An inventor at a large Los Angeles corporation bangs his head during an earthquake and has memories of life in a Victorian house at the turn of the century. Questions start to plague him; why is he dreaming of a woman named Lizzie? Why can?t he remember anything about his life prior to 1994?Though attracted to his associate, Hilary Campo, he wonders why she seems so hauntingly familiar. Most pressing, why is his memory failing? Attempts to steal his invention lead to a flight for his life. In moral torment for having invented something that went terribly wrong; mysterious deaths and the murder of his associate, yearning for a woman he only dreams about, drives him to search for the truth.Desperate and alone, he forms a bond with an old sea captain, his grandson and a young woman on a bus to Virginia Beach, Virginia. Running for his life, he asks the captain to give him passage on his schooner up the eastern seaboard of the United States.Pieces of the puzzle fall into place as he nears his destination. A breathtaking journey of courage, heart-stopping suspense, and high adventure.
This is beautiful story of a young woman's love, faith and courage. Graduating from college Holly Dobson decides to marry a boy with whom she went through school, whose family lives in Maine. Electrical storms and unexplained attempts on their lives seem bent on preventing the couple from marring. An invitation to take their vows in Kennebunkport, Maine is accepted. Holly's new husband disappears at the reception, and innocent or naive, the young woman races headlong into danger to rescue him, enlisting the help of three female friends. She is unprepared for subsequent deadly events which almost destroy her.
While on a plane, 14-year-old Grady Hobbs sees lines of lights all heading in the same direction. In a world of uncertainty, he embarks on a journey with his friends, Patty Patch and Lucky Bonk, to solve the mystery of the lights marching toward Table Rock, South Carolina.
Una dintre forțele cele mai dinamice din divertismentul contemporan, recunoscută la nivel global, își povestește viața într-o carte deopotrivă curajoasă și motivantă, care îi urmărește parcursul de învățare până în punctul alinierii perfecte a succesului exterior, fericirii interioare și conexiunii umane. Will spune povestea necenzurată a uneia dintre cele mai uimitoare evoluții în lumea muzicii și filmului.
This third volume of The Papers of Will Rogers documents the evolution of Rogers's vaudeville career as well as the newlywed life of Will and Betty Blake Rogers and the birth of their children. During these years, the Rogerses moved to New York City, and after many years of performing with Buck McKee and horse Teddy, Rogers began a solo act in vaudeville as a talking, roping cowboy. He appeared on the same playbill with such performers as Fred Stone, Eddie Cantor, and Houdini, and his stage career expanded to include an appearance in the Broadway musical comedy "The Wall Street Girl." Volume Three ends with Rogers's successful transition from vaudeville to Broadway, on the brink of his breakthrough as a star of the Ziegfeld Follies.
This fifth and final volume of The Papers of Will Rogers traces the career of Oklahoma’s beloved entertainer during his most popular years and extends beyond his death in 1935. By 1928, the Oklahoma humorist and commentator had reached national prominence through his newspaper columns, silent films, sound recordings, books, philanthropic endeavors, and lecture tours. His fame, fortune, and influence, however, had yet to crest. This volume showcases a wide variety of documents, including correspondence with some of the most significant figures of the day, revealing Rogers’s rise to fame as the nation’s leading social and political commentator and as a hugely popular star of radio, stage, and film. Rogers’s multifaceted career ended abruptly when he and the famous aviator Wylie Post died in an airplane crash in northernmost Alaska. This documentary history of his final years includes transcripts of radio broadcasts, contracts, and business documents, as well as nearly two hundred telegrams and letters to family, friends, and notable public figures—the majority of which have never before been published. It also covers the aftermath of his fatal airplane accident: the certificate of death, a first-person account of his funeral, settlement of his estate, efforts to pay tribute to his memory, and unauthorized attempts to capitalize on his fame.
In the early years of his performing career, Will Rogers was a vaudeville performer of limited prominence. Around the age of thirty-five, however, this Oklahoma cowboy philosopher shed his role as local stage entertainer and moved toward fame as a Broadway star and nationally beloved humorist. This documentary history, volume four in the definitive five-volume Papers of Will Rogers, reveals Rogers’s personal and professional transformation during what may have been the most productive period of his diverse career. Between 1915 and 1928—the years covered by this volume—Rogers developed his unique monologues of topical humor, sampled the relatively new medium of radio, and pursued a career in silent films. He also tried his voice in sound recordings, witnessed his work as a writer reach millions of readers of daily newspapers, became one of the most sought-after speakers on the dinner circuit, and embarked on a three-year tour of the nation’s lecture halls. In addition to Rogers’s personal correspondence with family members and friends, editors Steven K. Gragert and M. Jane Johansson present more than one hundred letters and telegrams to and from people Rogers touched both inside and outside public life, including prominent figures in politics, show business, literature, industry, government, publishing, and the arts. Much of this material, gleaned from private collections, interviews, manuscripts, and sound recordings, has never before been published.
These journals also provide insight into Dodge's character, with reports of his official duties as a military man and of several landmark events in his family life. Extensive commentaries and notes by Wayne R. Kime provide further detail, including a history of Cantonment North Fork Canadian River, a six-company post Dodge established and commanded in the region."--BOOK JACKET.
This critically acclaimed and award-winning collection of the best writings of one of America's most beloved and influential humorists includes Rogers's most popular speeches and newspaper columns. 16 pages of photographs.
A nostalgic return to Will Rogers' America; 100 photos and exclusive interviews with some of Rogers' famous friends. A warm look at a younger, more naive America through the eyes and words of Will Rogers: Wild-West shows and vaudeville, Hollywood, the silent movies and the "talkies" and America's favorite pastime, politics.
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