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| clifford thompson giant: American Sideshow Marc Hartzman, 2006-09-21 A fascinating look into the history of the American sideshow and its performers. Learn what's real, what's fake, and what's just downright bizarre. You've probably heard of Tom Thumb. The Elephant Man. Perhaps even Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins. But what about Eli Bowen, the legless acrobat? Or Prince Randian, the human torso? These were just a few of the many stars that shone during the heyday of the American sideshow, from 1840 to 1950. American Sideshow chronicles the lives of truly amazing performers, examining these brave and extraordinary curiosities not just as sideshow performers but as people, delving into the lives they led and the ways they were able to triumph over and even benefit from their abnormalities. American Sideshow discusses the rise and fall of the original sideshows and their subsequent replacement by today's self-made freaks. With the progress of modern medicine, technological advancements, and the wonderful world of body modification, abnormalities are being overcome, treated and even prevented: Siamese twins can now be separated, and in addition to this, tongues can be forked, horns surgically implanted, and earlobes removed. There are also, of course, modern-day giants, fire eaters, sword swallowers, glass eaters, human blockheads, and oh, so much more. These fascinating personalities are celebrated through intimate biographies paired with stunning photographs. Approximately two hundred performers from the past one hundred and sixty years are featured, giving readers a comprehensive and sometimes astonishing look into the history of the American sideshow |
| clifford thompson giant: The Hal Roach Comedy Shorts of Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts and Patsy Kelly James L. Neibaur, 2018-12-06 Hoping to follow his Laurel and Hardy success with a female comedy team, producer Hal Roach paired Thelma Todd with ZaSu Pitts in a 1931 series of two-reel shorts. Pitts left the studio for other pursuits, was replaced by Patsy Kelly and the series continued to be successful. Todd died under mysterious circumstances in 1935 and Kelly tried to carry on, first with Pert Kelton, then with Lyda Roberti. When Roberti died in 1938, the series ended. This book takes the first film-by-film look at each of the comedies these women made, how they responded to different directors and how production adapted to changes along the way. Credits, production information, period reviews, and critical assessments are included. |
| clifford thompson giant: "Johnny's Here" Bob Goldsack, 1990 |
| clifford thompson giant: The Billboard , 1947 |
| clifford thompson giant: The Guinness Book of Records , 1966 |
| clifford thompson giant: Guinness Book of World Records , 1981 |
| clifford thompson giant: A History of American Magazines, Volume V: 1905-1930 Frank Luther Mott, 1968-01-02 In 1939 Frank Luther Mott received a Pulitzer Prize for Volumes II and III of his History of American Magazines. In 1958 he was awarded the Bancroft Prize for Volume IV. He was at work on Volume V of the projected six-volume history when he died in October 1964. He had, at that time, written the sketches of the twenty-one magazines that appear in this volume. These magazines flourished during the period 1905-1930, but their biographies are continued throughout their entire lifespan-in the case of the ten still published, to recent years. Mott's daughter, Mildred Mott Wedel, has prepared this volume for publication and provided notes on changes since her father's death. No one has attempted to write the general historical chapters the author provided in the earlier volumes but which were not yet written for this last volume. A delightful autobiographical essay by the author has been included, and there is a detailed cumulative index to the entire set of this monumental work. The period 1905-1930 witnessed the most flamboyant and fruitful literary activity that had yet occurred in America. In his sketches, Mott traces the editorial partnership of H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, first on The Smart Set and then in the pages of The American Mercury. He treats The New Republic, the liberal magazine founded in 1914 by Herbert Croly and Willard Straight; the conservative Freeman; and Better Homes and Gardens, the first magazine to achieve a circulation of one million without the aid of fiction or fashions. Other giants of magazine history are here: we see serious, shaggy solid, pragmatic, self-contained Henry Luce propel a national magazine called Time toward its remarkable prosperity. In addition to those already mentioned, the reader will find accounts of The Midland, The South Atlantic Quarterly, The Little Review, Poetry, The Fugitive, Everybody's, Appleton's Booklovers Magazine, Current History, Editor & Publisher, The Golden Book Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Hampton's Broadway Magazine, House Beautiful, Success, and The Yale Review. |
