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JOHN R. CORYELL Ultimate Collection: Murder Mysteries, Thrillers & Detective Stories (Including Complete Nick Carter Series)

Author : John R. Coryell
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788075834416

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JOHN R. CORYELL Ultimate Collection: Murder Mysteries, Thrillers & Detective Stories (Including Complete Nick Carter Series) by John R. Coryell Pdf

This carefully edited collection of thriller novels has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. John R. Coryell (1848–1924) was a prolific dime novel author. He wrote under many pseudonyms, one of them being Nicholas Carter, probably the best known. Nick Carter is a fictional character, invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith, who began as a thriller novel private detective and has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father's death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends most of the time under cover and keeps a low profile, based in an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York. Table of Contents: The Crime of the French Café Nick Carter's Ghost Story The Mystery of St. Agnes' Hospital The Solution of a Remarkable Case With Links of Steel (The Peril of the Unknown) A Woman at Bay (A Fiend in Skirts) The Great Spy System (Nick Carter's Promise to the President)

THE SOLUTION OF A REMARKABLE CASE (Murder Mystery Classic)

Author : John R. Coryell
Publisher : Musaicum Books
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788075834393

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THE SOLUTION OF A REMARKABLE CASE (Murder Mystery Classic) by John R. Coryell Pdf

"Eugenie La Verde was lying upon her bed, clad in the soft wrapper which the maid had helped her to don before leaving her on the preceding night. Her face was distorted and swollen almost beyond recognition, and in spots was highly discolored, where the blood had coagulated beneath the skin. Her mouth was open, and her eyes were wide and staring, even yet filled with an expression of the horror through which she had passed just before her death. Her delicate hands, pretty enough for an artist's model, were clenched until the finger-nails had sunk into the tender flesh and drawn blood. The figure bore every evidence of a wild and terrific struggle to escape from the grasp in which she had been seized, while the dull blue mark around her throat told only too plainly how her death had been accomplished." (Excerpt) Nick Carter is a famous private detective, a fictional character invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith. This private detective from thriller classics has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father's death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends most of the time under cover and keeps a low profile, based in an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York.

NICK CARTER MYSTERIES - 7 Detective Books Collection (The Crime of the French Café, The Great Spy System, With Links of Steel, The Mystery of St. Agnes' Hospital, Nick Carter's Ghost Story...)

Author : John R. Coryell
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547807971

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NICK CARTER MYSTERIES - 7 Detective Books Collection (The Crime of the French Café, The Great Spy System, With Links of Steel, The Mystery of St. Agnes' Hospital, Nick Carter's Ghost Story...) by John R. Coryell Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "NICK CARTER MYSTERIES - 7 Detective Books Collection (The Crime of the French Café, The Great Spy System, With Links of Steel, The Mystery of St. Agnes' Hospital, Nick Carter's Ghost Story...)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Nick Carter is a famous private detective, a fictional character invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith. This private detective from thriller classics has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father's death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends most of the time under cover and keeps a low profile, based in an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York. Table of Contents: The Crime of the French Café Nick Carter's Ghost Story The Mystery of St. Agnes' Hospital The Solution of a Remarkable Case With Links of Steel (The Peril of the Unknown) A Woman at Bay (A Fiend in Skirts) The Great Spy System (Nick Carter's Promise to the President)

WITH LINKS OF STEEL (Detective Nick Carter Mystery)

Author : John R. Coryell
Publisher : Musaicum Books
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788075834317

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WITH LINKS OF STEEL (Detective Nick Carter Mystery) by John R. Coryell Pdf

With Links of Steel is considered to be amongst the best detective tales ever. It belongs to the series of celebrated Nick Carter detective stories. Two business partners are robbed off a small fortune in diamonds by a notorious Kilgore diamond gang, a trio of very shrewd and dare crooks. They immediately call famous New York detective Nick Carter and that is how begins one of the most stirring and extraordinary criminal cases that ever fell within the broad experience of the famous New York detective. Nick Carter is a famous private detective, a fictional character invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith. This private detective from thriller classics has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father's death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends most of the time under cover and keeps a low profile, based in an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York.

