claiming to be a study of human-animal relationships, this book offers an endless recital of man's inhumanity to man, to support the book's theme that man's history with animals has been even worse. Very poorly thought out and extremely long-winded, this book reads like an overblown Usenet message--"those other people are all so horrible, but we animal lovers are OK, aren't we?" Oddly, Serpell seems so rooted in the very "human supremacist" philosophy that he rails against, that he ends up reinforcing that very philosophy. Not enlightening at all; I feel like a pall has been cast over my relationships with both people and animals. You would learn far more by taking the money and time you might waste on this book, and spending them on your own dog or cat or whatever animal you please.

Human-Animal relationships explained!!.......1999-03-27

An excellent book exploring every possible angle of the human-animal bond. Why we love and need animals, what we do to them, and everything in between! Very well written and understandable. After reading many books on this subject, this was my favorite! Everyone who reads this book will have a greater understanding and love of animals. Animals are good for our health, physically and mentally. Serpell also makes us realize what the human race is doing to animals, such as testing on them or eating them!! This is a must read for any animal lover who is truly bonded to their pet or pets like I am!

In the Company of Animals: A History of Human-Animal Relationships

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In the Company of Animals: A History of Human-Animal Relationships
James Serpell
Manufacturer: Blackwell Pub
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Binding: Hardcover

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Florida Citrus Crate Labels.......2000-05-04

One of the most richly illustrated book Ive ever found forthose who collect citrus crate labels. Strongly recommend adding toyour library!

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If you have creative or artistic skills, love flowers and are looking for a chance to run your own show, consider joining the half a million people who work in the floral industry. As an added benefit, statistics show that florist shops have one of the highest success rates of all retail stores! As you get to know the floral business, you'll find a myriad of opportunities -- from flower kiosks to full-service shops to those serving the special needs of business customers.

This step-by-step guide will show you the ins and outs of getting started as an entrepreneur in the floral business, including:
* How to select a retail site to position your venture for success
* Getting the best price for the highest quality stock
* Building a base of customers who will come to you with all their floral needs
* Planning for profitable growth of your business

Each copy purchased through Amazon.com and Mulligan Press is autographed by the author.

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Written with unprecedented access to her letters, journals, and unpublished articles, this is the definitive biography of a seminal figure in American film -- one of Entertainment Weekly's "100 Greatest Stars of All Time."

At the time of her death in 1993, Lillian Gish was universally recognized as a film legend. Now, Charles Affron reveals a life that, for decades, was cast in the shadow of self-generated myth. Using newly released papers at the New York Public Library, Affron fills the gaps left by Gish's selective memoirs and author-ized biographies, and shows how the actress carefully forged her public identity while keeping much of her life private.

In a career that began in 1902 and lasted well into the 1980s and included such classic films as The Birth of a Nation and The Night of the Hunter, Gish went from child actress to legend. This account of Gish's life travels two parallel journeys: One traces her beginnings as a child actress in melodramas, through the birth of movies, the glory days of the studio system in Holly-wood and the coming of sound, the Broadway theater and television, to her final starring film appearance in 1987; the other follows a more personal itinerary, beginning with the comaraderies and rivalries of D. W. Griffith's troupe, the onset of her stardom, then on to the Algonquin Round Table and the international "smart set." Her scandalous lawsuit with her producer/ fiancé, her long affair with critic George Jean Nathan, and her controversial political activism are covered here in detail for the first time. Affron travels with the actress from studios in Hollywood to the stage in New York, from the loving, close relationship Gish had with her mother and her sister Dorothy to her devoted, often troubled relationship with Griffith, with whom she helped shape the development of narrative film.

In splendid detail, Affron re-creates the burgeoning culture of moviemaking in the broad context of the arts in America. Along the way, the cast includes Sinclair Lewis, H. L. Mencken, Eugene O'Neill, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Bette Davis.

