Books by John F. Kasson and Complete Book Reviews
John F. Kasson, Author . Hill & Wang $26 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8090-8862-1
"Me Tarzan, You Jane. Me White, Me Better." That was the subtext not only of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel Tarzan of the Apes, but also of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini's career, as well as that of vaudeville star and...
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John F. Kasson, Author Hill & Wang $22.95 (305p) ISBN 978-0-8090-3470-3
A social historian who has written previously about leisure and technology, Kasson ( Amusing the Millionssingular is correct? : Coney Island at the Turn of the Century ) here interprets the development of middle-class manners in an insightful essay...
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John F. Kasson. Norton, $27.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-393-24079-5
As historian Kasson eloquently points out in this often repetitive but useful survey of Temple’s role in Depression America, the young star entertained America at one of its lowest points, winning the hearts of a nation and giving hope to a hopeless
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