The Ultimate Collection of Dective Stories & Murder Mysteries for the Holidays

Author : Charles Dickens,Edgar Allan Poe,Anna Katharine Green,Arthur Conan Doyle,Mary Roberts Rinehart,John Kendrick Bangs,Agatha Christie,Robert Barr,Ellis Parker Butler,Maurice Leblanc,Wilkie Collins,Grace Livingston Hill,Edgar Wallace,Melville Davisson Post,Paul Thorne,Mabel Thorne,Marion Harvey,R. Austin Freeman,A. E. W. Mason,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,Victor L. Whitechurch
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 9590 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547778707

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The Ultimate Collection of Dective Stories & Murder Mysteries for the Holidays by Charles Dickens,Edgar Allan Poe,Anna Katharine Green,Arthur Conan Doyle,Mary Roberts Rinehart,John Kendrick Bangs,Agatha Christie,Robert Barr,Ellis Parker Butler,Maurice Leblanc,Wilkie Collins,Grace Livingston Hill,Edgar Wallace,Melville Davisson Post,Paul Thorne,Mabel Thorne,Marion Harvey,R. Austin Freeman,A. E. W. Mason,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,Victor L. Whitechurch Pdf

Good Press presents to you a collection of the greatest mystery cases and puzzles for you to solve and relax with during Christmas and winter holidays: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Secret Adversary R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke's Cases The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear A. E. W. Mason: At the Villa Rose The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel Mary Roberts Rinehart: The Circular Staircase The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry Tish – The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions More Tish Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Purloined Letter Charles Dickens: Hunted Down Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel Robert Barr: The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag E. W. Hornung: The Amateur Cracksman The Black Mask; or, Raffles: Further Adventures A Thief in the Night Mr. Justice Raffles John Kendrick Bangs: Mrs. Raffles R. Holmes & Co Melville Davisson Post: The Sleuth of St. James's Square Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men The Clue of the Twisted Candle Victor L. Whitechurch: The Canon in Residence Anna Katharine Green: The Leavenworth Case A Strange Disappearance The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow That Affair Next Door Lost Man's Lane The Circular Study G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown The Donnington Affair Ellis Parker Butler: Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective Maurice Leblanc: Arsene Lupin The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin Mabel & Paul Thorne: The Sheridan Road Mystery Marion Harvey: The Mystery of the Hidden Room Grace Livingston Hill: The Mystery of Mary

DETECTIVE NICK CARTER'S CASES

Author : John R. Coryell
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547688969

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DETECTIVE NICK CARTER'S CASES by John R. Coryell Pdf

Nick Carter is a famous private detective, a fictional character invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith. This private detective from thriller classics has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father's death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends most of the time under cover and keeps a low profile, based in an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York. Table of Contents: The Crime of the French Café Nick Carter's Ghost Story The Mystery of St. Agnes' Hospital The Solution of a Remarkable Case With Links of Steel (The Peril of the Unknown) A Woman at Bay (A Fiend in Skirts) The Great Spy System (Nick Carter's Promise to the President)

WITH LINKS OF STEEL - The Peril of the Unknown (Detective Nick Carter Mystery): Thriller Classic

Author : John R. Coryell
Publisher : E-Artnow
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8027332613

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WITH LINKS OF STEEL - The Peril of the Unknown (Detective Nick Carter Mystery): Thriller Classic by John R. Coryell Pdf

With Links of Steel, or The Peril of the Unknown is considered to be amongst the best detective tales ever. It belongs to the series of celebrated Nick Carter detective stories. Two business partners are robbed off a small fortune in diamonds by a notorious Kilgore diamond gang, a trio of very shrewd and dare crooks. They immediately call famous New York detective Nick Carter and that is how begins one of the most stirring and extraordinary criminal cases that ever fell within the broad experience of the famous New York detective. Nick Carter is a famous private detective, a fictional character invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith. This private detective from thriller classics has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father's death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends most of the time under cover and keeps a low profile, based in an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York.

Murder Under The Mistletoe - Ultimate Christmas Murder Mystery Collection

Author : Charles Dickens,Edgar Allan Poe,Anna Katharine Green,Arthur Conan Doyle,Mary Roberts Rinehart,John Kendrick Bangs,Agatha Christie,Robert Barr,Ellis Parker Butler,Maurice Leblanc,Wilkie Collins,Grace Livingston Hill,Edgar Wallace,Melville Davisson Post,Paul Thorne,Mabel Thorne,R. Austin Freeman,A. E. W. Mason,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,Victor L. Whitechurch
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 9590 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547779018

