Author: Taso G. Lagos
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476630372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Alexander Pantages was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. in the 1880s, after contracting malaria in Panama. He opened his first motion picture theater in 1902 and went on to build one of the largest and most important independently-owned theater chains in the country. At the height of the Pantages Theaters' reach, he owned or operated 78 theaters across the U.S. and Canada. He amassed a fortune, yet he could not read or write English. In 1929 he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old dancer--a scandal that destroyed his empire and reduced him to a pariah. The day his grandest theater, the Pantages Hollywood, opened in 1930, he lay sick in a jailhouse infirmary. His conviction was overturned a year later after an appeal to the California State Supreme Court, but the question remains: How should history judge this theater pioneer, wealthy magnate and embodiment of the American Dream?
American Zeus
Author: Taso G. Lagos
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476630372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Alexander Pantages was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. in the 1880s, after contracting malaria in Panama. He opened his first motion picture theater in 1902 and went on to build one of the largest and most important independently-owned theater chains in the country. At the height of the Pantages Theaters' reach, he owned or operated 78 theaters across the U.S. and Canada. He amassed a fortune, yet he could not read or write English. In 1929 he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old dancer--a scandal that destroyed his empire and reduced him to a pariah. The day his grandest theater, the Pantages Hollywood, opened in 1930, he lay sick in a jailhouse infirmary. His conviction was overturned a year later after an appeal to the California State Supreme Court, but the question remains: How should history judge this theater pioneer, wealthy magnate and embodiment of the American Dream?
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476630372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Alexander Pantages was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. in the 1880s, after contracting malaria in Panama. He opened his first motion picture theater in 1902 and went on to build one of the largest and most important independently-owned theater chains in the country. At the height of the Pantages Theaters' reach, he owned or operated 78 theaters across the U.S. and Canada. He amassed a fortune, yet he could not read or write English. In 1929 he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old dancer--a scandal that destroyed his empire and reduced him to a pariah. The day his grandest theater, the Pantages Hollywood, opened in 1930, he lay sick in a jailhouse infirmary. His conviction was overturned a year later after an appeal to the California State Supreme Court, but the question remains: How should history judge this theater pioneer, wealthy magnate and embodiment of the American Dream?
A Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos
Author: Merle K. Langdon
Publisher: ASCSA
ISBN: 9780876615164
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher: ASCSA
ISBN: 9780876615164
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
My American Harp
Author: Surazeus Astarius
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365807142
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
"My American Harp" presents 1,169 poems written 2010-2014 by Surazeus that explore what it means to be an American in the modern world of an interconnected global civilization.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365807142
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
"My American Harp" presents 1,169 poems written 2010-2014 by Surazeus that explore what it means to be an American in the modern world of an interconnected global civilization.
Anglo-American Encyclopedia
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Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Languages : en
Pages : 526
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American Magazine
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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The North American Review
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Category : North American review and miscellaneous journal
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.
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Category : North American review and miscellaneous journal
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.
Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association
Author: American Philological Association
Publisher:
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Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Bibliographical record of works published by members of the Association, in v. 28- 1897-
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Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Bibliographical record of works published by members of the Association, in v. 28- 1897-
The American Greek Review
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Category : Greek Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Category : Greek Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Tales and Sketches for the Fireside, by the Best American Authors
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Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Languages : en
Pages : 676
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American Journal of Numismatics, and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archæological Societies
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Category : Numismatics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Category : Numismatics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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