Ambrose Bierce, poet, journalist, and short story writer, was born in June 24 1842 in Ohio. He wrote horror, satire, and war stories, among other genres. He is often ranked alongside Twain, Poe, Lovecraft, Swift, Crane, and Voltaire. His short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" might be the most anthologized short story in history, and thousands of students across the country (including me) read, discussed, and dissected it in literature class.
Bierce was a Union First Lieutenant in the Civil War, and he suffered from several wounds throughout his life. At Kennesaw Mountain, he suffered a traumatic brain injury which caused lifelong episodes of fainting and irritability. He began his journalism career in San Francisco, becoming a columnist for Hearst newspapers until 1909.
His 25 collected war stories have been called "the greatest anti-war document in American literature." Lovecraft said that nearly all of his stories are horrors.
He started a regular newspaper feature that, when collected and published, became known as The Devil's Dictionary or The Cynic's Word Book in which he made up 1600 satirical and acerbic definitions in the epitome of cynical wordplay ( some who know me might wonder why I enjoy Bierce and remain my bright, bubbly, optimistic self).
In 1913, aged 71, Bierce decided to tour his old Civil War battlefields, and upon reaching Texas, he decided to investigate the Mexican Revolution riding with Pancho Villa as an observer for a while. His last known communication was a letter dated December 26, 1913, and he disappeared. Some friends speculated that he either committed suicide or was executed. No evidence of his fate has been discovered.
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When journalist and author Ambrose Bierce crossed the border in 1913 to observe the Mexican Revolution, he attached himself to Pancho Villa's army in their fight against then head of government Victorian Huerta. He observed a major Villa victory at Tierra Blanca, just south of Ciudad Juarez.
Villa's 5500 men stood against 7000 federal troops. On day 2, the rebels loaded a steam locomotive with dynamite and percussion caps and rammed it into train cars. The explosion caused massive chaos and retreat. About 1000 federal troops and 300 of Villa's men died.
When journalist and author Ambrose Bierce crossed the border in 1913 to observe the Mexican Revolution, he attached himself to Pancho Villa's army in their fight against then head of government Victorian Huerta. He observed a major Villa victory at Tierra Blanca, just south of Ciudad Juarez.
Villa's 5500 men stood against 7000 federal troops. On day 2, the rebels loaded a steam locomotive with dynamite and percussion caps and rammed it into train cars. The explosion caused massive chaos and retreat. About 1000 federal troops and 300 of Villa's men died.
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A printer's devil was a young apprentice in a printing establishment who performed a number of tasks, such as mixing tubs of ink and fetching type. Notable writers including Ambrose Bierce, Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, and Mark Twain served as printer's devils in their youth. (From Wikipedia)
There are multiple origin stories for the term which dates to at least the 1600s. The simplest story is that the boys' hands and faces would be covered in black ink daily. Other stories are based on the idea that in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, new technology, the printing press, was viewed with suspicion and sometimes said to be "of the devil."
Ambrose Bierce, born on June 24, 1842, went in to become one of America's most respected journalists and short story writers and the author of The Devil's Dictionary.
A printer's devil was a young apprentice in a printing establishment who performed a number of tasks, such as mixing tubs of ink and fetching type. Notable writers including Ambrose Bierce, Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, and Mark Twain served as printer's devils in their youth. (From Wikipedia)
There are multiple origin stories for the term which dates to at least the 1600s. The simplest story is that the boys' hands and faces would be covered in black ink daily. Other stories are based on the idea that in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, new technology, the printing press, was viewed with suspicion and sometimes said to be "of the devil."
Ambrose Bierce, born on June 24, 1842, went in to become one of America's most respected journalists and short story writers and the author of The Devil's Dictionary.
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
Lt. Colonel George Custer had become the youngest general in American history during the Civil war, but this was a "brevet" promotion. After the war, he reverted to his last rank. He had built a reputation of arrogance, brashness, reckless behavior, self-promotion, hot temper, and contempt for his superiors, and he was ordered to take his 7th cavalry and join other units to force Lakotas and Cheyennes back to their reservations. His scouts discovered the Indian camp, calling it the largest camp they'd ever seen. Custer, ignoring their earnings and probably contemplating how Indian fighter glory might propel him to the White House that fall, decided to attack without reinforcements. He and his men were all lost.
The Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho were led in battle by war chiefs Crazy Horse and Gall, inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull, technically more of a spiritual leader than war chief. In fact, he didn't fight because he was recovering from a sun dance in which he had a vision of Indian victory.
