Author: Martin Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vanuatu
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Cannibal-land
Author: Martin Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vanuatu
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vanuatu
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Cannibal-land
Author: Martin Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vanuatu
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vanuatu
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
They Married Adventure
Author: Pascal James Imperato
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813526959
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Martin and Osa Johnson thrilled American audiences of the 1920s and 30s with their remarkable movies of far-away places, exotic peoples, and the dramatic spectacle of African wildlife. Their own lives were as exciting as the movies they made--sailing through the South Sea Islands, dodging big game at African waterholes, flying small planes over the veldt, taking millionaires on safari. Osa Johnson's ghostwritten autobiography, I Married Adventure, became a national bestseller. The 1939 film version was billed as "the story of World Exploration's First Lady, whose indomitable daring would be stayed by neither snarling lion nor crouching leopard, tropic tempest nor savage tribesman " Heroes to millions, Osa and Martin seemed to embody glamor, daring, and the all-American ideal of self-reliance. Probing beneath the glamor of the Johnsons' public image, Pascal and Eleanor Imperato explore the more human side of the couple's lives--and ways the Johnsons shaped, for better and for worse, America's vision of Africa. Drawing on many years of research, access to a wealth of letters and archives, interviews with many who worked closely with the Johnsons, and their own deep knowledge of Africa, the authors present a fascinating and intimate portrait of this intrepid couple.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813526959
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Martin and Osa Johnson thrilled American audiences of the 1920s and 30s with their remarkable movies of far-away places, exotic peoples, and the dramatic spectacle of African wildlife. Their own lives were as exciting as the movies they made--sailing through the South Sea Islands, dodging big game at African waterholes, flying small planes over the veldt, taking millionaires on safari. Osa Johnson's ghostwritten autobiography, I Married Adventure, became a national bestseller. The 1939 film version was billed as "the story of World Exploration's First Lady, whose indomitable daring would be stayed by neither snarling lion nor crouching leopard, tropic tempest nor savage tribesman " Heroes to millions, Osa and Martin seemed to embody glamor, daring, and the all-American ideal of self-reliance. Probing beneath the glamor of the Johnsons' public image, Pascal and Eleanor Imperato explore the more human side of the couple's lives--and ways the Johnsons shaped, for better and for worse, America's vision of Africa. Drawing on many years of research, access to a wealth of letters and archives, interviews with many who worked closely with the Johnsons, and their own deep knowledge of Africa, the authors present a fascinating and intimate portrait of this intrepid couple.
Through the South Seas with Jack London
Author: Martin Johnson
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Through the South Seas With Jack London is a travelogue by Martin Johnson. It gives a winded and thrilling account of the expedition of Jack London to the valley of the Typee, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Fiji, Samoa, the Solomons, and Australia.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Through the South Seas With Jack London is a travelogue by Martin Johnson. It gives a winded and thrilling account of the expedition of Jack London to the valley of the Typee, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Fiji, Samoa, the Solomons, and Australia.
Across the World with the Johnsons
Author: Lamont Lindstrom
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351577727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
During the interwar period Osa and Martin Johnson became famous for their films that brought exotic and far-off locations to the American cinema. Before the advent of mass tourism and television, their films played a major part in providing the means by which large audiences in the US and beyond became familiar with distant and 'wild' places across the world. Taking the celebrity of the Johnsons as its case study, this book investigates the influence of these new forms of visual culture, showing how they created their own version of America's imperial drama. By representing themselves as benevolent figures engaged in preserving on film the world's last wild places and peoples, the Johnsons' films educated US audiences about their apparent destiny to rule, contributing significantly to the popularity of empire. Bringing together research in the fields of film and politics - including gender and empire, historical anthropology, photography and visual studies - this book provides a comprehensive evaluation of the Johnsons, their work and its impact. It considers the Johnsons as a celebrity duo, their status as national icons, how they promoted themselves and their expeditions, and how their careers informed American expansionism, thus providing the first scholarly investigation of this remarkable couple and their extensive output over nearly three decades and across several continents.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351577727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
During the interwar period Osa and Martin Johnson became famous for their films that brought exotic and far-off locations to the American cinema. Before the advent of mass tourism and television, their films played a major part in providing the means by which large audiences in the US and beyond became familiar with distant and 'wild' places across the world. Taking the celebrity of the Johnsons as its case study, this book investigates the influence of these new forms of visual culture, showing how they created their own version of America's imperial drama. By representing themselves as benevolent figures engaged in preserving on film the world's last wild places and peoples, the Johnsons' films educated US audiences about their apparent destiny to rule, contributing significantly to the popularity of empire. Bringing together research in the fields of film and politics - including gender and empire, historical anthropology, photography and visual studies - this book provides a comprehensive evaluation of the Johnsons, their work and its impact. It considers the Johnsons as a celebrity duo, their status as national icons, how they promoted themselves and their expeditions, and how their careers informed American expansionism, thus providing the first scholarly investigation of this remarkable couple and their extensive output over nearly three decades and across several continents.
Books of 1912-
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Books of 1921-1925
Author: Chicago Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: W. Heffer & Sons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters
Author: Jack London
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826337917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters" is set in the romantic and dangerous South Seas and illustrated with the original artwork and several maps.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826337917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters" is set in the romantic and dangerous South Seas and illustrated with the original artwork and several maps.
Cannibal in the Mirror
Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 0761309683
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Selections from anthropological writings are paired with photographs of twentieth-century people engaged in similar activities.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 0761309683
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Selections from anthropological writings are paired with photographs of twentieth-century people engaged in similar activities.