The Oregon Trail
Author: Rinker Buck
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-06-30
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 1451659164
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The American Journey
Author: Joyce Appleby
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780078953644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe American Dream?
Author: Shing Yin Khor
Publisher: Zest Books
Published: 2019-08-06
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 1942186371
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a child growing up in Malaysia, Shing Yin Khor had two very different ideas of what “America” meant. The first looked a lot like Hollywood, full of beautiful people and sunlight and freeways. The second looked more like The Grapes of Wrath - a nightmare landscape filled with impoverished people, broken-down cars, barren landscapes, and broken dreams. Those contrasting ideas have stuck with Shing ever since, even now that she lives and works in LA. The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 is Shing’s attempt to find what she can of both of these Americas on a solo journey (small adventure-dog included) across the entire expanse of that iconic road, beginning in Santa Monica and ending up Chicago. And what begins as a road trip ends up as something more like a pilgrimage in search of an American landscape that seems forever shifting, forever out of place.
Captain America and the American Journey, 1940-2022
Author: Richard A. Hall
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2024-02-28
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1476688745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCaptain America made his debut in 1940, just two years behind the first comic book superheroes and five years before the United States' emergence as the world's primary superpower at the end of World War II. His journey has been intertwined with America's progress throughout the decades. Known as the "Sentinel of Liberty," he has frequently provided socio-political commentary on current events as well as inspiration and warnings concerning the future. This work explores the interconnected histories of the United States and Captain America, decade-by-decade, from the character's origins to Chris Evans' portrayal of him in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It examines how Captain America's story provides a guide through America's tenure as a global superpower, holds a mirror up to American society, and acts as a constant reminder of what America can and should be.
Transformation: A Personal Journey Through the British Transformers Comic Volume 2: 1987-1989
Author: Stuart Webb
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-07-11
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0244313849
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBy 1987, the British Transformers was at the peak of its powers. Alternating between US reprints showing the struggle for leadership within the Autobot and Decepticon forces and UK material dealing with the insane future Decepticon Galvatron's attempts to rule yesterday, what had started as a toy advert had become a sprawling space opera seared into the minds of an entire generation. Stuart Webb was one such reader, and in 2012 he began a journey looking through every single issue of the series, commenting on its highs and lows. He became the first person to look at every backup strip and editorial and how they worked together to create the most thorough exploration of a publishing phenomenon ever undertaken. It's also highly personal, full of humour and silliness and even the occasionally thoughtful moment. The final result is an essential read, not just for Transformers fans, but also for those interested in the history of Marvel UK and the impact this simple little comic had on an entire generation.
The Jewish Graphic Novel
Author: Samantha Baskind
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 081354775X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Jewish Graphic Novel is a lively, interdisciplinary collection of essays that addresses critically acclaimed works in this subgenre of Jewish literary and artistic culture. Featuring insightful discussions of notable figures in the industryùsuch as Will Eisner, Art Spiegelman, and Joann Sfarùthe essays focus on the how graphic novels are increasingly being used in Holocaust memoir and fiction, and to portray Jewish identity in America and abroad
An American Journey: The Art of John Sloan
Author: Delaware Art Museum
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-11-18
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 1387344943
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCatalogue for a full-career retrospective of the American realist artist and illustrator John Sloan (1871-1951). This book features work from the Sloan collection at the Delaware Art Museum.
Challenging Genres
Author: Paul L. Thomas
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 946091361X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChallenging Genres: Comic Books and Graphic Novels offers educators, students, parents, and comic book readers and collectors a comprehensive exploration of comics/graphic novels as a challenging genre/medium.
Heroes Masked and Mythic
Author: Christopher Wood
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2021-01-04
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1476683158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEpic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire. Heroes like Herakles, Achilles and Perseus have influenced Western art and literature for centuries, and today are reinvented in the modern superhero. What does Iron Man have to do with the Homeric hero Odysseus? How does the African warrior Memnon compare with Marvel's Black Panther? Do DC's Wonder Woman and Xena the Warrior Princess reflect the tradition of Amazon women such as Penthesileia? How does the modern superhero's journey echo that of the epic warrior? With fresh insight into ancient Greek texts and historical art, this book examines modern superhero archetypes and iconography in comics and film as the crystallization of the hero's journey in the modern imagination.
The Life and Times of Booker T. Washington
Author: Benjamin Franklin Riley
Publisher:
Published: 1916
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13:
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