Historian Herman J Viola has written numerous books in Little Bighorn, notably presenting the Indians' history of the battle. A highlight of my teaching career was knowing him as a lead historian on a couple of professional development seminars and having him lead a tour of the Little Bighorn site.
The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
Lt. Colonel George Custer had become the youngest general in American history during the Civil war, but this was a "brevet" promotion. After the war, he reverted to his last rank. He had built a reputation of arrogance, brashness, reckless behavior, self-promotion, hot temper, and contempt for his superiors, and he was ordered to take his 7th cavalry and join other units to force Lakotas and Cheyennes back to their reservations. His scouts discovered the Indian camp, calling it the largest camp they'd ever seen. Custer, ignoring their earnings and probably contemplating how Indian fighter glory might propel him to the White House that fall, decided to attack without reinforcements. He and his men were all lost.
The Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho were led in battle by war chiefs Crazy Horse and Gall, inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull, technically more of a spiritual leader than war chief. In fact, he didn't fight because he was recovering from a sun dance in which he had a vision of Indian victory.
Historian Herman J Viola has written numerous books in Little Bighorn, notably presenting the Indians' history of the battle. A highlight of my teaching career was knowing him as a lead historian on a couple of professional development seminars and having him lead a tour of the Little Bighorn site.
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, located in southern Montana, near the Crow Agency, commemorates the battle. Originally soldiers' bodies were buried where they were found, and a national cemetery was located there. Custer's body was removed for burial at West Point, and the other bodies were reinterred near a granite obelisk, and small marble markers were placed where the men fell. In 1991, the name was officially changed from Custer Battlefield National Monument. In 1999, red marble markers were placed at sites where known Indian warriors fell, and, in 1997, a design was chosen for a new Indian battlefield monument of sandstone and bronze warrior sculptures that honor all the tribes in the battle: Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and the Crow and Arikara scouts who were with Custer.
Historian Herman J Viola has written numerous books in Little Bighorn, notably presenting the Indians' history of the battle. A highlight of my teaching career was knowing him as a lead historian on a couple of professional development seminars and having him lead a tour of the Little Bighorn site.
The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, located in southern Montana, near the Crow Agency, commemorates the battle. Originally soldiers' bodies were buried where they were found, and a national cemetery was located there. Custer's body was removed for burial at West Point, and the other bodies were reinterred near a granite obelisk, and small marble markers were placed where the men fell. In 1991, the name was officially changed from Custer Battlefield National Monument. In 1999, red marble markers were placed at sites where known Indian warriors fell, and, in 1997, a design was chosen for a new Indian battlefield monument of sandstone and bronze warrior sculptures that honor all the tribes in the battle: Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and the Crow and Arikara scouts who were with Custer.
Historian Herman J Viola has written numerous books in Little Bighorn, notably presenting the Indians' history of the battle. A highlight of my teaching career was knowing him as a lead historian on a couple of professional development seminars and having him lead a tour of the Little Bighorn site.
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
Sitting Bull, a powerful Lakota leader, did not take part in the Battle of Little Bighorn because he was recovering from participating in a sun dance. The Lakota warriors, and those of other Plains tribes, used the sun dance as a means of prayer, meditation, communication with spirits, and personal sacrifice for the good of the community.
Typically, the dancers first fasted for days. Then, bone skewers attached to rawhide thongs were pierced through the skin of their chests. Participants would dance around a pole for hours, often pulling the skewers out. Some also made cuts. Sitting Bull cut each arm some fifty times during his dance. The goal was to receive a clarifying vision or prophecy. After 36 hours, Sitting Bull saw blue soldiers and their horses upside down, feet pointing to the sky, which he interpreted as a great victory.
The US banned the Sun Dance on reservations for decades, but some elements of the ceremony have been reintroduced into indigenous religious practices today.
Historian Herman J Viola has written numerous books in Little Bighorn, notably presenting the Indians' history of the battle. A highlight of my teaching career was knowing him as a lead historian on a couple of professional development seminars and having him lead a tour of the Little Bighorn site.
The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
Sitting Bull, a powerful Lakota leader, did not take part in the Battle of Little Bighorn because he was recovering from participating in a sun dance. The Lakota warriors, and those of other Plains tribes, used the sun dance as a means of prayer, meditation, communication with spirits, and personal sacrifice for the good of the community.
Typically, the dancers first fasted for days. Then, bone skewers attached to rawhide thongs were pierced through the skin of their chests. Participants would dance around a pole for hours, often pulling the skewers out. Some also made cuts. Sitting Bull cut each arm some fifty times during his dance. The goal was to receive a clarifying vision or prophecy. After 36 hours, Sitting Bull saw blue soldiers and their horses upside down, feet pointing to the sky, which he interpreted as a great victory.
