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Author : Maria Ward Brown
language : en
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Release Date : 1901
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Author : Maria Ward Brown
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Excerpt from The Life of Dan Rice There is no more fascinating exercise for the mind or imagination than to contemplate the career of a gifted man or woman; and the man who illustrates and adorns the profession, to which choice or chance has assigned, should ever be regarded as a fit item for history - whatever that lot might have been. But more especially is this the experience with the man, who, from any circumstances or powers of mind, bursts the fetters of a lowly fortune or position, and, rising superior to common fate, makes for himself a path to higher destiny and forms a niche in its temple which, in aftertime, an impartial world will deem him worthy to occupy. "Honor and fame from no condition rise Act well your part - therein the honor lies." The history of Dan Rice is replete with startling incident, instructive fact, and dramatic situations; whilst the trend of thought and action which that history develops, exhibits a mind, heart, and purpose, combined with the rarest elements. He has lived a varied, adventurous life, has travelled extensively, and mingled with all sorts and conditions of men, the noble-minded and the base. He has been a keen observer, a profound student of mankind, and in his own person has been subjected to almost every sort of trial, domestic or otherwise, bitter experiences which have served to expand and strengthen these characteristics which have proved to be the mainspring of his triumphs in after life. Imbued with a well-nigh insatiable love of nature, of a nomadic tendency, with just a trifling tinge of the Bohemian in his temperament - little wonder that at an early age he left the roof of his childhood and became a cosmopolite, before he had imbibed scarcely more than the primary rudiments of the school room or formed any stable habits of the right, for at that early period - when association was most likely to give bias to his character - he was cast upon the cold and unsympathetic ocean of life - no beacon light to direct his pathway - the child of circumstance - the nursling of fate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Life Of Dan Rice
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Author : Maria W. Brown
language : en
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Release Date : 2003-01-01
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Author : Maria Ward Brown
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Release Date : 1901
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Dan Rice
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Author : David Carlyon
language : en
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Release Date : 2004-05-14
Dan Rice written by David Carlyon and has been published by PublicAffairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Dan Rice had many lives. He was a pig presenter, a strongman, a lecturer, and a comic singer, all before joining the dazzling world of the circus. In 1855, he created Dan Rice's Great Show. Labeling himself the "Great American Humorist," he toured the country and spoke out on issues of the day before large crowds. Swept up in a new cult of celebrity, he rose to become one of the most famous—and infamous—men in America. He even ran for president. So why have so few people ever heard of Dan Rice? Propelled by an urge toward "refinement," American amusements began to stratify in the mid-19th century. The raucous antebellum jumble of performers, audiences, and forms split along a new performance hierarchy of high and low. Circus, though still vastly popular, became seen as lowbrow. In that changed world, Rice's aggressive humor and robust connection with a noisy, participatory audience became seen as crude—and worse—a civic threat. David Carlyon weaves a remarkably rich portrait of turbulent times that raised one ambitious, creative man to glorious heights and then, embarrassed by its enthusiasm, buried him in sentimentality and finally oblivion.
The Life And Times Of Stephen Foster
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Author : Susan Zannos
language : en
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 2004-09
The Life And Times Of Stephen Foster written by Susan Zannos and has been published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Stephen Foster was a musical genius born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and into the wrong family. The middle of the nineteenth century was an era of development, of conquering the land and building canals and railroads. The men who were admired were the engineers and builders, the developers and inventors, not artists and composers. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Cincinnati, Ohio, where Stephen spent his early years were rough river towns. Fortunes were made and lost transporting goods on the rivers. The Foster family was originally successful, but by the time Stephen was born on the 4th of July 1826, they were losing their land and their home. Stephen's father considered his son's interest in music to be a bad habit. Stephen persisted in writing songs—the best-loved and most famous songs in America. But he wrote his songs before the days when copyright laws protected songwriters. If he had written his music today—"Oh! Susanna," "My Old Kentucky Home," "Camptown Races," "Old Black Joe," "Way Down Upon the Swanee River"—he would have been a millionaire many times over. When Foster died in poverty in New York in 1864, he had 38 cents in his pocket, one penny for each year he lived.
The Publishers Weekly
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language : en
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Release Date : 1957
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Boys Life
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Release Date : 1980-10
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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.
Funnymen Life And Times On The Greatest Show On Earth
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Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
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Canadian Books In Print Author And Title Index
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language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 1975
Canadian Books In Print Author And Title Index written by and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Canada Imprints categories.