| clifford thompson giant: Reminiscences from the Past Russell Kostrzak, 2008 |
| clifford thompson giant: "How Tall Are You?" Don Doxsie, 2023-04-04 Most people believe that being extremely tall would be fantastic. It isn't. It has its advantages, but it also has nearly as many disadvantages. It can be useful in basketball, business, and politics, and when friends are trying to find you in a crowded place. However. it's also inconvenient, expensive, sometimes harmful to one's health, and a little tedious to be bombarded almost daily with questions about how the weather is up there. In this book, the author takes a lighthearted look at the various aspects of extreme height, and those affected by it, from the perspective of someone who has spent the majority of his life towering above the crowd. |
| clifford thompson giant: 30th Star , 1955 |
| clifford thompson giant: Sophisticated Giant Maxine Gordon, 2020-09-15 Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was one of the major innovators of modern jazz. In a context of biography, history, and memoir, Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his solo turns with her voice and a chorus of voices from past and present. She shows that his image of the cool jazzman fails to come to terms with the three-dimensional man full of humor and wisdom, a figure who struggled to reconcile being both a creative outsider who broke the rules and a comforting insider who was a son, father, husband, and world citizen. -- |
| clifford thompson giant: Chatter from Around the White Tops , 1941 |
| clifford thompson giant: Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers Laurie Champion, Rhonda Austin, 2002-11-30 Presents alphabetized profiles of more than sixty twentieth- and twenty-first-century American women fiction writers, such as Sandra Cisneros, Toni Morrison, and Joyce Carol Oates, describing their lives, major works and themes, and critical receptions and providing primary and secondary. |
| clifford thompson giant: Clifford the Big Red Dog: The Movie Graphic Novel Georgia Ball, 2021-12-07 The Big Red Dog is hitting the big screen! It's a race through NYC in this graphic novel based on the new live-action Clifford movie. Emily Elizabeth is struggling to fit in at home and in school when she meets Clifford, a tiny red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. But when Clifford undergoes a magical growth spurt overnight, he attracts the attention of a genetics company looking for a way to supersize animals. With the help of her Uncle Casey, the people in her neighborhood, and some new friends made along the way, Emily Elizabeth and Clifford have to go on the run across New York City! This graphic novel adaptation features original illustrations and exclusive new scenes and stories not seen in the movie. |
| clifford thompson giant: The Guinness Book of Movie Facts & Feats Patrick Robertson, 1991 |
| clifford thompson giant: The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013 Chris Perry, 2016-02-03 A Guide to British television programmes shown at Christmas time, throughout the years. |
| clifford thompson giant: Construction Methods , 1938 |
| clifford thompson giant: A History of American Magazines: 1905-1930 Frank Luther Mott, 1968 |
| clifford thompson giant: Standard Poland-China Record Standard Poland-China Record Association, Maryville, Mo, 1922 |
| clifford thompson giant: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES FRANK LUTHER MOTT, 1968 |
| clifford thompson giant: Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Steven Vagnini, Dave Smith, 2023-09-26 If you’re curious about The Walt Disney Company, this comprehensive, newly revised and updated encyclopedia is your one-stop guide! Filled with significant achievements, short biographies, historic dates, and tons of trivia-worthy tidbits and anecdotes, this newly updated collection covers all things Disney—from A to Z—through more than nine thousand entries and two hundred images across more than a thousand pages. The sixth edition includes all the major Disney theme park attractions, restaurants, and shows; summaries of ABC and Disney television shows and Disney+ series; rundowns on all major films and characters; the latest and greatest from Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm; key actors, songs, and animators from Disney films and shows; and so much more! Searching for more ways to celebrate Disney100? Explore these books from Disney Editions: The Story of Disney: 100 Years of Wonder The Official Walt Disney Quote Book Walt Disney: An American Original, Commemorative Edition |
