Langevin Snippets ... from A to Z consists of sixty-four short pieces written in the ten years since Roger Langevin’s memoir, The Langevin Legacy, was published in 2008. They encompass a range of topics including noteworthy experiences, memorable moments, special events, and tales of a loving family. The author hopes you enjoy reading these snippets as much as he enjoyed writing them.
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The Langevin Legacy is a heartwarming memoir of a wonderful life filled with love, fun, and challenges. Inspired to write this book when he sat down with his grandmother 30 years ago, Roger Langevin describes his ancestors' journeys from Europe through Canada to America and shares stories and nostalgic anecdotes about his relatives, family, and friends. His memoir reflects a happy childhood, much time spent with family, a successful career, and years of community service. Highlights include his experiences as a member of the Pershing Rifl es, as a volunteer with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, and as the all-time winner in the history of the TV quiz show "Beat the Clock".
I NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING" is the remarkable story of Walter Hubbard, a Black Catholic who as a member of "the greatest generation" fought the Nazis on European battlefields and came home to the United States to battle discrimination, bigotry, hatred. He became a union leader, a prominent civil rights leader, a pioneer lay leader in the Black Catholic Movement, and a distinguished public official.
Len Lye: A Biography tells for the first time the story of a unique, charismatic artist who was an innovator in many areas&– film, kinetic sculpture, painting, photography and poetry. Born in New Zealand in 1901, Len Lye gained an international reputation in the arts and had friendships with many famous people&– including Dylan Thomas, Robert Graves, Gertrude Stein, John Grierson, Norman McLaren, Oskar Fischinger, John Cage, Robert Creeley, Laura Riding, Stan Brakhage, and the artists of the New York School. A colorful bohemian, Lye lived in London from 1926 to 1944 (where he made highly original hand-painted films for John Grierson's GPO Film Unit), then moved to New York for the last 36 years of his life. Describing Len Lye as a "trailblazer" and a "one-man modern art movement" in Sight & Sound, Ian Francis also celebrated this superb biography as "the definitive piece of Lye scholarship.
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