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Pinkerton S Sister
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Author : Peter Rushforth
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-04-09
Pinkerton S Sister written by Peter Rushforth and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-09 with Fiction categories.
It's turn-of-the-century New York, a city bursting with new life as the old century's order makes way for the mercantile class. But in the Pinkerton household a nineteenth-century embarrassment remains. Alice Pinkerton. Alice isn't mad exactly, but she's not sane either. She is tolerated, free to wander about, free to accompany her family to tea parties - free to be treated like a simpleton. But in truth Alice's mind is razor sharp, honed by a restless imagination, years of reading and a profound contempt for her surroundings. Left alone to read, to think, she has devoured the world that brings her mind alive: Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Michelangelo, Whitman, Poe, they are her inspiration; Jane Eyre, Catherine Moreland, Desdemona her companions. As she moves through the witless world around her, observing its prejudices, its shallow culture and its vanity, it is society that prompts her observations, viewing all through the prism of the art that has sustained and nourished her lonely life.
Pinkerton S Sister
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Author : Peter Rushforth
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Release Date : 2006-09-01
Pinkerton S Sister written by Peter Rushforth and has been published by Anchor Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with categories.
Though her neighbors in turn-of-the-century New York consider her a madwoman in the attic, Alice Pinkerton’s mind is razor-sharp, honed by a restless imagination, years of reading, and a profound contempt for her surroundings. Like her namesake in Through the Looking-Glass, Alice has a mirror through which to enter a different world, only for her the mirror is literature. Heartbreakingly funny and fiercely intelligent,Pinkerton’s Sisteris an extraordinary work of imagination about imagination, a celebration of the power of fiction and its ultimate redeeming quality.
Butterfly S Sisters
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Author : Yoko Kawaguchi
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2010-11-30
Butterfly S Sisters written by Yoko Kawaguchi and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this fascinating and wide-ranging book, Yoko Kawaguchi explores the Western portrayal of Japanese women—and geishas in particular—from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. She argues that in the West, Japanese women have come to embody certain ideas about feminine sexuality, and she analyzes how these ideas have been expressed in diverse art forms, ranging from fiction and opera to the visual arts and music videos. Among the many works Kawaguchi discusses are the art criticism of Baudelaire and Huysmans, the opera Madama Butterfly, the sculptures of Rodin, the Broadway play Teahouse of the August Moon, and the international best seller Memoirs of a Geisha. Butterfly’s Sisters also examines the impact on early twentieth-century theatre, drama, and dance theory of the performance styles of the actresses Madame Hanako and Sadayakko, both formerly geishas.
Pinkertons Prostitutes And Spies
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Author : John Stewart
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2019-06-20
Pinkertons Prostitutes And Spies written by John Stewart and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-20 with History categories.
Hattie Lawton was a young Pinkerton detective who with her partner, Timothy Webster, spied for the U.S. Secret Service during the Civil War. Working in Richmond, the two posed as husband and wife. A dazzling blonde from New York and a handsome Englishman, both with checkered pasts, they were matched in charm, cunning, duplicity and boldness. Betrayed by their own spymaster, Allan Pinkerton, they fell into the hands of the dictator of Richmond, the notorious General John H. "Hog" Winder. This lively history, scrupulously researched from all available sources, corrects the record on many points and definitively answers the long-standing question of Hattie Lawton's true identity.
Sparing To Spend Or The Loftons And Pinkertons
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Author : Timothy Shay Arthur
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853
Sparing To Spend Or The Loftons And Pinkertons written by Timothy Shay Arthur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with Wealth categories.
Were You Close
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Author : Anne Pinkerton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-04-11
Were You Close written by Anne Pinkerton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-11 with categories.
A successful radiologist and elite athlete, Dr. Dave tended to the blistered feet of strangers on racecourses and gave away many of his trophies. He was appreciated for his generosity and camaraderie with family, friends, colleagues, and adventure-racing teammates, the latter of whom usually accompanied him on excursions. But he embarked on his final pursuit alone-an attempt to summit all fifty-four of the fourteeners in Colorado-and made an unknowable error that caused him to fall two hundred feet to his death. When people learned that he had died, they often asked his sister, the only girl and the baby of the family, "Were you close?" The question, seemingly straightforward, haunted her and begged for a deeper answer, requiring an exploration that took a decade. She invites the reader along on her own journey as she searches for a greater understanding about who her brother was, why his passions were worth risking everything, and how to carry on in the world and in her family without him, ultimately becoming even closer to him in death than in life. Were You Close? challenges the cultural notion that the bereaved can or should simply "get over" their losses, illustrating that integrating these experiences can actually help a mourner not just heal, but move forward with clarified purpose.
A Dead Language
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Author : Peter Rushforth
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-04-09
A Dead Language written by Peter Rushforth and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-09 with Fiction categories.
Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton - the faithless young naval lieutenant who abandons Madam Butterfly - was glimpsed fleetingly in Peter Rushforth's previous novel, Pinkerton's Sister. Now Ben steps out of the shadows and into the centre of the stage, a young man haunted by the desolation of his boyhood years, unable to show or respond to love. He's about to sail for Japan. But his imminent departure conjures up the life he and his sister have led, and the monstrous act for which he is most remembered: the rejection and destruction of a pure and loving heart. What happened to him then will mark his whole life. He is his own man, but he is also his sister's brother. Once again, in his mastery of language, his extraordinary imagination, his superb sense of time and place, Peter Rushforth has given the world a second masterpiece, ranking alongside, or surpassing, his earlier triumph.
Life Letters And Addresses Of Dr L L Pinkerton
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Author : Lewis Letig Pinkerton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
Life Letters And Addresses Of Dr L L Pinkerton written by Lewis Letig Pinkerton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with categories.
Life Letters And Addresses Of Dr L L Pinkerton J Shackleford Jr Editor
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Author : Lewis Letig PINKERTON
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
Life Letters And Addresses Of Dr L L Pinkerton J Shackleford Jr Editor written by Lewis Letig PINKERTON and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with categories.
Call In Pinkerton S
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Author : David Ricardo Williams
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 1998-09-01
Call In Pinkerton S written by David Ricardo Williams and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-09-01 with Political Science categories.
Soon after Allan Pinkerton established his legendary detective agency in the United States, Canadians began seeking their services. Call in Pinkerton’s is the history of the agency’s work on behalf of Canadian governments and police forces. During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, Pinkerton’s operatives hunted legendary train robber Bill Miner in the woods of British Columbia, infiltrated German spy rings during World War I, and helped future prime minister John A. Macdonald to fend off the Fenian raids. They tracked down the Reno Brothers in Windsor, Ontario, and investigated labour unrest in Hamilton. The agency’s detectives countered crimes all over Canada, particularly in the West and British Columbia. Pinkerton’s activities went as far north as the Yukon, where fears were growing of an imminent invasion by a force of Americans from Alaska. Call in Pinkerton’s is the first book to chronicle the agency’s work on behalf of Canadian governments and police forces. This entertaining book provides accounts of actual Pinkerton’s investigations while detailing the day-to-day activities of a private detective at work. Call in Pinkerton’s is a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in crime and espionage.