| clifford thompson giant: Guinness Movie Facts & Feats Patrick Robertson, 1988 |
| clifford thompson giant: More Theatre: A-L Alvin H. Marill, 1993 Compiles American and European stage, screen, and television program credits. |
| clifford thompson giant: Broadside & Barrage , 1942 |
| clifford thompson giant: Guinness Book of World Records Norris McWhriter, Peter Matthews, Moira Stowe, Stan Greenberg, David A. Boehm, Stephen Topping, 1982 |
| clifford thompson giant: N.A.C.A. Bulletin , 1932 |
| clifford thompson giant: Black Baseball, 1858-1900 James E. Brunson III, 2019-03-22 This is one of the most important baseball books to be published in a long time, taking a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime from 1858 through 1900. It provides team rosters and team histories, player biographies, a list of umpires and games they officiated and information on team managers and team secretaries. Well known organizations like the Washington's Mutuals, Philadelphia Pythians, Chicago Uniques, St. Louis Black Stockings, Cuban Giants and Chicago Unions are documented, as well as lesser known teams like the Wilmington Mutuals, Newton Black Stockings, San Francisco Enterprise, Dallas Black Stockings, Galveston Flyaways, Louisville Brotherhoods and Helena Pastimes. Player biographies trace their connections between teams across the country. Essays frame the biographies, discussing the social and cultural events that shaped black baseball. Waiters and barbers formed the earliest organized clubs and developed local, regional and national circuits. Some players belonged to both white and colored clubs, and some umpires officiated colored, white and interracial matches. High schools nurtured young players and transformed them into powerhouse teams, like Cincinnati's Vigilant Base Ball Club. A special essay covers visual representations of black baseball and the artists who created them, including colored artists of color who were also baseballists. |
| clifford thompson giant: A History of American Magazines, 1741-1930 Frank Luther Mott, 1958 |
| clifford thompson giant: Movie Facts and Feats Patrick Robertson, 1980 |
| clifford thompson giant: The Loud Adios Ken Kuhlken, 2010-05-27 The Loud Adios is set on the home front during World War II. Tom Hickey is in the army, an M.P. working the Tijuana-San Diego border, when a farm boy draftee about to ship overseas begs for help rescuing his sister from a gang of German and Mexican Nazis. |
| clifford thompson giant: Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette , 1982-07 |
| clifford thompson giant: Fantastic Cinema Subject Guide Bryan Senn, 2024-10-16 About 2,500 genre films are entered under more than 100 subject headings, ranging from abominable snowmen through dreamkillers, rats, and time travel, to zombies, with a brief essay on each topic: development, highlights, and trends. Each film entry shows year of release, distribution company, country of origin, director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, cast credits, plot synopsis and critical commentary. |
| clifford thompson giant: Catalogue of Copyright Entries ... Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1939 |
| clifford thompson giant: Boys' Life , 1948-07 Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting. |
| clifford thompson giant: Climatological Data , 1962 |
| clifford thompson giant: The Poland China Journal , 1921 |
| clifford thompson giant: The Collected Non-Fiction George Orwell, 2017-03-09 The twelve edited volumes of Orwell's non-fiction, collected for the first time in one invaluable ebook. A rich treasure trove of material, this unique collection includes Orwell's reviews, broadcasts, notebooks, wartime diaries, articles on socialism and censorship, correspondence with luminaries such as Arthur Koestler, Anthony Powell and Evelyn Waugh, and famous essays such as 'Politics and the English Language', 'Why I Write' and 'Some Thoughts on the Common Toad'. Edited by Professor Peter Davison, the collection encompasses twelve annotated volumes and ranges across the whole of Orwell's writing life, from 1903 to 1950. As well as providing an unparalleled insight into Orwell's life and works, the volume offers a wonderful overview of the social, literary and political events of the thirties and forties. It will be an invaluable resource for fans, students and scholars alike. Contents: A Kind of Compulsion (1903-36) Facing Unpleasant Facts (1937-39) A Patriot After All (1940-41) All Propaganda is Lies (1941-42) Keeping Our Little Corner Clean (1942-43) Two Wasted Years (1943) I Have Tried to Tell the Truth (1943-44) I Belong to the Left (1945) Smothered Under Journalism (1946) It is What I Think (1947-48) Our Job is to Make Life Worth Living (1949-50) The Lost Orwell |
