A Mile Of Make Believe

Author : Steve Penfold
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442630987

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A Mile of Make-Believe by Steve Penfold Pdf

A Mile of Make Believe examines the unique history of the Santa Claus parade in Canada. This volume focuses on the Eaton’s sponsored parades that occurred in Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg as well as the shorter-lived parades in Calgary and Edmonton. There is also a discussion of small town alternatives, organized by civic groups, service clubs, and chambers of commerce. By focusing on the pioneering effort of the Eaton’s department store Steve Penfold argues that the parade ultimately represented a paradoxical form of cultural power: it allowed Eaton’s to press its image onto public life while also reflecting the decline of the once powerful retailer. Penfold’s analysis reveals the "corporate fantastic" – a visual and narrative mix of meticulous organization and whimsical style– and its influence on parade traditions. Steve Penfold’s considerable analytical skills have produced a work that is simultaneously a cultural history, history of business and commentary on consumerism. Professional historians and the general public alike would be remiss if this wasn’t on their holiday wish list.

Author : Steve Penfold
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781442629240

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A Mile of Make-Believe by Steve Penfold Pdf

A Mile of Make Believe examines the unique history of the Santa Claus parade in Canada. This volume focuses on the Eaton's sponsored parades that occurred in Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg as well as the shorter-lived parades in Calgary and Edmonton. There is also a discussion of small town alternatives, organized by civic groups, service clubs, and chambers of commerce. By focusing on the pioneering effort of the Eaton's department store Steve Penfold argues that the parade ultimately represented a paradoxical form of cultural power: it allowed Eaton's to press its image onto public life while also reflecting the decline of the once powerful retailer. Penfold's analysis reveals the "corporate fantastic" - a visual and narrative mix of meticulous organization and whimsical style- and its influence on parade traditions. Steve Penfold's considerable analytical skills have produced a work that is simultaneously a cultural history, history of business and commentary on consumerism. Professional historians and the general public alike would be remiss if this wasn't on their holiday wish list.

Author : Derrick Jensen
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781931498579

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The Culture of Make Believe by Derrick Jensen Pdf

Derrick Jensen takes no prisoners in The Culture of Make Believe, his brilliant and eagerly awaited follow-up to his powerful and lyrical A Language Older Than Words. What begins as an exploration of the lines of thought and experience that run between the massive lynchings in early twentieth-century America to today's death squads in South America soon explodes into an examination of the very heart of our civilization. The Culture of Make Believe is a book that is as impeccably researched as it is moving, with conclusions as far-reaching as they are shocking.

Author : Cathy Miles
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781648041860

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Make-Believe Wife by Cathy Miles Pdf

Make-Believe Wife Cathy Miles Brody Nichols wanted the fifty acres owned by Calvin Schneider. It sat in the center of Brody's west boundary. Theresa “Terri” Riley slipped past Brody’s defenses and bought the place out from under him and the battle was on. But when Brody got a good look at Terri and over being furious he tried a different approach. Terri’s family decided to give her a boost in Brody’s direction and to matrimony. Talked them into a marriage that was a ruse, complete with a trip to Las Vegas for the marriage, honeymoon and return to home. Then strange things began to happen, dangerous things. Given Terri’s distrust of men, Terri decided she needed to stop the bad things. Could she trust Brody, her feelings and could they make this pretend marriage into a real one?

Author : Lee Stanley
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780310325451

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Faith in the Land of Make Believe by Lee Stanley Pdf

Brutally honest memoir of an award-winning filmmaker who dropped his selfish focus on what he could become in Hollywood and learned to become totally dependent on God.

Author : Peter J. Smith
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0871133679

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Make-Believe Ballrooms by Peter J. Smith Pdf

Dark days for Hal Andrews, New York artist and scion of an eccentric New England family. His cat has just died in a plunge from his apartment window. His brother Beck, manic-depressive and hopelessly nostalgic, is about to marry Lisa Lyman, heiress to the Family Wipes fortune and certifiably the world's most abominable girl. Their sister Fishie, an Olympic swimming champion who uses her television appearances to berate Hal, has recently shaved her head bald. And their father is withholding Hal's inheritance until he becomes more responsible, or at least until he's sixty-five. Hal's artwork clutters the floors of his girlfriend's apartment and does about as much for his putative gallery. Hoping for a genius grant and settling for a decrepit dog and a derisive girlfriend, Hal's optimism begins to wane as he descends into a moody twilit world of obscure urban horror. Therefore, when a wrong number from out of town walks into his life, the situation is grim. Mary-Ann Beavers and her hostile brother arrive in New York via Greyhound, in search of celebrities and success, both rare commodities back home in Patent, Texas. She snaps her chewing gum and writes wretched poetry; her brother has bad teeth and a temper to match. While Mary-Ann stalks Liza Minnelli in the supermarket and treasures the autograph of Dustin Hoffman's agent's sister, a darkness that lasts for days falls over Hal's new but awful apartment. There is light, however, at the end of the tunnel, and Hal, in spite of himself, will bask in it. Make-Believe Ballrooms captures the true contemporary dilemma in this tale of Hal's decline and rehabilitation in much-too-postmodern New York.