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Mixed Reactions..........2006-05-22

I had mixed reactions to this book. On the plus side, it is well written and researched; it reads fluently and intelligently. On the minus side, it is largely restricted to an account and analysis of her professional life. I gather this is because there is very little that is known about Gish's private life. This is not the fault of the author, but it did make for some tedious reading from about the halfway point forward. I would have liked to get a better sense of who she was as a personality.

Gish is a throwback, this book is not.......2006-04-13

In my circles, many people plainy state that Cameron Diaz and Cameron Manheim are the two actresses that if fused together and a wholly new being was created, would not resemble Lillian Gish whatsoever. Of that I do concur. What I won't buy into is the way my neighbor Jenny Tillis, says that Lillian was not even the strongest performer in the Gish family. Apparently, though I've never read any corroborating evidence, Lillian's Uncle Dolph could suck the cork out of a wine bottle while tight rope walking between two buildings. It's rumored he walked on the tightrope from Big Ben in London all the way to the Eifel Tower in Paris ... uncorking wine bottles the whole way. There's also talk of an "out of wedlock" brother named Klaus who joined the navy and later rode a unicycle while juggling kittens -- he later became spokesman and treasurer for the UAWJK (Unicycling Artists Who Juggle Kittens) raising funds to buy fresh kittens and creating a pension fund for retired and out of work guild members.

DISAPPOINTING, EVEN ON A CLOSER READING..........2005-12-01

One might get the impression the author likes a lot of Ms. Gish's work but feels he sees through her "simple facade", in terms of her beliefs and self-portrayal, and, if so, I think that reader would be correct. Mr. Affron gathers most of this book from earlier publications and the personal papers Lillian Gish left to the New York Public Library. However, it appears clear that he began with the usual anti-Griffith agenda, and, as is seen in Eileen Whitfield's Mary Pickford study, enjoys "demonstrating" the director's supposed racism and sexual perversities. When I finished the book the first time, my main thought ran like this: "Well, he did all he could to dig up dirt and came up almost empty. So he joined the current chorus in the popular attempt to tear down Mr. Griffith." One doesn't have to be a published academic to study these two wonderful artists for years, set politics aside, and seek to understand them honestly. Mr. Affron knew what he believed when he began, and it shows. The best part of this book is the filmography/listing of the subject's work, which I have found helpful.

Warts and all.......2005-10-23

This is a very informative and exceedingly well-researched biography on one of the first ladies of the American cinema. Lillian Gish lived for just 8 months shy of one hundred years, from 1893 till 1993, and began acting in 1902, turning in her last role in 1987. She literally grew up with the movies, and got a chance to act on the stage, the big screen, and the small screen, touring with some great plays, starring in classic films and tv movies, and being directed by some seminal film directors. For the most part, she was a top-notch class act who lived her life free of major scandal, although, as Mr. Affron establishes, she was not without flaws either.

Like many other people in show business, Lillian lied about a good many things about her life, such as her age, the true cause of her mother's health problems, the true extent of her relationships with Charles H. Duell, Jr. and George Jean Nathan, and the fact that there was never any unhappy ending in the script of 'The Wind,' nor is there evidence that the so-called unhappy ending was the original ending they shot. However, it's made clear that she didn't lie about any of these things with malicious intent, and she never lied about or covered up anything really serious or scandalous. These were just the types of lies that most celebrities tell, to preserve a certain public image, or to reinvent themselves so their images are more in line with the images the public have cast them in. As for the other less than perfect aspects of Lillian's life, I didn't get at all what other people have mentioned, a snide, negative, haughty, or even outright mean tone Mr. Affron took towards his subject. It's not necessarily a personal attack to criticise someone for some admittedly embarrassing and questionable aspects of her life, such as her activism for the controversial right-wing group America First in the years leading up to WWII. As Mr. Affron points out, some of Lillian's views, such as those concerning the arts, stood in striking contrast to the views of most other Republicans. He also has a valid point in taking her to task for her at best questionable lifelong defence of 'Birth of a Nation,' pointing out how her paternalistic racial views, while clearly the product of her time, didn't really change over her life, and how it seems incomprehensible how she couldn't grasp why so many people felt the film was horrifically racist. He also points out how her defence of her mentor D.W. Griffith was so strong and knee-jerk that she even suggested that one of his lost films, which had somewhat more enlightened depictions of African-Americans, was lost on purpose because people didn't want the public to see he had been capable of making non-racist films as well. It's all good and well to stand by your mentor, the person who really discovered you and nurtured your talent, but it's not without merit to point out how sometimes her defence of Griffith was just embarrassing. I also didn't pick up on what other people have mentioned, that Mr. Affron was demeaning towards Lillian's silent films, in particular the melodramas she shot for Griffith. Again, this criticism isn't without merit; not everyone feels he was the greatest director who ever lived. There are also valid reasons to view some of his films as dated overwrought morality plays, regardless of who acted in them.