| clifford thompson giant: NACA Bulletin National Association of Cost Accountants (U.S.), 1932 |
| clifford thompson giant: Special Deliverance Clifford D. Simak, 2015-12-01 From a Nebula and Hugo award winner, “one the best-loved authors in SF”: A tale of humans and one robot navigating an alien puzzle-world (Publishers Weekly). Following a conversation with a talking slot machine, Professor Edward Lansing finds himself mysteriously transported to a tavern on a long and empty road. It is immediately obvious to the educator that he is no longer on campus—or even Earth—and that he is not alone. Lansing’s new companions—a female engineer, a military officer, a humorless priest, a poetess, and a robot named Jurgens—all hail from separate alternate realities and share Lansing’s confusion. What is clear, however, is that they must continue down the road together, encountering a series of bizarre sights, dangerous obstacles, and perplexing puzzles along the way: an abandoned, decaying city; a set of doorways; a large blue cube; a tower that sings. Soon it is apparent they are all being tested for some eerie, inexplicable reason, and the choices each must make will determine his or her future. For those who fail, the alien trail will never be seen again. A provocative science fiction allegory, Special Deliverance is Hugo and Nebula Award–winner Clifford D. Simak’s Pilgrim’s Progress—a tale of great trials and hidden agendas that expose the foibles of humanity and a fantastic exploration of the human condition. A science fiction classic brimming with intelligence, invention, and wonder, it is yet another extraordinary creation from one of the genre’s most revered grandmasters. |
| clifford thompson giant: Gopher Music Notes , 2000 |
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Clifford the Big Red Dog is an animated educational children's television series, based upon Norman Bridwell's children's book series of the same name. [4] Produced by Scholastic …
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Check out this collection of classic Clifford the Big Red Dog episodes, including: Clifford Cleans His Room Baby Makes Four Jett's Tall Tale THe BIg Fetch P...
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Clifford the Big Red Dog - Wikipedia
Clifford the Big Red Dog is an American children's book series which focuses on the adventures of an 8-year old blonde haired girl named Emily Elizabeth and her titular pet: a gigantic, red …
Clifford the Big Red Dog - Scholastic
Find all things Clifford the Big Red Dog here! Explore everything from the Clifford show, to books, activity sheets, and even the Clifford movie.
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021) - IMDb
Clifford the Big Red Dog: Directed by Walt Becker. With Darby Camp, Jack Whitehall, Izaac Wang, John Cleese. A young girl's love for a tiny puppy named Clifford makes the dog grow to …
Watch Clifford Streaming Online | Tubi Free TV
Watch Clifford Free Online | 2 Seasons. He’s big. He’s red. He’s totally irresistible! Join Clifford and his owner Emily Elizabeth on fun, enriching adventures based on the beloved books.
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Clifford Howard, also known as Clifford the Big Red Dog, is the titular main protagonist of Clifford the Big Red Dog. He is the 2-year-old pet dog of Emily Elizabeth Howard and the second pet …
Watch Clifford the Big Red Dog Videos - PBS KIDS
Adventures of Clifford the Good/Surf's Up & Down. 25 m minutes. Full Episode. To Catch a Bird/The Best Party Ever. 25 m minutes. Full Episode. Forgive & Forget/Mimi's Back in Town. …
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Sep 4, 2000 · Clifford the Big Red Dog is an American/British preschool animated educational children's television series, based upon Norman Bridwell's children's book series of the same …
Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 TV series) - Wikipedia
Clifford the Big Red Dog is an animated educational children's television series, based upon Norman Bridwell's children's book series of the same name. [4] Produced by Scholastic …
