The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley

The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley

Author: R. Alton Lee

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2002-12-01

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780813170374

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Tells the story of the infamous “Goat Gland Doctor”—controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario, and prescient political campaigner—and recounts his amazing rags to riches to rags career. A popular joke of the 1920s posed the question, “What’s the fastest thing on four legs?” The punch line? “A goat passing Dr. Brinkley’s hospital!” It seems that John R. Brinkley’s virility rejuvenation cure—transplanting goat gonads into aging men—had taken the nation by storm. Never mind that “Doc” Brinkley’s medical credentials were shaky at best and that he prescribed medication over the airwaves via his high-power radio stations. The man built an empire. The Kansas Medical Board combined with the Federal Radio Commission to revoke Brinkley’s medical and radio licenses, which various courts upheld. Not to be stopped, Brinkley started a write-in campaign for Governor. He received more votes than any other candidate but lost due to invalidated and “misplaced” ballots. Brinkley’s tactics, particularly the use of his radio station and personal airplane, changed political campaigning forever. Brinkley then moved his radio medical practice to Del Rio, Texas, and began operating a “border blaster” on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande. His rogue stations, XER and its successor XERA, eventually broadcast at an antenna-shattering 1,000,000 watts and were not only a haven for Brinkley’s lucrative quackery, but also hosted an unprecedented number of then-unknown country musicians and other guests.


Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries

Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries

Author: Joanna F. Fountain

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781563088537

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Provides headings for topics, literary and organizational forms, and names of individuals, corporate bodies, places, works, and so on, that might be needed to catalog a general collection used at least in part by children and readers or viewers interested in popular topics.


Homes in the Heartland

Homes in the Heartland

Author: Fred W. Peterson

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published:

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1452913846

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Originally published: Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1992.


Weather Central

Weather Central

Author: Ted Kooser

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 1994-09-27

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 0822979284

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Ted Kooser’s third book in the Pitt Poetry Series is a selection of poems published in literary journals over a ten year period by a writer whose work has been praised for its clarity and accessiblity, its mastery of figurative language, and its warmth and charm.


Minnesota

Minnesota

Author: Theodore Christian Blegen

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 763

ISBN-13: 145290748X

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The acclaimed history is brought up to date through placement of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments since 1963 within the larger context of national and international events


Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 2

Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 2

Author: E.W. Nester

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13: 9780792320456

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This volume presents the latest research findings in molecular plant-microbe interactions, based on presentations of leading international scientists at the Sixth International Symposium on this subject. From these presentations it is clear that the field has made enormous advances in the past several years. In addition to the text on plant-microbe interactions, a number of experts in fields peripherally related to the main subject of the symposium also participated, and these individuals have also contributed to the present volume. This published material is very up-to-date, representing the cutting edge of current research. For anyone interested in learning of the latest advanced in this rapidly moving field, this volume is required reading.


Germans in Minnesota

Germans in Minnesota

Author: Kathleen Neils Conzen

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press

Published: 2009-08

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 0873517342

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A concise history of Germans in Minnesota including immigration patterns, the Catholic and Lutheran churches, cultural organizations, businesses, and politics, especially in the World War I years.


Light from the Hearth

Light from the Hearth

Author: Marilyn Salzl Brinkman

Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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"Light From the Hearth is an attempt to supply the parchment to record the lives of past and living pioneers from their written and oral statements. The photographs focus upon the buildings constructed by and lived in by these people. While many of these structures--now in a state of ruin or partial decay--are relics of a vanished past, some are still used today. From crude pole shelters, log houses and barns, to magnificent churches, these buildings bear testimony to the lives of their occupants"--Back cover.