Verse by the Side of the Road
Title | Verse by the Side of the Road PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Rowsome, Jr. |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 1979-09-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0452267625 |
"In the fall of 1925, young Allan Odell conceived the idea of using consecutive signs along the roadside. . . . In 1963 the last signs were taken down, ending the most famous outdoor advertising venture ever.”—1977 Minnesota Almanac The whole story is in this book, plus all the jingles used. The signs are gone now, except for one set on permanent display at The Smithsonian. You can have them all, always, in your own library with this book. “Rowsome’s volume indexes each of the 600 jingles . . . and as you down the list, preferably reading aloud, it might evoke visions of 1940 Chevies, roadside diners, signs that said EATS. . . . Why were the Burma-Shave jingles so universally loved? Because they were light-hearted and humorous in hard times and war times.”—Bov Swift, Knight News Service
Verse by the Side of the Road
Title | Verse by the Side of the Road PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Rowsome, Jr. |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 1979-09-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0452267625 |
"In the fall of 1925, young Allan Odell conceived the idea of using consecutive signs along the roadside. . . . In 1963 the last signs were taken down, ending the most famous outdoor advertising venture ever.”—1977 Minnesota Almanac The whole story is in this book, plus all the jingles used. The signs are gone now, except for one set on permanent display at The Smithsonian. You can have them all, always, in your own library with this book. “Rowsome’s volume indexes each of the 600 jingles . . . and as you down the list, preferably reading aloud, it might evoke visions of 1940 Chevies, roadside diners, signs that said EATS. . . . Why were the Burma-Shave jingles so universally loved? Because they were light-hearted and humorous in hard times and war times.”—Bov Swift, Knight News Service
The Verse by the Side of the Road
Title | The Verse by the Side of the Road PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Rowsome |
Publisher | |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Advertising |
ISBN |
The Verse by the Side of the Road
Title | The Verse by the Side of the Road PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Rowsome |
Publisher | |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Advertising |
ISBN |
The Verse by the Side of the Road
Title | The Verse by the Side of the Road PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Rowsome |
Publisher | Penguin (Non-Classics) |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 1979-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780828903516 |
The Verse by the Side of the Road
Title | The Verse by the Side of the Road PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Rowsome (jr.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Street Verse
Title | Street Verse PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Silverstein |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9780756730512 |
What would famous poets such as Emily Dickinson, Dylan Thomas, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lewis Carroll, & William Shakespeare say about economic topics such as options trading, Enron, a sinking U.S. dollar, & CEO compensation packages? Silverstein rewrote some of the greatest verse of great poets past in a way that gives these dead masters the posthumous opportunity to comment on contemporary financial market shenanigans. The upshot is the present collection. Chapters: market machinations, labor & mgmt., market fear & loathing, investing tips in verse, tax angst, the Fed. Reserve & its instruments, the players & their games, financial market haiku, currencies, & Shakespeare on Wall Street. Illustrated.