1999, ISBN: 9780932012906

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Las Vegas, New Mexico: Museum Board of the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1961. First Edition Assumed . Trade Paperback. Fine. 6" x 9. 20 Pages. Stapled pamphlet type publication b… Mehr…

Las Vegas, New Mexico: Museum Board of the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1961. First Edition Assumed . Trade Paperback. Fine. 6" x 9. 20 Pages. Stapled pamphlet type publication by Lynn Perrigo, professor of history at New Mexico Highlands University.Tight bright book with no defects noted. Includes several black and white photographs including a centerfold rare etching of Las Vegas dated 1882 from the City Museum by Carl Ilfield . This etching resembles an aerial photograph. There is a photo of The Rough Rider's camp in Lincoln Park in 1899. Dozens of names are in this book including a list of Rough Riders from Las Vegas. Two page Bibliography. From the Introduction --- On the afternoon of June 24, 1899, the vigorous and popular governor of New York State, Theodore Roosevelt, alighted from the steps of his special coach onto the station platform of the Santa Fe Railroad at Las Vegas, New Mexico. As he came into view, he was greeted enthusiastically by a reception committee of leading citizens and by his regiment of Rough Riders, who were encamped in Lincoln Park for their first reunion after the strenuous Cuban campaign the preceding June. Present also was a crowd of five thousand who had been waiting in a torrential downpour of rain. Their cheers almost drowned out the patriotic efforts of the musicians in the band. For this reception the Las Vegas band had been joined by the best bands in the Territory, from Santa Fe, Silver City, and Albuquerque. In addition the band from Chihuahua had been sent up by the governor of that neighboring state in Mexico. This was a memorable event. On that gala occasion the threads of several separate historical skeins had been drawn together and woven finally into a grand design. First in the historical sequence had been the exploration and settlement of this frontier by the courageous Spanish pioneers. Next had come the stirring events of the American occupation, the local campaigns of the Civil War, and the development of this area as a territorial unit in the United States. Simultaneously our nation had been surging forward as a world power, and this power had been wielded swiftly and effectively in sympathetic support of the Cuban insurgents who were engaged in a valiant struggle for independence. At that moment, the wealthy, city-bred Theodore Roosevelt, who had acquired his good health and strong spirit out West, emerged as a national leader. When the regiment of Rough Riders, nearly half of whom were recruited In New Mexico, were led into battle in Cuba by Roosevelt, these separate strands finally had been brought together opportunely, and nowhere else could this union of historic forces be celebrated as appropriately as it was in Las Vegas, New Mexico, on those June days of 1899., Museum Board of the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1961, 5, Cabin John, Maryland: Diane Leatherman, 1998. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Diane Leatherman. 166, [2] pages. Illustrated cover. Signed by the author, Diane Leatherman, on the title page Includes Prologue and 34 chapters. Born in Kansas City just as her parents were emerging from the Great Depression, Diane Leatherman learned early to dread the "crossing of Kansas" when the family traveled west each summer. There were few restaurants or gas stations with clean restrooms. Nothing in those days was air-conditioned. The state was flat, hot and endless. Life has gotten easier--for most of us. With all of the problems modernization makes, still each of us have more opportunity to fully develop ourselves, especially women. Ms. Leatherman began college at a small girls school in the middle of Missouri, which her grandmother had attended a half century before, and finished a degree almost 15 years later. She has been a park ranger, teacher, worked at an "eighteenth century" dirt-level farm and has served as Executive Director of Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Maryland. She is a member Maryland Writers Association, National Writers Union, and Publications Marketing Association. Fictionalized memoir, mature women will recognize the bright little girl who grows up to see no recourse but marriage at the end of the 1950s. When the social revolution of the 1960s manages to reach her, she begins to be restless with her role and throws her life into a spiral that imperils her and her children, yet results in a more complete person., Diane Leatherman, 1998, 2.5, The Boston Herald, Boston, Massachusetts, 1896. Paperback. Used - Good. 1896. (183) pages. Illustrations of Boston Herald, Public Garden, YMCA, Old South, Post Office, Faneuil Hall, Ames, Fiske, Worthington Buildings, Boston Common, Union, Haymarket, Old Colony, Fitchburg, Park Square Stations, Keith's Theatre, International Trust Co, Trinity Church, Merchants National Bank, BU School of Law, Franklin Park, Arnold Arboretum, Fens, Jamaica Park, State House, City Hall, Chamber of Commerce, Public Library, Museum of Art, MIT, Quincy Market, King's Chapel, &c. 8 x 11", printed wrapper. Tips, edges chipped, wrap soiled, text VG., The Boston Herald, Boston, Massachusetts, 1896, 2.5, Newport News, Virginia: City Duplicating and Printing, 1991. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good. [8], III, {1], 127, [1] pages. Decorative cover. Includes many color photographs of birds. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads: October 1994, For Kathy, Thanks for buying my book, it represents 30 years of my life, with my husband, and banding birds. Sincerely, Dorothy Mitchell. Also signed with sentiment on the "About the Author" page. Signed post card and two unsigned pamphlets by author laid in! Includes chapters on: About the Author; Preface; Permanent Resident Birds; Summer Resident Birds; Winter Resident Birds; Accidental, Rare & Migratory Birds; One Letter in a Thousand; "How Great Thou Art"; and 4 Seasons In Newport News City Park. Bird watching was her passion. Dorothy and Mike became bird banders for the US Fish and Wildlife Department, and she was the first female bander in the state of Virginia. In 30 years, they banded more than 108,000 birds. She was affectionately known as the "Bird Lady of Newport News." After Mike's death, Dorothy wrote a bird book, "All About Birds," illustrated with their slides. In 1963, Dorothy and five other birders were instrumental in founding a bird banding station in Kiptopeke, Va. This was later named the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory. She and other volunteers would capture, examine, weigh, band and release resident and migratory birds in September and October of each year. It is the second-largest running station of its kind in North America. She was a life member of the Hampton Roads Bird Club, a life member of the Virginia Society of Ornithology, & of the Staunton Augusta Bird Club. Bird ringing or bird banding is the attachment of a small, individually numbered metal or plastic tag to the leg or wing of a wild bird to enable individual identification. This helps in keeping track of the movements of the bird and its life history. It is common to take measurements and examine conditions of feather molt, subcutaneous fat, age indications and sex during capture for ringing. The subsequent recapture or recovery of the bird can provide information on migration, longevity, mortality, population, territoriality, feeding behavior, and other aspects that are studied by ornithologists. Other methods of marking birds may also be used to allow for field based identification that does not require capture. Ringing activities are often regulated by national agencies but because ringed birds may be found across countries, there are consortiums that ensure that recoveries and reports are collated. In the UK, bird ringing is organized by the British Trust for Ornithology. In North America the U.S. Bird Banding Laboratory collaborates with Canadian programs and since 1996, partners with the North American Banding Council (NABC). Waterfowl hunters may report the band number of the bird they killed or observed, and find out the details of that specific bird such as breed, age, and banding location. Bird bands are often seen as a prize because they are still relatively rare. The European Union for Bird Ringing (EURING) consolidates ringing data from the various national programs in Europe. In Australia, the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme manages all bird and bat ringing information. while SAFRING manages bird ringing activities in South Africa. Bird ringing in India is managed by the Bombay Natural History Society. The National Center for Bird Conservation (CEMAVE) coordinates a national scheme for bird ringing in Brazil., City Duplicating and Printing, 1991, 3, USA: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1943. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 42 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: The Lackawana - the New York-Buffalo short line climbs over the beautiful Pocono Mountains; The Old South Park Line - super article with photos; A Parade of the Iron Horse - great photos in colour and black and white; Union Pacific 4-6-6-4; From the Southland - C&EI pictorial; Fast-Stepping Ten-Wheeler - Atlantic Coast Line; Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 - photos and specifications; Broad Street's 1923 Fire - train shed destroyed; New Montreal Terminal - modern, completely electrified 17-track structure replaces Canadian National's historic Bonaventure Station; Troop Sleeper - Pullman 7000 is the first of 1240 special sleeping cars; The Man in the Tower. Small date stamp atop front cover. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy.., Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1943, 2.5, Chicago, Illinois: Contemporary Books, 1990. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Wilton Tifft (Photographer and Author). xiii, [1], 239, [3] pages. Oversized book, measuring 12 inches by 9 inches. Includes a Foreword by Lee Iacocca, chairman of the Statue of Liberty--Ellis Island Foundation. Illustrated endpapers. Also contains a Prologue, as well as chapters on The Island; American Immigration: People and Policies to 1890; Building and Rebuilding an Immigration Station; The Rise of Anti-Immigration Sentiment; The Flood Time of Immigration, 1900-1917; The Decline of Ellis Island, 1917-1954; Limbo, 1954-1974; Restoration and Renovation, 1974-1990; and New Beginnings. Also includes an Author's Note, Bibliography, and Index, as well as an Index of Photographers, Illustrators, and Other Sources. Award-winning photographer Wilton Tifft provided the photographs for this book; six of his photographs have been selected as wall murals for the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The text documents the Ellis Island experience through powerful oral histories, letters from immigrants, and official archives. In May 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Iacocca to head the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, which was created to raise funds for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty and the renovation of Ellis Island. Iacocca continued to serve on the board of the foundation until his death. Between 1892 and 1954, approximately twelve million newcomers passed through Ellis Island's processing station on their way to what they dreamed would be a new life with a bright future. Mr. Tifft served apprenticeships with noted photographers Arnold Newman and Paulus Leeser, later setting up his own studio loft in New York City's Chelsea area. Mr. Tifft's principal work is in architectural, interior, and documentary photography. He has published three books. His last, published in September 1990, is a historical documentary entitled "Ellis Island," which has been granted the official seal from the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation and includes an introduction by Lee Iacocca. His work has received prestigious recognition, including the New York City Art Directors Club Award, the Publication Designers Award and the Lowell Thomas Journalism Award. Mr. Tifft's images are in many galleries and private collections and appear as wall murals in the Smithsonian Institution. Six of his images are murals in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum on the newly-restored Ellis Island in New York Harbor. His painstaking portrayals of Ellis Island span more than three decades, from the abandoned state through renovation and restoration to the completed memorial of today. After Ellis Island, Mr. Tifft had been working in cooperation with the National Park Service documenting the formation and development of Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pa., and several of his photographs are wall murals on display in the museum there. Over a period of five years, he documented the Ukrainian nation and its people in the aftermath of the collapse of the former Soviet Union. His work in Ukraine was featured as an American Embassy photographic exhibition which toured throughout Ukraine for two years. His work in Ukraine has been the subject of five separate documentary television films which have been aired throughout Ukraine and Europe. Among his photographic credits are Time-life Books, the B.B.C., American Heritage, Americana Magazine, Psychology Today, Travel Holiday Magazine, Archaeology Magazine, and The New York Times, to mention a few. From The Library Journal: Few readers will fail to be moved by the poignant photographs and text of this compelling book. From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island in New York Harbor was the United States' major immigration station and virtually the first step on American soil for some 12 million anxious men, women, and children. Tifft has been photographing and studying Ellis Island since 1968. With 100 of his own photographs, some 175 archival photos, and oral histories, letters, and other documents, he chronicles not only the island's fascinating story but traces the history of American immigration as well. He also pays particular attention to the facility's painstaking restoration work of the last 15 years and to its recent reopening as the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Highly recommended. - Jack Bales, Mary Washington College Library, Fredericksburg, Va., Contemporary Books, 1990, 3, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1916. 1916 edition . Wrappers. Bulletin 612, reprinted with minor corrections. 251 pages. The geology of the route from Council Bluffs, IA to Ogden, UT. via the Union Pacific, from Ogden, UT to Yellowstone National Park via the Oregon Short Line, and from Ogden, UT to San Francisco via Southern Pacific. The book features 26 foldout color maps for the entire route with corresponding text and black and white photos. Includes an index of stations plus a glossary of geologic terms. Bound in original green paper covers with lettering and border in black. When originally published copies of this book were offered in wrappers for $1.00. More durable, and less common, copies in hardcover were sold for $3.00. A very good plus copy., Government Printing Office, 1916, 0, Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, Inc, 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xii, 39, [2]0 pages. DJ has several tears and chips. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads, To Chuck--Best Wishes. Don E. Carleton. 