Snyder-Grenier, Ellen:
Brooklyn: An Illustrated History - Erstausgabe
2012, ISBN: 9781566394086
Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe
New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 18 pages of black & white photographs. . 1.7 x 9.1 x 6.2 Inches. 544 pages. <I>When Pride Still … Mehr…
New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 18 pages of black & white photographs. . 1.7 x 9.1 x 6.2 Inches. 544 pages. <I>When Pride Still Mattered</I> is the quintessential story of the American family: how Vince Lombardi, the son of an immigrant Italian butcher, rose to the top, and how his character and will to prevail transformed him, his wife, his children, his players, his sport, and ultimately the entire country. It is also a vibrant football story, abundant with accounts of Lombardi's thrilling life in that world, from his playing days with the Seven Blocks of Granite at Fordham in the 1930s to the glory of coaching the Green Bay Packers of Starr, Hornung, Taylor, McGee, Davis, and Wood in the 1960s. It is also a study of national myths, tracing what Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Maraniss calls the fallacy of the innocent past, and an absorbing account of the mythmakers from Grantland Rice to Howard Cosell who shaped Lombardi's image. <P>Vincent Thomas Lombardi was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, on June 11, 1913. His early life was shaped by the trinity of family, religion, and sports; they seemed intertwined, as inseparable to him as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. He was deeply influenced by the Jesuits, who taught him the philosophy he later used with his players, subordinating individual desires to a larger cause. The geography of his rise was the opposite of the small-town boy who makes it in the big city. This son of New York did not achieve fame until he took a job in remote Green Bay, Wisconsin. Before that, he had toiled anonymously for twenty years, first as a high school coach in New Jersey, then as an assistant at Fordham, at West Point (under the influential Colonel "Red" Blaik) , and finally with the New York Giants. He was already forty-six when he was finally hired to coach the hapless Packers in 1959, leading them in the most storied period in NFL history, winning five world championships in nine seasons. <P>By the time he died of cancer in 1970, after one season in Washington during which he transformed the Redskins into winners, Lombardi had become a mythic character who transcended sport, and his legend has only grown in the decades since. Many now turn to Lombardi in search of characteristics that they fear have been irretrievably lost, the old-fashioned virtues of discipline, obedience, loyalty, character, and teamwork. To others he symbolizes something less romantic: modern society's obsession with winning and superficial success. In <I>When Pride Still Mattered, </I> Maraniss renders Lombardi as flawed and driven yet ultimately misunderstood, a heroic figure who was more complex and authentic than the stereotypical images of him propounded by admirers and critics. Using the same meticulous reporting and sweeping narrative style that he employed in <I>First in His Class, </I> his classic biography of Bill Clinton, Maraniss separates myth from reality and wondrously recaptures Vince Lombardi's life and times. ., Simon & Schuster, 1999, New York: United States Catholic Historical Society, 1950. Hardcover. 123p. A dark green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Signature and date on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Vol. 38 only. Covers the 1949 meeting of the Society, Catholic pioneering in the Northwest, and Marc F. Vallette, founder of the Brooklyn Catholic Historical Society., United States Catholic Historical Society, 1950, Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1882. Small 4to.; stiff wraps, 52 pages; softcover; some uncut pages with American Museum of Natural History stamp on title page, some pencil markings, cover is detached and page edges are chipped else very good., Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society, 1882, Greater Astoria Historical Society; Erik Baard; Thomas Jackson & Richard Melnick., pub. by Arcadia "Images of America", nd (2005), c2005, 1st printing, illus. soft cover, fine, 128 pp, B & W photographic illus, tall 8vo, "...spawned communities from Brooklyn to Harlem.", $15.00, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy. Trade paperback. Very good. xx, [2], 291, [9] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Thomas Kessner is a graduate of Brooklyn College (1963) and earned his doctorate at Columbia University in 1975 with distinction. He was appointed as distinguished professor at the Graduate Center in 2005. His special areas of interest are American urban and social history and the history of New York City. He has published several books, including The Flight of the Century: Charles A. Lindbergh and the Rise of American Aviation (2010); Capital City: New York City and the Men Behind America's Rise to Economic Dominance, 1860-1900 (2003); Fiorello H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York (1989); and The Golden Door (1977), a study of immigrant life and economic mobility in New York City. Kessner's work has garnered awards and fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. He has served as a