The in-depth content of this book really seems to fall off a little more than halfway through. Lillian didn't act in many movies or plays of note after 'The Wind' in 1928, so it often reads like little more than a recital of unmemorable plays, below-par films, and television specials and made-for-tv movies. There wasn't a lot of coverage of her non-acting life, her day-to-day personal life. Thus there were a lot of gaps between her post-1928 acting stints, and one gets the feeling that the book has become more of a career biography than a full in-depth biography of the whole person. It was great to learn about everything Lillian acted in after she largely disappeared from public view, but it's also as though her personal life got the short end of the stick. I also wished there could have been more pictures in the photo section, although I did like how every chapter had a photo at the beginning.

More myth than woman.......2005-05-21

The biography isn't particularly well written and the tone is very deprecating butI gave the books 4 stars simply because I learned everything I've ever wanted to know about the most famous silent screen actress. Lillian Gish was a naive, ignorant, poorly educated and sheltered woman. She was a child stage actress along with her sister not because they or their mom loved the theater but because they needed the money. There is nothing at all wrong with that but Gish's attitude about acting as some sort of sacred art seems a bit self serving. She clearly worshiped the ground D. W. Griffith walked on and felt he could do no wrong. She started acting under him when she was an impressionable fatherless teen. She quickly became his favorite actress. Safe to say, the naive sheltered girl was flattered by the favor shown to her by an older, handsome man in a position of power. She was an extraordinarily dedicated and talented silent screen actress. After the talkies killed the silents, she never retired but never came close to proving herself as a legimate television or talking film actress. Her final 65 years were spent in tireless advocation of silent film.

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There has been no full length biography of Swift based on primary sources since Sir Henry Craik's life in 1882. In this first volume of three the author treats in detail the events of Swift's life, the historical and social setting of those events, the evolution of Swift's character, and the composition and interpretation of his works. New and important material is included concerning Swift's family and career, his emotional life, his relations with Sir William Temple, the design and meaning of A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books. The methods of interpretation used are comprehensive; Swift's emotional and sexual problems are treated in Freudian terms (but not in psychoanalytical technical language), his career is discussed as a problem in historical sociology, his works are given close readings, and where symbolic interpretations seem justified they are not dodged.

SWIFT, THE MAN, HIS WORKS, AND THE AGE, Volume 1 only: MR SWIFT AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES

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SWIFT, THE MAN, HIS WORKS, AND THE AGE, Volume 1 only: MR SWIFT AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
Irvin Ehrenpreis
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Swift: The Man, His Works and the Age. Volume One Mr. Swift and His Contemporaries

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Swift: The Man, His Works and the Age. Volume One Mr. Swift and His Contemporaries

Manufacturer: Methuen & Co. Ltd
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SWIFT: THE MAN, HIS WORKS, AND THE AGE, VOLUME I: MR SWIFT AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.

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Irvin. Ehrenpreis
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