10 Feb. 1999. The book includes a Foreword by John Henry Faulk, Preface, Prologue, Essay on Sources, Notes, and Index. Also includes chapters on A Nervous New Civilization; Voices from the Left; Fear and Money; Red Scare Activists Organize; The Red Scare Begins; The Red Scare and the Schools; The Victim is a Symbol: The George W. Ebey Affair; "Oveta Doesn't Brook Back-Talk"; Demagogues in Austin: McCarthy at San Jacinto; Bertie and the Board; Conclusion: Beyond the Red Scare. The author reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a power struggle between conservatives and liberals. Dr. Carleton has been executive director of The University of Texas at Austin's Dolph Briscoe Center for American History since its creation in 1991. From 1979 until 1991, Dr. Carleton was head of the University's Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center. From 1975 until 1979, he served as founding director of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, an urban history archives project sponsored by Rice University, the University of Houston, and the City of Houston. Dr. Carleton has published and lectured extensively in the fields of local history, archives, historical research methods and sources, urban history, the history of journalism, and Twentieth Century U.S. political history. His book Red Scare won the Texas State Historical Association's Coral Tullis Award for the most important book on Texas published in 1985. John Henry Faulk (August 21, 1913 - April 9, 1990) was a storyteller and radio show host. His successful lawsuit against the entertainment industry helped to bring an end to the Hollywood blacklist. Faulk's radio career at CBS ended in 1957, a victim of the Cold War and the blacklisting of the 1950s. AWARE, Inc., a for-profit corporation inspired by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, offered a "clearance" service to major media advertisers and radio and television networks; for a fee, AWARE would investigate the backgrounds of entertainers for signs of Communist sympathy or affiliation. In 1955, Faulk earned the ill will of the blacklisting organization when he and other members wrested control of their union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists from officers backed by AWARE. In reprisal, AWARE labeled Faulk a Communist. When he discovered that AWARE was actively keeping radio stations from offering him employment, Faulk sought compensation. Several prominent radio personalities along with CBS News vice president Edward R. Murrow supported Faulk's attempt to put an end to blacklisting. With financial backing from Murrow, Faulk engaged New York attorney Louis Nizer. Attorneys for AWARE, including McCarthy-committee counsel Roy Cohn, managed to stall the suit, originally filed in 1957, for five years. When the trial finally concluded in a New York courtroom, the jury had determined that Faulk should receive more compensation than he sought in his original petition. On June 28, 1962, the jury awarded him the largest libel judgment in history to that date - $3.5 million. An appeals court lowered the amount to $500,000. Legal fees and accumulated debts erased most of the balance of the award. He netted some $75,000. Faulk's book, Fear on Trial, published in 1963, tells the story of the experience. The book was remade into an Emmy award-winning TV movie in 1975 by CBS Television with William Devane portraying Faulk and George C. Scott playing Faulk's lawyer, Louis Nizer. Other supporters in the blacklist struggle included radio pioneer and Wimberley, Texas, native Parks Johnson, and reporter and CBS television news anchor Walter Cronkite., Texas Monthly Press, Inc, 1985, 2.75<

1999, ISBN: 9780932012906

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'Sotheby's Baden Germany Castle Auction Catalog' - 1995 Sotheby's 7 volume (6 catalogues + introduction volume) auction catalogue of treasures PACKAGE, including bidding number, bid sheet… Mehr…

'Sotheby's Baden Germany Castle Auction Catalog' - 1995 Sotheby's 7 volume (6 catalogues + introduction volume) auction catalogue of treasures PACKAGE, including bidding number, bid sheet, and ephemera!This 1995 sale was huge, even by Sotheby's standards, running for 2 weeks. This catalogue set was limited to 20K copies, and includes a foldup Baden family geneology, measuring 3'x2'. The six volumes include: Volume I: Furniture, Clocks & Tapestries; Volume II: Art; Volume III: Ceramics & Glass; Volume IV: Furniture & Decorations; Volume V: Pictures & Prints; Volume VI: European & Oriental Ceramics & Glass. Also present is the Introductory volume.This set weighs ~15 lbs, so will require additional shipping costs.(SOTHEBY'S. Die Sammlung der Markgrafen und Großherzöge von Baden. Baden-Baden 5. bis 21. October 1995.)From the New York Times: October 25, 1995, Section C, Page 13:" The desire for a memento of princely history, even if it's just an empty picture frame or a cuckoo clock with the noble coat of arms, is compelling, and Sotheby's played on that desire at a huge recent auction in Germany to draw crowds so large and prices so high that it surprised even itself."We knew it would do well," said Christoph Graf Douglas, managing director of Sotheby's in Germany. "We never thought it would do this well."The event, a 15-day auction said by Sotheby's to have been the longest of the century, set a world record for a house sale, bringing in $54.7 million by its end on Saturday and dwarfing Sotheby's presale estimate of $20 million to $30 million.The sale attracted 58,000 people to the spa town of Baden-Baden from as far as Argentina and Taiwan. Being sold were 25,000 objects (only a