The US banned the Sun Dance on reservations for decades, but some elements of the ceremony have been reintroduced into indigenous religious practices today.
Historian Herman J Viola has written numerous books in Little Bighorn, notably presenting the Indians' history of the battle. A highlight of my teaching career was knowing him as a lead historian on a couple of professional development seminars and having him lead a tour of the Little Bighorn site.
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
Joseph Medicine Crow (1913-2016) grew up hearing stories of the Little Bighorn from his step-grandfather, White Man Runs Him and others who had been Custer's scouts at the battle. When they tried to convince Custer that he was hopelessly outnumbered, Custer angrily sent them away. They survived.
Medicine Crow became the first Crow to receive a master's degree, studying sociology, psychology, and anthropology. WWII interrupted his path to a Ph.D. He served in Europe in the war, and he achieved all four requirements to be a war chief: touching an enemy without killing him (counting coup), taking an enemy's weapon, leading a successful war party, and stealing an enemy's horse. He was made war chief, probably the last war chief of the Crow ever (because capturing a horse is not really done anymore). He became a prolific writer, lecturer, and advocate for his people, earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.
As I've mentioned repeatedly, in 2010, I and a few dozen other Georgia teachers had the high honor of meeting him and hearing him speak at age 95. Then, he invited us to accompany him in the ceremonial first dance, dedicated in his honor, of the annual Powwow in Cody, Wyoming. Definitely the greatest moment of my teaching career.
White Man Runs Him (c. 1858-1929) enlisted at about age 18 to be a scout for the US army, then at war with the Lakota and Cheyenne, enemies of the Crow. He and five others advised Custer that the camp at Little Bighorn was too large, and that he was headed into disaster. Nevertheless, they made ready to take part. Angered, Custer ordered them to leave before he led his 700 men to death. White Man Runs Him and the others joined Major Reno and fought briefly, but survived.
He was buried in the Little Bighorn Battlefield cemetery in 1929
The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
Joseph Medicine Crow (1913-2016) grew up hearing stories of the Little Bighorn from his step-grandfather, White Man Runs Him and others who had been Custer's scouts at the battle. When they tried to convince Custer that he was hopelessly outnumbered, Custer angrily sent them away. They survived.
Medicine Crow became the first Crow to receive a master's degree, studying sociology, psychology, and anthropology. WWII interrupted his path to a Ph.D. He served in Europe in the war, and he achieved all four requirements to be a war chief: touching an enemy without killing him (counting coup), taking an enemy's weapon, leading a successful war party, and stealing an enemy's horse. He was made war chief, probably the last war chief of the Crow ever (because capturing a horse is not really done anymore). He became a prolific writer, lecturer, and advocate for his people, earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.
As I've mentioned repeatedly, in 2010, I and a few dozen other Georgia teachers had the high honor of meeting him and hearing him speak at age 95. Then, he invited us to accompany him in the ceremonial first dance, dedicated in his honor, of the annual Powwow in Cody, Wyoming. Definitely the greatest moment of my teaching career.
White Man Runs Him (c. 1858-1929) enlisted at about age 18 to be a scout for the US army, then at war with the Lakota and Cheyenne, enemies of the Crow. He and five others advised Custer that the camp at Little Bighorn was too large, and that he was headed into disaster. Nevertheless, they made ready to take part. Angered, Custer ordered them to leave before he led his 700 men to death. White Man Runs Him and the others joined Major Reno and fought briefly, but survived.
He was buried in the Little Bighorn Battlefield cemetery in 1929
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
As I posted yesterday, in 1999, red marble markers were erected at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument to mark the places where known Indian warriors fell. In 2003, a new Indian monument was dedicated to the tribes involved, on both sides, in the battle.
I've visited twice, in 2010 & 2014, and these are all my photos. If you visit, you may also see beautiful horses alongside the road. A portion of the Battlefield area is privately owned, and they own the horses. The way the story was told to me is that the owners are a Cheyenne or Crow family (sorry, can't remember which) that refused to sell their land to the government when the monument park land was purchased, and they still retain this property in the middle of federal park land.
Cool story on several levels.
The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
As I posted yesterday, in 1999, red marble markers were erected at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument to mark the places where known Indian warriors fell. In 2003, a new Indian monument was dedicated to the tribes involved, on both sides, in the battle.
