Adventures in Alaska with My Angel Joe
Adventures in Alaska with My Angel Joe

Author: Les Bingman

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2017-12-08

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 197361037X

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In Adventures in Alaska with My Angel Joe, author Les Bingman shares the true-life stories of his near-death experiences while growing up in bush Alaskaand how a guardian angel, Joe, saved him at each step along the way. Raised in the shadows of some of the best bush pilots and commercial salmon fishermen in Bristol Bay, the young Les tries to mimic these men he grew up idolizing. This proves harder than he imagines, and as he repeatedly finds himself in potentially deadly situations involving airplanes and boats because of his naivety, he finally begins to recognize the feelings and signals that can only be from his own personal guardian angel, who he eventually names Joe. From out on the ocean to up in the sky, Less guardian angel Joe is always there in ways both subtle and obvious, protecting Les from his own reckless ways. Experience the highs and lows and ups and downs of an Alaskan life spent chasing a dream, and reflect on those subtle miracles in your lifeand with Gods help, you can start to realize that you are never truly alone.

Joe Quigley, Alaska Pioneer
Joe Quigley, Alaska Pioneer

Author: Cheryl Fair

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2020-01-24

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1476679274

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In May 1891, Joe Quigley embarked on a journey north to try his luck prospecting for gold in Alaska. Although he had been wandering across America since leaving home at 15, this would be the biggest adventure, and the biggest risk, Quigley had ever taken. A project that began as genealogical research into a family's history, this biography traces the life of a fascinating character before, during and after the great Klondike gold rush. Deeply researched, including quotes from Quigley and numerous photographs, this book is more than another tale of the Klondike Gold Rush. It is an intimate look at the inspiring life of a pioneer prospector, who witnessed the exploration and development of one of America's most harsh, beautiful and captivating landscapes.

Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s
Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s

Author: Gene Scott Freese

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0786476435

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This biographical dictionary shines the spotlight on several hundred unheralded stunt performers who created some of the cinema's greatest action scenes without credit or recognition. The time period covered encompasses the silent comedy days of Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, the early westerns of Tom Mix and John Wayne, the swashbucklers of Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, and Burt Lancaster, the costume epics of Charlton Heston and Kirk Douglas, and the action films of Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, and Charles Bronson. Without stuntmen and women working behind the scenes the films of these action superstars would not have been as successful. Now fantastic athletes and leading stunt creators such as Yakima Canutt, Richard Talmadge, Harvey Parry, Allen Pomeroy, Dave Sharpe, Jock Mahoney, Chuck Roberson, Polly Burson, Bob Morgan, Loren Janes, Dean Smith, Hal Needham, Martha Crawford, Ronnie Rondell, Terry Leonard, and Bob Minor are given their proper due. Each entry covers the performer's athletic background, military service, actors doubled, noteworthy stunts, and a rundown of his or her best known screen credits.

Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959
Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959

Author: Graham Webb

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2020-07-13

Total Pages: 735

ISBN-13: 147668118X

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Short subject films have a long history in American cinemas. These could be anywhere from 2 to 40 minutes long and were used as a "filler" in a picture show that would include a cartoon, a newsreel, possibly a serial and a short before launching into the feature film. Shorts could tackle any topic of interest: an unusual travelogue, a comedy, musical revues, sports, nature or popular vaudeville acts. With the advent of sound-on-film in the mid-to-late 1920s, makers of earlier silent short subjects began experimenting with the short films, using them as a testing ground for the use of sound in feature movies. After the Second World War, and the rising popularity of television, short subject films became far too expensive to produce and they had mostly disappeared from the screens by the late 1950s. This encyclopedia offers comprehensive listings of American short subject films from the 1920s through the 1950s.

Smith: An Unauthorized Fictography
Smith: An Unauthorized Fictography

Author: Jory Post

Publisher: Paper Angel Press

Published: 2021-05-01

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13:

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In this kaleidoscopic, episodic joy ride, Jory Post treats us to thirty interviews that may or may not be real, with an array of “ordinary” people who turn out to be anything but, all of them in conversation with an interviewer who is herself a mystery. As one encounter follows another, we realize that “Smith” is a convenient alias for a range of voices, including: a traveling nurse from Saipan, a Vietnam-war vet who lives in his truck, a woman who can only tell her own story through fairy tales, a young man more comfortable talking to animals than people, an army brat, a poker prodigy, a pool shark. Some of these Smiths offer themselves openly to the interviewer, while others reveal as much in their resistance as they do in their narratives. Through it all, the stories, distinct and musical as jazz solos, give voice to what we want, what thrills us, what we’ve been most hurt or touched by, and what we will never forget — secrets any one of us might spill if only someone would listen. Jory Post has.