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Murder Under The Mistletoe - Ultimate Christmas Murder Mystery Collection by Charles Dickens,Edgar Allan Poe,Anna Katharine Green,Arthur Conan Doyle,Mary Roberts Rinehart,John Kendrick Bangs,Agatha Christie,Robert Barr,Ellis Parker Butler,Maurice Leblanc,Wilkie Collins,Grace Livingston Hill,Edgar Wallace,Melville Davisson Post,Paul Thorne,Mabel Thorne,R. Austin Freeman,A. E. W. Mason,E. W. Hornung,G. K. Chesterton,Victor L. Whitechurch Pdf

Good Press presents to you a collection of the greatest mystery cases and puzzles for you to solve and relax with during Christmas and winter holidays: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Secret Adversary R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke's Cases The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear A. E. W. Mason: At the Villa Rose The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel Mary Roberts Rinehart: The Circular Staircase The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry Tish – The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions More Tish Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Rogêt The Purloined Letter Charles Dickens: Hunted Down Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel Robert Barr: The Triumph of Eugéne Valmont Jennie Baxter, Journalist The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs The Adventure of the Second Swag E. W. Hornung: The Amateur Cracksman The Black Mask; or, Raffles: Further Adventures A Thief in the Night Mr. Justice Raffles John Kendrick Bangs: Mrs. Raffles R. Holmes & Co Melville Davisson Post: The Sleuth of St. James's Square Edgar Wallace: The Four Just Men The Clue of the Twisted Candle Victor L. Whitechurch: The Canon in Residence Anna Katharine Green: The Leavenworth Case A Strange Disappearance The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow That Affair Next Door Lost Man's Lane The Circular Study G. K. Chesterton: The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown The Donnington Affair Ellis Parker Butler: Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective Maurice Leblanc: Arsene Lupin The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin Mabel & Paul Thorne: The Sheridan Road Mystery Marion Harvey: The Mystery of the Hidden Room Grace Livingston Hill: The Mystery of Mary

THE MURDER CASE - Ultimate Mystery Collection

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Wallace,Wilkie Collins,Ethel Lina White,Annie Haynes,R. Austin Freeman,H. C. McNeile,G. K. Chesterton,Arthur Morrison,Ernest Bramah,Victor L. Whitechurch,Thomas W. Hanshew,E. W. Hornung,J. S. Fletcher,Rober Barr,Frank Froest,C. N. Williamson,A. M. Williamson,Isabel Ostander,Edgar Allan Poe,Arthur B. Reeve,Marie Belloc Lowndes,Richard Marsh,Émile Gaboriau,Arthur J. Rees,William Le Queux,Carolyn Wells,Frank L. Packard,Fred M. White,Allan Pinkerton,Anna Maynard Barbour,A. E. W. Mason,Louis Tracy,E. Phillips Oppenheim,Cleveland Moffett,Louis Joseph Vance,Jackson Gregory,E. M. Delafield,Anton Chekhov,James Hay,Melville Davisson Post,Anna Katharine Green,Ambrose Bierce,John R. Coryell,Frederic Arnold Kummer,Arthur Cheney Train,S. S. Van Dine
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 92600 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788026895350

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THE MURDER CASE - Ultimate Mystery Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Wallace,Wilkie Collins,Ethel Lina White,Annie Haynes,R. Austin Freeman,H. C. McNeile,G. K. Chesterton,Arthur Morrison,Ernest Bramah,Victor L. Whitechurch,Thomas W. Hanshew,E. W. Hornung,J. S. Fletcher,Rober Barr,Frank Froest,C. N. Williamson,A. M. Williamson,Isabel Ostander,Edgar Allan Poe,Arthur B. Reeve,Marie Belloc Lowndes,Richard Marsh,Émile Gaboriau,Arthur J. Rees,William Le Queux,Carolyn Wells,Frank L. Packard,Fred M. White,Allan Pinkerton,Anna Maynard Barbour,A. E. W. Mason,Louis Tracy,E. Phillips Oppenheim,Cleveland Moffett,Louis Joseph Vance,Jackson Gregory,E. M. Delafield,Anton Chekhov,James Hay,Melville Davisson Post,Anna Katharine Green,Ambrose Bierce,John R. Coryell,Frederic Arnold Kummer,Arthur Cheney Train,S. S. Van Dine Pdf

