Nothing better represented the early spirit of American expansion than the railroad. Dominant in daily life as well as in the popular imagination, the railroad appealed strongly to creative writers. For many years, fiction of railroad life and travel was plentiful and varied. As the nineteenth century receded, the railroad's allure faded, as did railroad fiction. Today, it is hard to sense what the railroad once meant to Americans. The fiction of the railroad--often by railroaders themselves--recaptures that sense, and provides valuable insights on American cultural history. This extensively annotated bibliography lists and discusses in 956 entries novels and short stories from the 1840s to the present in which the railroad is important. Each entry includes plot and character description to help the reader make an informed decision on the source's merit. A detailed introduction discusses the history of railroad fiction and highlights common themes such as strikes, hoboes, and the roles of women and African-Americans. Such writers of "pure" railroad fiction as Harry Bedwell, Frank Packard, and Cy Warman are well represented, along with such literary artists as Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, and Ellen Glasgow. Work by minority writers, including Jean Toomer, Richard Wright, Frank Chin, and Toni Morrison, also receives close attention. An appendix organizes entries by decade of publication, and the work is indexed by subject and title.
The depictions of librarians in over 374 novels, short stories, and plays in English are the focus of this fully annotated reference work. Librarians, no less than other professionals, want to know how they are depicted in fiction. The stereotypical or fictional librarian--the one with the bun, comfortable shoes, and dour demeanor--may be fading, but fiction teaches a lesson about public perception. Actually, story librarians are often described as adaptable, knowledgeable, shrewd, tactful, tender and intelligent--traits that the authors, and by extension the readers, look for in their librarians. All entries include complete bibliographic data, followed by a lengthy annotation that discusses how the librarian fits into the story and gives insight to how he or she is depicted. Title and author indexes are provided for further utility.
In 2015, Rod Grant and Martin Franssen wrote a musical play charting the life of one of the greatest Scots of all time, the inspirational poet Robert Burns. This novel is a fictitious account of Burns' life inspired on his own writings and based on events that we know occurred. It is a genuine attempt at presenting the man in an honest and accessible account of his life story. Robert Burns had twelve children by four women so, whilst it would be impossible to document all of his loves, an attempt has been made at showing his weakness for the fairer sex. Burns was a man of contradiction-on the one hand he wrote some of the world's finest love poems and yet was unable to conquer his own lustful desires and remain true to one - he was a revolutionary who ended up working for the Government as an excise officer - he was a humble farmer's son who gained celebrity in his own lifetime. This is a great story about real people in timeless situations. It's a love story, a character study and a parable on the pitfalls of fame. Anyone can identify with it. But Burns aficionados can rest assured that the novel uses Burns' own words on as many occasions as possible. There's something for everyone.
Set amidst the 1990s in the Twin Cities - love, basketball, sex, David Lee Roth, dating, Snoopy, bar hopping, Camel Lights, and Evonne Goolagong collide to concoct this unique tale. Of course, these arent your typical ingredients for a comedy, but this isnt your typical comedy. This is the story of a jackass and how he becomes a real man. Life is a clever cocktail of interesting moments, sinister monotony, and sublime mistakes. Jamie Tembreaux, a struggling playwright in Minneapolis knows that all too well. Unlike the famous Peter Pan Syndrome, Jamie suffers from a different Disney Disorder altogether, The Pinocchio Syndrome, which can only be disclosed within the confines of this tale. Forcing Jamie to realize hes twenty-five and has never really been in love. Luckily for Jamie, he does have the support of his friends, but Trick Dunbar and Andrew Case are just as confused with their lives as Jamie seemingly is with his own. Torn between the fetching artist hes just met and an old flame who happens to be Andrews little sister, Jamie navigates the dangerous waters of bachelorhood without a clue. With the help of another friend from college Jo Fabre, Jamie searches for answers at the only place that makes sense to him - his childhood home. There, Jamie discovers where his life diverted from its natural path to an entirely new one. Jamie explores his past choices and their consequences like never before. He deflects his personal ordeals through the use of humor, thereby divulging uncompromising insight into the male psyche. The novel is a dizzying leap into the shallow end of the pool of life. And somewhere amidst the infinite spectrum between a Blue Fairy and a Great Whale lies a broken-hearted hero. A coming-of-age tale with a twist and a comedy with plenty of edge. HOT WINGS & RUG BURNS is a wild look at one of the scariest challenges facing young adults of any generation the opposite sex.
Surprisingly, the first electronic mail (email, also e-mail) message was sent in 1972 when computer engineer Ray Tomlinson sent one to himself. Traffic has picked up since then; the Internet market research firm eMarketer reported that in the year 2000, people sent over 1.6 billion noncommercial email messages each day in the United States alone. This handbook provides all the information necessary for anyone to feel comfortable using this electronic form of communication: the basics for beginners, and numerous tips for advanced users. The first part of the book focuses on getting started (finding an Internet Service Provider, computer requirements, and so on) and then provides an entertaining discussion of email procedures, including etiquette do's and don'ts, avoiding spam and viruses, privacy concerns, notes for the handicapped, and observations on email use in libraries. Next is a systematic how-to coverage of eight email systems, including four popular Web-based systems (Hotmail, Mail.com, Netscape Mail, and Yahoo! Mail) and four standalone systems (Eudora, Juno, Netscape Messenger and Outlook Express). The how-to section features straightforward directions and helpful illustrations.
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