handful of them particularly distinguished), the contents of the Neues Schloss, a 106-room castle belonging to His Royal Highness Max Margrave of Baden.In the Margrave's, Sotheby's had a a marketable pedigree to work with: he is the nephew of the Duke of Edinburgh, the first cousin of Prince Charles and the grandson of Prince Max von Baden, the last Chancellor of the Imperial German Government. A recession and mismanagement of his agricultural, forestry and industrial holdings have left the 62-year-old Margrave $184 million in debt; hence the sale.The House of Baden lost 15 of its castles (it has 3 left) in an expropriation by a Socialist German Government in 1919, and the Neues Schloss became the accidental warehouse for their contents.Sotheby's aggressively marketed the Baden name in the months before the sale. The catalogue had a special pull-out section tracing the entire Baden family tree. And rather than giving clients the usual shop-at-home service by taking jewelry or art to the world's major art capitals, as it does for most of its important sales, the auction house used the castle itself as the selling point."We felt it was important for people to see everything on site," said Simon de Pury, chairman of Sotheby's Europe. "It was really the best way to convey the feeling." Seeing the furniture, art and objects against the castle background put a romantic cast on what in many cases were ordinary pieces.Ten days before the sale began, private planes flew in clients from around the world for special viewings and parties. For the sale itself, Sotheby's turned the grounds of the castle into a kind of auction-house amusement park: a huge white tent holding 1,000 seats was put up as an ad hoc auction room. Next door was a cafe, so clients could go for a quick espresso and a bite to eat when the bidding got dull, as it frequently did.There was also a proper restaurant on the castle grounds and special tents where Sotheby's sold the catalogues and other items like Sotheby's umbrellas and postcards. "We tried to make it an easy atmosphere, a place where everyone could have fun," Mr. Douglas said.The auction house deliberately kept estimates low so bidders would not feel intimidated by the noble provenance. A cash-and-carry mentality was also part of Sotheby's strategy: buyers could leave a sale and actually take their purchases with them or, if they preferred, use the international shipping company that Sotheby's had standing by.There were client-service representatives from across the world to take care of bidders in virtually any language. The catalogue -- a $70, 13-pound, 7-volume boxed set -- was in German and English. Sotheby's officials say they sold all 20,000 copies during the sale and that it had already been spotted for resale for $350 in Germany.Only about two dozen items for sale were of exceptional rarity and quality. The rest were the sorts of wares you would expect to find in any European house sale: mediocre Old Master paintings, furniture in varying condition, porcelains and quirky odds and ends (including rooms of plaster busts). And there were dozens of pairs of antlers.The Margrave and his family had amassed many important objects and works of art that the public never got a chance to see or to buy. Before the sale, the regional government of Baden-Wurttenberg bought $31.6 million worth of art and objects, including the Margrave's library and a set of five early-16th-century painted altar panels by the German artist Bernhard Strigel.Selling what was left took about 105 hours of work divided among six auctioneers. Bidders competed for everything from a gold and coral-pink velvet court robe worn around 1885 by the Grand Duchess Luise of Baden, which sold for $15,382; to a rare 17th-century carved rhinoceros horn and ivory cup and cover that went for $719,325, to an ivory and silver-gilt tankard made in Vienna in 1697 that was sold for $543,490 to Ken and Marilyn Thompson, collectors from Toronto. The couple came to Baden-Baden equipped with penlight and magnifying glass to inspect the piece.Among the most fought-after items was a rare tea table by the Swedish court ebeniste Georg Haupt. The King of Sweden bid for the piece (he and the Queen made a special visit to Baden-Baden to see it the week before the sale), but he lost out to an unidentified London dealer who paid slightly more than $1 million. Another star piece, "Venetian Carnival," a collection of 111 porcelain figures, set a record for 18th-century ceramics when it sold for $960,480 to an unidentified German collector.Between what the Margrave received from the regional government and what he made from Sotheby's, he took in about $80 million, officials of the auction house said. Sotheby's declined to say how much it made. Its expenses were high; it spent about six months cataloging, cleaning and organizing the objects, and about 250 members of its staff were involved.Throughout the auctions, Sotheby's kept track of who was bidding and who was buying. Buyers came from 29 countries, including Turkey, Egypt and Romania. Germany represented about 70 percent of all buyers, followed by Britain with 6 percent; Switzerland, 4.6 percent; France, 3.8 percent, and the United States, 3.7 percent.Private collectors formed the largest segment of buyers, said Mr. de Pury, the Sotheby's Europe chairman. There were also unexpected