This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes True Crime Stories G. K. Chesterton: Father Brown Edgar Wallace: Four Just Men Mr. J. G. Reeder Detective Sgt. Elk The Earl of Nowhere P.-C. Lee Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White Armadale… Ethel Lina White: Fear Stalks the Village… Annie Haynes: The Abbey Court Murder The Crystal Beads Murder… R. Austin Freeman: Dr. Thorndyke H. C. McNeile (Sapper): Bulldog Drummond Detective Ronald Standish Arthur Morrison: Martin Hewitt Ernest Bramah: Max Carrados Victor L. Whitechurch: Murder at the Pageant… Thomas W. Hanshew: Detective Hamilton Cleek E. W. Hornung: A. J. Raffles J. S. Fletcher: The Middle Temple Murder Dead Men's Money… Rober Barr: Detective Stories Parody of Sherlock Holmes Frank Froest: The Maelstrom The Grell Mystery Isabel Ostrander: One Thirty The Crevice… Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Mystery of Marie Roget… Arthur B. Reeve: Detective Craig Kennedy Marie Belloc Lowndes: The Lodger The Story of Ivy… Richard Marsh: Crime and the Criminal The Master of Deception… Émile Gaboriau: Monsieur Lecoq Arthur J. Rees: The Hampstead Mystery The Shrieking Pit… William Le Queux: Devil's Dice The Death-Doctor… Carolyn Wells: Fleming Stone Pennington Wise Frank L. Packard: Jimmie Dale Mysteries Fred M. White: A Crime on Canvas Found Dead… Allan Pinkerton: The Murderer and the Fortune Teller… Louis Tracy: Detectives White & Furneaux Reginald Brett Detective Claude Bruce Detective-Inspector Clancy E. Phillips Oppenheim: Murder at Monte Carlo The Cinema Murder… True Crime Stories Cleveland Moffett Detective Novel… Louis Joseph Vance: The Lone Wolf… Jackson Gregory: The Short Cut Anton Chekhov: The Shooting Party James Hay: No Clue!... Melville Davisson Post: Randolph Mason Schemes Uncle Abner… Anna Katharine Green: Detective Ebenezer Gryce Ambrose Bierce: The Parenticide Club John R. Coryell: Detective Nick Carter Arthur Cheney Train: Tutt and Tutt S. S. Van Dine: Philo Vance

Silent Mystery and Detective Movies

Author : Ken Wlaschin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786454297

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Silent Mystery and Detective Movies by Ken Wlaschin Pdf

The silent film era was known in part for its cliffhanger serials and air of suspense that kept audiences returning to theaters week after week. Icons such as Douglas Fairbanks, Laurel and Hardy, Lon Chaney and Harry Houdini were among those who graced the dark and shadowy screen. This reference guide to silent films with mystery and detective content lists more than 1,500 titles in one of entertainment’s most popular and enduring genres. While most of the films examined are from North America, mystery films from around the world are included.

Shooting Stars of the Small Screen

Author : Douglas Brode
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780292783317

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Shooting Stars of the Small Screen by Douglas Brode Pdf

Since the beginning of television, Westerns have been playing on the small screen. From the mid-1950s until the early 1960s, they were one of TV's most popular genres, with millions of viewers tuning in to such popular shows as Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and Disney's Davy Crockett. Though the cultural revolution of the later 1960s contributed to the demise of traditional Western programs, the Western never actually disappeared from TV. Instead, it took on new forms, such as the highly popular Lonesome Dove and Deadwood, while exploring the lives of characters who never before had a starring role, including anti-heroes, mountain men, farmers, Native and African Americans, Latinos, and women. Shooting Stars of the Small Screen is a comprehensive encyclopedia of more than 450 actors who received star billing or played a recurring character role in a TV Western series or a made-for-TV Western movie or miniseries from the late 1940s up to 2008. Douglas Brode covers the highlights of each actor's career, including Western movie work, if significant, to give a full sense of the actor's screen persona(s). Within the entries are discussions of scores of popular Western TV shows that explore how these programs both reflected and impacted the social world in which they aired. Brode opens the encyclopedia with a fascinating history of the TV Western that traces its roots in B Western movies, while also showing how TV Westerns developed their own unique storytelling conventions.