I've visited twice, in 2010 & 2014, and these are all my photos. If you visit, you may also see beautiful horses alongside the road. A portion of the Battlefield area is privately owned, and they own the horses. The way the story was told to me is that the owners are a Cheyenne or Crow family (sorry, can't remember which) that refused to sell their land to the government when the monument park land was purchased, and they still retain this property in the middle of federal park land.
Cool story on several levels.
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
The Battle hit America hard, just a week before the nation was to celebrate its centennial. It was the biggest defeat of American forces by indigenous forces in history. Before the fight, Custer had gone to great pains to create a bigger than life, heroic public persona, and he probably envisioned himself winning the presidential election that fall. How could this have happened?
For a hundred years, the battle was called Custer's Last Stand or the Little Bighorn massacre, even though it was definitely a military battle. Custer's widow spent the rest of her life covering up anything and everything negative about her husband and lifting him up into the pantheon of American heroes.
In 1888, artist Cassilly Adams painted "Custer's Last Fight" and sold it to a St. Louis bar owner. In 1892, the painting fell into the hands of Adolphus Busch, President of Anheuser-Busch, when he acquired the saloon and its contents. Soon, thousands of copies were sent out to bars across the country. Anheuser-Busch says the company distributed over a million in total.
Bonus Book: Craig Johnson used the original painting as inspiration for Next to Last Stand, the latest volume in his Sheriff Walt Longmire mystery series.
The Battle of Little Bighorn, known among Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and known to whites for a century as the Massacre at Little Bighorn or Custer's Last Stand, took place over June 25 & 26, 1876.
The Battle hit America hard, just a week before the nation was to celebrate its centennial. It was the biggest defeat of American forces by indigenous forces in history. Before the fight, Custer had gone to great pains to create a bigger than life, heroic public persona, and he probably envisioned himself winning the presidential election that fall. How could this have happened?
For a hundred years, the battle was called Custer's Last Stand or the Little Bighorn massacre, even though it was definitely a military battle. Custer's widow spent the rest of her life covering up anything and everything negative about her husband and lifting him up into the pantheon of American heroes.
In 1888, artist Cassilly Adams painted "Custer's Last Fight" and sold it to a St. Louis bar owner. In 1892, the painting fell into the hands of Adolphus Busch, President of Anheuser-Busch, when he acquired the saloon and its contents. Soon, thousands of copies were sent out to bars across the country. Anheuser-Busch says the company distributed over a million in total.
Bonus Book: Craig Johnson used the original painting as inspiration for Next to Last Stand, the latest volume in his Sheriff Walt Longmire mystery series.
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On June 27, 1949, the first sci-fi show aired on TV, "Captain Video and His Video Rangers." It aired live, five to six days a week, on the DuMont television network until 1955 and had two short-lived spinoffs.
Captain Video was the leader of a group of fighters for truth and justice, operating from a secret mountaintop base. Captain Video took orders from the "Commissioner of Public Safety,"
Because the budget was so low, much of the action took place in the group's headquarters. Also, episodes were only 15-20 minutes long. To fill out the half-hour, random scenes of westerns were thrown in, just because DuMont had purchased a bunch of western movies and could use the footage for free. The series was broadcast from a studio in a New York building owned by the Wanamaker's department store, and set and property designers would simply go downstairs to the store for props.
Julian David Stone, author of It's Alive wrote the fictional account of an early live superhero TV show on a small struggling network called The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl. It's a great account of the early years of live TV, set during the age of McCarthyism and blacklisting. (And it's currently free if you have Kindle Unlimited.)
On June 27, 1949, the first sci-fi show aired on TV, "Captain Video and His Video Rangers." It aired live, five to six days a week, on the DuMont television network until 1955 and had two short-lived spinoffs.
Captain Video was the leader of a group of fighters for truth and justice, operating from a secret mountaintop base. Captain Video took orders from the "Commissioner of Public Safety,"
Because the budget was so low, much of the action took place in the group's headquarters. Also, episodes were only 15-20 minutes long. To fill out the half-hour, random scenes of westerns were thrown in, just because DuMont had purchased a bunch of western movies and could use the footage for free. The series was broadcast from a studio in a New York building owned by the Wanamaker's department store, and set and property designers would simply go downstairs to the store for props.
Julian David Stone, author of It's Alive wrote the fictional account of an early live superhero TV show on a small struggling network called The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl. It's a great account of the early years of live TV, set during the age of McCarthyism and blacklisting. (And it's currently free if you have Kindle Unlimited.)