consultant to the Ellis Island Museum, the New-York Historical Society, the Museum of the City of New York, and many other scholarly and professional institutions. In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris ushered in America's age of commercial aviation. In The Flight of the Century, Thomas Kessner takes a fresh look at one of America's greatest moments, explaining how what was essentially a publicity stunt became a turning point in history. He vividly recreates the flight itself and the euphoric reaction to it on both sides of the Atlantic, and argues that Lindbergh's amazing feat occurred just when the world--still struggling with the disillusionment of WWI--desperately needed a hero to restore a sense of optimism and innocence. Kessner also shows how new forms of mass media made Lindbergh into the most famous international celebrity of his time, casting him in the role of a humble yet dashing American hero of rural origins and traditional values. Much has been made of Lindbergh's personal integrity and his refusal to cash in on his fame. But Kessner reveals that Lindbergh was closely allied with, and managed by, a group of powerful businessmen--Harry Guggenheim, Dwight Morrow, and Henry Breckenridge chief among them--who sought to exploit aviation for mass transport and massive profits. Their efforts paid off as commercial air traffic soared from 6,000 passengers in 1926 to 173,000 passengers in 1929. Kessner's book is the first to fully explore Lindbergh's central role in promoting the airline industry--the rise of which has influenced everything from where we live to how we wage war and do business. The Flight of the Century sheds new light on one of America's fascinatingly enigmatic heroes and most transformative moments., Oxford University Press, 2010, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1982. Softcover. VG (Previous owner' name written at ffep). Color illus. wraps. 136 pp. over 60 bw repros. Issued in conjunction with a 1982 exhibition. Contains short biographical essays by Elizabeth M. Kornhauser on each of the 26 artists in this exhibition. Catalogue lists 60 works. Essay by Linda Ferber and John A. Kouwenhoven. Useful information., The Brooklyn Museum, 1982, NY: The Long Island Historical Society (1939). 8vo.; pictorial wraps, 30 pages; softcover; b/w illustrations; articles include: Under the Willows, B. Herbert Smith by Edwin P. Maynard, The four botanic gardens of Brooklyn, by Dr. C. Stuart Gager, Horticultural material in the collections of The Long Island Historical Society, Walt Whitman, by Mrs. Rebekah Velsor Walters, Bible Records: Brush-Whitman, Accessions to the Library, and Publications of the Society; embossed stamp on front wrap else very good., NY: The Long Island Historical Society (1939), University of Nebraska Press, 2012-04-01. Paperback. Good., University of Nebraska Press, 2012-04-01, Kings county Historical Society, Inc., 1920, Brooklyn: Eagle Press, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. A compliation of short historical essays, poems, and photograph reproductions, mostly on medical topics. Decorated cloth covers with soiling to white portion. Front hinge cracked but binding remains tight. Mild edge and corner wear. First Edition, Eagle Press, 1899, Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 2006-03-31. Paperback. Good., Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 2006-03-31, Brooklyn NY: The Spurgeon Memorial Sermon Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1883. 1st Edition. Paperback. Set 17 #30 in series. Brown paper cover with black lettering. The sermon is printed and stapled inside this cover. A very collectible historical imprint of Charles Spurgeon distributed by the American Section of the Society. Covering may have chips and minor writing, otherwise very good to fine condition.This booklet is protected by an archival quality sleeve to maintain present condition. Rare booklet intended for distribution, ciculation and return to the Society for re-circulation. Booklet Paperback may indicate a booklet, phamplet, tract or book.Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) was England's best-known preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition. In 1854, just four years after his conversion, Spurgeon, then only 20, became pastor of London's famed New Park Street Church, later the Metropolitan Tabernacle where he pastored for 38 years. Spurgeon frequently preached to audiences numbering more than 10,000 people.His oratory skills are said to have held his listeners spellbound in the Metropolitan Tabernacle and many Christians hold his writings in exceptionally high regard among devotional literature.; Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Set 17, #30; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 11 pages ., The Spurgeon Memorial Sermon Society, 1883, Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1566394082 . Hardcover with dustjacket, "Lavishly illustrated with prints, paintings, memorabilia, and objects from the Brooklyn Historical Society's unparalleled collection - will bring every reader closer to the Brooklyn of legend and fact," book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket is clean and attractive and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, it has one minor flaw only: moderate rubbing to the glossy surface; 292 pages ., Temple University Press, 1996<