Author : Tom Gallon
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547043706

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The Cruise of the Make-Believes by Tom Gallon Pdf

The book, "The Cruise of the Make-Believes" is a novel written by Tom Gallon. "The thin young man with the glossy hat got out of the cab at the end of the street, and looked somewhat distrustfully down that street; glanced with equal distrust at the cabman. A man lounging against the corner public house, as though to keep that British institution from falling, and leaving him without refreshment, got away from it, and inserted himself between the driver and the fare, ready to give information or advice to both, on the strength of being a local resident..." is an excerpt from the first chapter, "The Princess Next Door," of the book.

Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Sea stories, American
ISBN : PRNC:32101068596533

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Lucy Hardinge by James Fenimore Cooper Pdf

Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 6000 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788075832597

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TALES OF THE SEA: 12 Maritime Adventure Novels in One Volume (Illustrated) by James Fenimore Cooper Pdf

This carefully edited collection of maritime adventure novels has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Novels: The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea The Red Rover: A Tale The Water-Witch: The Skimmer of the Seas Homeward Bound: The Chase (A Tale of the Sea) Home as Found: Sequel to Homeward Bound Mercedes of Castile: The Voyage to Cathay The Two Admirals The Wing-and-Wing: Le Feu-Follet (Jack o Lantern) Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale Miles Wallingford: Sequel to Afloat and Ashore Jack Tier: The Florida Reefs The Sea Lions: The Lost Sealers Biography: Ned Myers: A Life before the Mast James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. Before embarking on his career as a writer, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War. He also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600053439

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Afloat & ashore, sequel to Miles Wallingford by James Fenimore Cooper Pdf

Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11342616

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Miles Wallingford by James Fenimore Cooper Pdf

Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Merchant mariners
ISBN : NYPL:33433074942669

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Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford by James Fenimore Cooper Pdf

Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : American fiction
ISBN : NYPL:33433074794177

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Cooper's Works: Miles Wallingford by James Fenimore Cooper Pdf

Author : Gerald Mars
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443883924

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Becoming an Anthropologist by Gerald Mars Pdf

Mars’ graphic and often vivid narrative can be read simply as the anecdotal memoirs of an anthropologist. The experiences he recounts are sometimes hilarious, touch occasionally on the dangerous, and are always sensitively and expertly explored. But for those who want to know more, the book’s expansive footnotes and references to key sources also offer a stimulating introduction to social anthropology, its theories and its methods. Mars begins by describing his childhood life in a tightly structured working class community during World War Two. He then contrasts this with an account of the hidden underlife of an entrepreneurial, crime-prone seaside resort, Blackpool, where he worked as a spieler (barker). Two years’ experience of National Service provides an account of the social organisation of the RAF, followed by discussion of aspects of the organisation of Cambridge University. What follows then is a lifetime spent living and working in different cultures around the world. The results are continual insights gained by comparison and contrasts that illuminate aspects not only of other cultures, but, also, of our own.

Author : James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 8314 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547688372

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JAMES FENIMORE COOPER Ultimate Collection by James Fenimore Cooper Pdf

Good Press presents to you this carefully created collection of James Fenimore Cooper's renowned western classics, sea tales and historical novels. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Leatherstocking Tales: The Deerslayer The Last of the Mohicans The Pathfinder The Pioneers The Prairie The Littlepage Manuscripts: Satanstoe The Chainbearer The Redskins The Adventures of Miles Wallingford: Afloat and Ashore Miles Wallingford Other Novels: Precaution The Spy The Pilot The Red Rover The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish The Water-Witch The Bravo The Headsman The Monikins Homeward Bound Home as Found Mercedes of Castile The Two Admirals The Wing-and-Wing Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief Wyandotté The Crater Jack Tier The Oak Openings The Sea Lions James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. Before embarking on his career as a writer, Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War. He also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.