Rockin' in Time

Author : David P. Szatmary
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Rock music
ISBN : UCAL:B4558312

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Rockin' in Time by David P. Szatmary Pdf

A concise yet comprehensive account of the origins and evolution of rock music, emphasizing its interaction with social change and cultural trends. The narrative begins with ``the birth of the blues'' and proceeds to discuss the major (and mention the minor) performers and to identify the significant styles. These include Fifties rockabilly, folk/protest, the British Invasion, acid rock, punk/New Wave, and Eighties revivalism. Using a lively, anecdotal approach and pertinent quotes, the author examines the appropriate political, economic, technological, or psychological context of each topic, e.g., the relationship between Dylan's music and JFK's New Frontier. A primary focus throughout is on the contributions of blacks and the role of racism. Paul Feehan, Univ. of Miami Lib., Coral Gables, Fla. - Library Journal.

Myself When I am Real

Author : Gene Santoro
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780198025788

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Myself When I am Real by Gene Santoro Pdf

Charles Mingus was one of the most innovative jazz musicians of the 20th Century, and ranks with Ives and Ellington as one of America's greatest composers. By temperament, he was a high-strung and sensitive romantic, a towering figure whose tempestuous personal life found powerfully coherent expression in the ever-shifting textures of his music. Now, acclaimed music critic Gene Santoro strips away the myths shrouding "Jazz's Angry Man," revealing Mingus as more complex than even his lovers and close friends knew. A pioneering bassist and composer, Mingus redefined jazz's terrain. He penned over 300 works spanning gutbucket gospel, Colombian cumbias, orchestral tone poems, multimedia performance, and chamber jazz. By the time he was 35, his growing body of music won increasing attention as it unfolded into one pioneering musical venture after another, from classical-meets-jazz extended pieces to spoken-word and dramatic performances and television and movie soundtracks. Though critics and musicians debated his musical merits and his personality, by the late 1950s he was widely recognized as a major jazz star, a bellwether whose combined grasp of tradition and feel for change poured his inventive creativity into new musical outlets. But Mingus got headlines less for his art than for his volatile and often provocative behavior, which drew fans who wanted to watch his temper suddenly flare onstage. Impromptu outbursts and speeches formed an integral part of his long-running jazz workshop, modeled partly on dramatic models like Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. Keeping up with the organized chaos of Mingus's art demanded gymnastic improvisational skills and openness from his musicians-which is why some of them called it "the Sweatshop." He hired and fired musicians on the bandstand, attacked a few musicians physically and many more verbally, twice threw Lionel Hampton's drummer off the stage, and routinely harangued chattering audiences, once chasing a table of inattentive patrons out of the FIVE SPOT with a meat cleaver. But the musical and mental challenges this volcanic man set his bands also nurtured deep loyalties. Key sidemen stayed with him for years and even decades. In this biography, Santoro probes the sore spots in Mingus's easily wounded nature that helped make him so explosive: his bullying father, his interracial background, his vulnerability to women and distrust of men, his views of political and social issues, his overwhelming need for love and acceptance. Of black, white, and Asian descent, Mingus made race a central issue in his life as well as a crucial aspect of his music, becoming an outspoken (and often misunderstood) critic of racial injustice. Santoro gives us a vivid portrait of Mingus's development, from the racially mixed Watts where he mingled with artists and writers as well as mobsters, union toughs, and pimps to the artistic ferment of postwar Greenwich Village, where he absorbed and extended the radical improvisation flowing through the work of Allen Ginsberg, Jackson Pollock, and Charlie Parker. Indeed, unlike Most jazz biographers, Santoro examines Mingus's extra-musical influences--from Orson Welles to Langston Hughes, Farwell Taylor, and Timothy Leary--and illuminates his achievement in the broader cultural context it demands. Written in a lively, novelistic style, Myself When I Am Real draws on dozens of new interviews and previously untapped letters and archival materials to explore the intricate connections between this extraordinary man and the extraordinary music he made.

American Popular Music

Author : David Lee Joyner
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-27
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131739984

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American Popular Music by David Lee Joyner Pdf

This text provides an overview of the four major areas of American contemporary music: jazz, rock, country, and musical theater. Each genre is approached chronologically with the emphasis on the socio-cultural aspects of the music. Readers will appreciate Joyner's engaging writing style and come away with the fundamental skills needed to listen critically to a variety of popular music styles.

The First Nick Carter MEGAPACK®: 4 Classic Mysteries

Author : Nicholas Carter
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479442058

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The First Nick Carter MEGAPACK®: 4 Classic Mysteries by Nicholas Carter Pdf

This volume collects 4 classic Nick Carter novels: Nick Carter at Headquarters Scylla, the Sea Robber Nick Carter and the Marixburg Affair The Plot of the Poisoner If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 350+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!