buyers, many of whom had never bid at an auction before. The local radio station, SWF 3, bought its insignia, an elk head, for $1,617. Several local shops bought souvenirs, too, as did many German museums. American institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum were said to have been unsuccessful bidders.Dealers, realizing that the Baden name carries good resale value, were prepared to center their schedules around the bidding. Axel Vervoordt, a dealer from Antwerp, Belgium, had to be in New York for the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show. "I got up nearly every morning for the last two weeks at 5 A.M. to bid," said Mr. Vervoordt, who estimates that he spent about $1 million by telephone buying paintings and objects including a 12-foot-high chandelier.John Hobbs, a London dealer, said he looked for what he called "sleepers.""In a sale like this," he said, "there have to be things collectors would overlook because they are in need of restoration."Several dealers, including Mr. Hobbs and Mr. Vervoordt, are still chagrined that they were unable to buy an unusual painting of the moon, signed and dated "Ofenburg, 1888 J. Grimm," which had been expected to sell for $560. It brought 87 times its estimate, selling for $48,714 to an unidentified London dealer. "I went up to $35,000, and I regret that I didn't go higher," said Mr. Vervoordt. "Sales like this don't come along very often. And I loved that painting very much." "[Sotheby's, New York, 1995. Soft Cover. 7 softcover volume set in slipcase, Condition: Excellent. Clean inside and out. ~12" X 9" x 4"]Specializing in vintage pirate / buccaneer / treasure / adventure / exploration / nautical items. Thank you for looking!, Sotheby's, 1995, 3, Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, Inc, 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xii, 39, [2]0 pages. DJ has several tears and chips. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads, To Chuck--Best Wishes. Don E. Carleton. 10 Feb. 1999. The book includes a Foreword by John Henry Faulk, Preface, Prologue, Essay on Sources, Notes, and Index. Also includes chapters on A Nervous New Civilization; Voices from the Left; Fear and Money; Red Scare Activists Organize; The Red Scare Begins; The Red Scare and the Schools; The Victim is a Symbol: The George W. Ebey Affair; "Oveta Doesn't Brook Back-Talk"; Demagogues in Austin: McCarthy at San Jacinto; Bertie and the Board; Conclusion: Beyond the Red Scare. The author reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a power struggle between conservatives and liberals. Dr. Carleton has been executive director of The University of Texas at Austin's Dolph Briscoe Center for American History since its creation in 1991. From 1979 until 1991, Dr. Carleton was head of the University's Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center. From 1975 until 1979, he served as founding director of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, an urban history archives project sponsored by Rice University, the University of Houston, and the City of Houston. Dr. Carleton has published and lectured extensively in the fields of local history, archives, historical research methods and sources, urban history, the history of journalism, and Twentieth Century U.S. political history. His book Red Scare won the Texas State Historical Association's Coral Tullis Award for the most important book on Texas published in 1985. John Henry Faulk (August 21, 1913 - April 9, 1990) was a storyteller and radio show host. His successful lawsuit against the entertainment industry helped to bring an end to the Hollywood blacklist. Faulk's radio career at CBS ended in 1957, a victim of the Cold War and the blacklisting of the 1950s. AWARE, Inc., a for-profit corporation inspired by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, offered a "clearance" service to major media advertisers and radio and television networks; for a fee, AWARE would investigate the backgrounds of entertainers for signs of Communist sympathy or affiliation. In 1955, Faulk earned the ill will of the blacklisting organization when he and other members wrested control of their union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists from officers backed by AWARE. In reprisal, AWARE labeled Faulk a Communist. When he discovered that AWARE was actively keeping radio stations from offering him employment, Faulk sought compensation. Several prominent radio personalities along with CBS News vice president Edward R. Murrow supported Faulk's attempt to put an end to blacklisting. With financial backing from Murrow, Faulk engaged New York attorney Louis Nizer. Attorneys for AWARE, including McCarthy-committee counsel Roy Cohn, managed to stall the suit, originally filed in 1957, for five years. When the trial finally concluded in a New York courtroom, the jury had determined that Faulk should receive more compensation than he sought in his original petition. On June 28, 1962, the jury awarded him the largest libel judgment in history to that date - $3.5 million. An appeals court lowered the amount to $500,000. Legal fees and accumulated debts erased most of the balance of the award. He netted some $75,000. Faulk's book, Fear on Trial, published in 1963, tells the story of the experience. The book was remade into an Emmy award-winning TV movie in 1975 by CBS Television with William Devane portraying Faulk and George C. Scott playing Faulk's lawyer, Louis Nizer. Other supporters in the blacklist struggle included radio pioneer and Wimberley, Texas, native Parks Johnson, and reporter and CBS television news anchor Walter Cronkite., Texas Monthly Press, Inc, 1985, 2.75<

