Front Stoops in the Fifties

Front Stoops in the Fifties
Title Front Stoops in the Fifties PDF eBook
Author Michael Olesker
Publisher JHU Press
Pages 244
Release 2013-11
Genre History
ISBN 1421411601

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Olesker's doo-wop portrait of Baltimore is nostalgic, but it has a hard edge.

Front Stoops in the Fifties

Front Stoops in the Fifties
Title Front Stoops in the Fifties PDF eBook
Author Michael Olesker
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Pages 312
Release 2013-10-03
Genre History
ISBN 142141161X

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This personal history of prominent Baltimoreans sheds light on the social transformations already taking place in the supposedly innocent 1950s. Front Stoops in the Fifties recounts the stories of some of Baltimore’s most famous personalities as they grew up during the “decade of conformity”—just before they entered the turbulent 1960s. Focusing on the period before JFK’s assassination, Olesker looks to individuals who would go on to influence the brewing cultural revolution. Such familiar names as Jerry Leiber, Nancy Pelosi, Thurgood Marshall, and Barry Levinson figure prominently in Michael Olesker’s fascinating account, which draws on personal interviews and journalistic research. Olesker tells the story of Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi, daughter of the mayor, who grew up in a political home and eventually became the first woman Speaker of the House. Thurgood Marshall, schooled in a racially segregated classroom, went on to argue Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka before the U.S. Supreme Court and rewrite race-relations law. These and many other stories come to life in Front Stoops in the Fifties. “[A] fascinating read . . . The shocking part is just how relevant these stories remain today.” —Baltimore Post-Examiner “[A] crisp, insightful dispatch from a skilled writer who knows his city and its history.” —David Simon, executive producer of HBO’s The Wire

Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper

Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper
Title Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper PDF eBook
Author Louis H. Gibson
Publisher DigiCat
Pages 191
Release 2022-07-20
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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This book was intended to inspire and instruct both homeowners and housewives as to the perfect house with an emphasis on convenience and workability. He also talks about practical building tips and ways in which such a house could be paid for.

Fifty-One Tales and Miracles Too

Fifty-One Tales and Miracles Too
Title Fifty-One Tales and Miracles Too PDF eBook
Author David Shwaiko
Publisher Xlibris Corporation
Pages 157
Release 2020-11-03
Genre Psychology
ISBN 1664135669

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Anyway, there are fifty-one short tales in this book. My great buddy Fritz has provided the images. I think he does a great job. So, read and enjoy.

Every-Day Religion; Being a Fourth Series of Fifty Sermons Delivered in Brooklyn Tabernacle, Etc

Every-Day Religion; Being a Fourth Series of Fifty Sermons Delivered in Brooklyn Tabernacle, Etc
Title Every-Day Religion; Being a Fourth Series of Fifty Sermons Delivered in Brooklyn Tabernacle, Etc PDF eBook
Author Thomas de Witt TALMAGE
Publisher
Pages 514
Release 1876
Genre
ISBN

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Margate to London and Back in Fifty Years and One Second

Margate to London and Back in Fifty Years and One Second
Title Margate to London and Back in Fifty Years and One Second PDF eBook
Author Peter Amey
Publisher Lulu.com
Pages 232
Release 2014-09-22
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1483418049

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Many on the police force serving with young beat constable Peter Roberts in 1964 believe he has the potential to go far. But Edward Brookes, a professor at the University of Kent at Canterbury, has other plans for Roberts. Brookes kidnaps Roberts fr

Fifty Mice

Fifty Mice
Title Fifty Mice PDF eBook
Author Daniel Pyne
Publisher Berkley
Pages 306
Release 2015-12
Genre California, Southern
ISBN 0451473957

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Fifty Mice is a gripping, intense thriller from screenwriter Daniel Pyne. Jay Johnson is a 30-something guy with a job in telephone sales, a regular pick-up basketball game and a devoted girlfriend. Then he's abducted, tranquilized, interrogated and his entire life history obliterated. Jay is involuntarily relocated to a community of protected witnesses and soon realises that the only way out is through the twisted maze of lies and unreliable memories swirling through his own mind.