1985, ISBN: 0932012906

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[EAN: 9780932012906], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Texas Monthly Press, Inc, Austin, Texas], TEXAS, . RED SCARE, COMMUNISM, GEORGE EBEY, JOSEPH MCCARTHY, MCCARTHYISM, JOHN HENRY FA… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780932012906], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Texas Monthly Press, Inc, Austin, Texas], TEXAS, . RED SCARE, COMMUNISM, GEORGE EBEY, JOSEPH MCCARTHY, MCCARTHYISM, JOHN HENRY FAULK, VIRGINIA BIGGERS, COLD WAR, HUGH CULLEN, DALLAS DYER, OVETA CULP HOBBY, JESSE JONES, WALTER KEMMERER, MINUTE WOMEN, RALPH O'LEARY, PETERSON, ROGGE, Jacket, xii, 39, [2]0 pages. DJ has several tears and chips. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads, To Chuck--Best Wishes. Don E. Carleton. 10 Feb. 1999. The book includes a Foreword by John Henry Faulk, Preface, Prologue, Essay on Sources, Notes, and Index. Also includes chapters on A Nervous New Civilization; Voices from the Left; Fear and Money; Red Scare Activists Organize; The Red Scare Begins; The Red Scare and the Schools; The Victim is a Symbol: The George W. Ebey Affair; "Oveta Doesn't Brook Back-Talk"; Demagogues in Austin: McCarthy at San Jacinto; Bertie and the Board; Conclusion: Beyond the Red Scare. The author reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a power struggle between conservatives and liberals. Dr. Carleton has been executive director of The University of Texas at Austin's Dolph Briscoe Center for American History since its creation in 1991. From 1979 until 1991, Dr. Carleton was head of the University's Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center. From 1975 until 1979, he served as founding director of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, an urban history archives project sponsored by Rice University, the University of Houston, and the City of Houston. Dr. Carleton has published and lectured extensively in the fields of local history, archives, historical research methods and sources, urban history, the history of journalism, and Twentieth Century U.S. political history. His book Red Scare won the Texas State Historical Association's Coral Tullis Award for the most important book on Texas published in 1985. John Henry Faulk (August 21, 1913 - April 9, 1990) was a storyteller and radio show host. His successful lawsuit against the entertainment industry helped to bring an end to the Hollywood blacklist. Faulk's radio career at CBS ended in 1957, a victim of the Cold War and the blacklisting of the 1950s. AWARE, Inc., a for-profit corporation inspired by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, offered a "clearance" service to major media advertisers and radio and television networks; for a fee, AWARE would investigate the backgrounds of entertainers for signs of Communist sympathy or affiliation. In 1955, Faulk earned the ill will of the blacklisting organization when he and other members wrested control of their union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists from officers backed by AWARE. In reprisal, AWARE labeled Faulk a Communist. When he discovered that AWARE was actively keeping radio stations from offering him employment, Faulk sought compensation. Several prominent radio personalities along with CBS News vice president Edward R. Murrow supported Faulk's attempt to put an end to blacklisting. With financial backing from Murrow, Faulk engaged New York attorney Louis Nizer. Attorneys for AWARE, including McCarthy-committee counsel Roy Cohn, managed to stall the suit, originally filed in 1957, for five years. When the trial finally concluded in a New York courtroom, the jury had determined that Faulk should receive more compensation than he sought in his original petition. On June 28, 1962, the jury awarded him the largest libel judgment in history to that date - $3.5 million. An appeals court lowered the amount to $500,000. Legal fees and accumulated debts erased most of the balance of the award. He netted some $75,000. Faulk's book, Fear on Trial, published in 1963, tells the story of the experience. The book was remade into an Emmy award-winning TV movie in 1975 by CBS Television with William Devane portraying Faulk and George C. Scott playing Faulk's lawyer, Louis Nizer. Other supporters in the blacklist struggle included radio pioneer and Wimberley, Texas, native Parks Johnson, and reporter and CBS television news anchor Walter Cronkite., Books<

1999, ISBN: 9780932012906

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Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, Inc, 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xii, 39, [2]0 pages. DJ has several tears and chips. Inscribed by the author on the … Mehr…

Austin, Texas: Texas Monthly Press, Inc, 1985. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. xii, 39, [2]0 pages. DJ has several tears and chips. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads, To Chuck--Best Wishes. Don E. Carleton. 10 Feb. 1999. The book includes a Foreword by John Henry Faulk, Preface, Prologue, Essay on Sources, Notes, and Index. Also includes chapters on A Nervous New Civilization; Voices from the Left; Fear and Money; Red Scare Activists Organize; The Red Scare Begins; The Red Scare and the Schools; The Victim is a Symbol: The George W. Ebey Affair; "Oveta Doesn't Brook Back-Talk"; Demagogues in Austin: McCarthy at San Jacinto; Bertie and the Board; Conclusion: Beyond the Red Scare. The author reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a power struggle between conservatives and liberals. Dr. Carleton has been executive director of The University of Texas at Austin's Dolph Briscoe Center for American History since its creation in 1991. From 1979 until 1991, Dr. Carleton was head of the University's Eugene C. Barker Texas History Center. From 1975 until 1979, he served as founding director of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, an urban history archives project sponsored by Rice University, the University of Houston, and the City of Houston. Dr. Carleton has published and lectured extensively in the fields of local history, archives, historical research methods and sources, urban history, the history of journalism, and Twentieth Century U.S. political history. His book Red Scare won the Texas State Historical Association's Coral Tullis Award for the most important book on Texas published in 1985. John Henry Faulk (August 21, 1913 - April 9, 1990) was a storyteller and radio show host. His successful lawsuit against the entertainment industry helped to bring an end to the Hollywood blacklist. Faulk's radio career at CBS ended in 1957, a victim of the Cold War and the blacklisting of the 1950s. AWARE, Inc., a for-profit corporation inspired by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, offered a "clearance" service to major media advertisers and radio and television networks; for a fee, AWARE would investigate the backgrounds of entertainers for signs of Communist sympathy or affiliation. In 1955, Faulk earned the ill will of the blacklisting organization when he and other members wrested control of their union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists from officers backed by AWARE. In reprisal, AWARE labeled Faulk a Communist. When he discovered that AWARE was actively keeping radio stations from offering him employment, Faulk sought compensation. Several prominent radio personalities along with CBS News vice president Edward R. Murrow supported Faulk's attempt to put an end to blacklisting. With financial backing from Murrow, Faulk engaged New York attorney Louis Nizer. Attorneys for AWARE, including McCarthy-committee counsel Roy Cohn, managed to stall the suit, originally filed in 1957, for five years. When the trial finally concluded in a New York courtroom, the jury had determined that Faulk should receive more compensation than he sought in his original petition. On June 28, 1962, the jury awarded him the largest libel judgment in history to that date - $3.5 million. An appeals court lowered the amount to $500,000. Legal fees and accumulated debts erased most of the balance of the award. He netted some $75,000. Faulk's book, Fear on Trial, published in 1963, tells the story of the experience. The book was remade into an Emmy award-winning TV movie in 1975 by CBS Television with William Devane portraying Faulk and George C. Scott playing Faulk's lawyer, Louis Nizer. Other supporters in the blacklist struggle included radio pioneer and Wimberley, Texas, native Parks Johnson, and reporter and CBS television news anchor Walter Cronkite., Texas Monthly Press, Inc, 1985, 2.75<

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[EAN: 9780932012906], Near Fine, [SC: 22.76], [PU: Texas Monthly Press, Austin], Jacket, Octavo, 390pp. Black hardcover, black cloth spine. First edition, first printing, with full letter… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780932012906], Near Fine, [SC: 22.76], [PU: Texas Monthly Press, Austin], Jacket, Octavo, 390pp. Black hardcover, black cloth spine. First edition, first printing, with full letter sequence on copyright page, starting with "A." Minor foxing to top edge. Dust jacket in very good condition, minor shelf wear, retail price on front flap. Inscribed by author to Senator Yarborough: "To Richard Yarborough - With regards! I hope you enjoy this book. Don E. Carlton / May Day, 1985." Senator Ralph Yarborough served in the Senate from 1957 until 1971. He was a Democratic Senator from Texas, with strong ties to former President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was with President Kennedy in Texas, during his November 1963 visit. He initially refused to ride with Vice President Johnson in the motorcade, forcing President Kennedy to have a "heated exchange" with Johnson, demanding that he get Yarborough in line. Johnson acquiesced, and Yarborough was in the motorcade behind President Kennedy on that fateful day. Yarborough would go on to call that day in Dallas "the most tragic day of my life." In the 1964 senatorial election, he ran against future President George H.W. Bush, prevailing in the election and setting Bush on a path that would eventually lead him to the Presidency. He lost his seat in 1970 Lloyd Bentsen, returning to private life., Books<