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On June 27, 1949, the first sci-fi show aired on TV, "Captain Video and His Video Rangers." It aired live, five to six days a week, on the DuMont television network until 1955 and had two short-lived spinoffs.
The DuMont Television Network began Operation on June 28, 1942 and operated until August, 1956. DuMont started as a laboratory, producing television technology, founded in Allen Dumont's basement for $1000. The company made several innovations which made home TV use feasible. In 1942, DuMont worked with the US Army in developing radar technology. Sales of TVs were hampered because of the lack of regular programming, so DuMont started operating experimental stations in New Jersey, New York, and Washington DC..
Despite the fact that DuMont aired some really memorable and forward-looking shows and personalities like "Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour", Jackie Gleason, Morey Amsterdam, Arthur Murray, and Ernie Kovacs and broadcast the first television shows ever hosted by an Asian woman (Anna May Wong) and a black woman (Hazel Scott), it was not successful financially. Sadly, almost all footage of DuMont shows was lost because it really didn't occur to people to preserve TV kinescope/film until Desi Arnaz demanded it for "I Love Lucy."
Julian David Stone, author of It's Alive wrote the fictional account of an early live superhero TV show on a small struggling network called The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl. It's a great account of the early years of live TV, set during the age of McCarthyism and blacklisting. The TV network in the book seems largely inspired by DuMont. (And it's currently free if you have Kindle Unlimited.)
On June 27, 1949, the first sci-fi show aired on TV, "Captain Video and His Video Rangers." It aired live, five to six days a week, on the DuMont television network until 1955 and had two short-lived spinoffs.
The DuMont Television Network began Operation on June 28, 1942 and operated until August, 1956. DuMont started as a laboratory, producing television technology, founded in Allen Dumont's basement for $1000. The company made several innovations which made home TV use feasible. In 1942, DuMont worked with the US Army in developing radar technology. Sales of TVs were hampered because of the lack of regular programming, so DuMont started operating experimental stations in New Jersey, New York, and Washington DC..
Despite the fact that DuMont aired some really memorable and forward-looking shows and personalities like "Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour", Jackie Gleason, Morey Amsterdam, Arthur Murray, and Ernie Kovacs and broadcast the first television shows ever hosted by an Asian woman (Anna May Wong) and a black woman (Hazel Scott), it was not successful financially. Sadly, almost all footage of DuMont shows was lost because it really didn't occur to people to preserve TV kinescope/film until Desi Arnaz demanded it for "I Love Lucy."
Julian David Stone, author of It's Alive wrote the fictional account of an early live superhero TV show on a small struggling network called The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl. It's a great account of the early years of live TV, set during the age of McCarthyism and blacklisting. The TV network in the book seems largely inspired by DuMont. (And it's currently free if you have Kindle Unlimited.)
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On June 27, 1949, the first sci-fi show aired on TV, "Captain Video and His Video Rangers." It aired live, five to six days a week, on the DuMont television network until 1955 and had two short-lived spinoffs.
Captain Video had a surprisingly large adult viewership, but, like many shows aimed at kids in the 1950s, kids and their parents could send away for special premiums and toys, or even find them in cereal boxes. Then, a kid could be a fellow Video Ranger.
Premiums sold via the show included a flying saucer ring, a "secret seal" ring, cast photos, electronic goggles, a "secret ray gun", a rocket ship key chain, decoders, membership cards, and a set of 12 plastic spacemen.
Julian David Stone, author of It's Alive wrote the fictional account of an early live superhero TV show on a small struggling network called The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl. It's a great account of the early years of live TV, set during the age of McCarthyism and blacklisting. The TV network in the book seems largely inspired by DuMont. (And it's currently free if you have Kindle Unlimited.)
On June 27, 1949, the first sci-fi show aired on TV, "Captain Video and His Video Rangers." It aired live, five to six days a week, on the DuMont television network until 1955 and had two short-lived spinoffs.
Captain Video had a surprisingly large adult viewership, but, like many shows aimed at kids in the 1950s, kids and their parents could send away for special premiums and toys, or even find them in cereal boxes. Then, a kid could be a fellow Video Ranger.
Premiums sold via the show included a flying saucer ring, a "secret seal" ring, cast photos, electronic goggles, a "secret ray gun", a rocket ship key chain, decoders, membership cards, and a set of 12 plastic spacemen.
Julian David Stone, author of It's Alive wrote the fictional account of an early live superhero TV show on a small struggling network called The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl. It's a great account of the early years of live TV, set during the age of McCarthyism and blacklisting. The TV network in the book seems largely inspired by DuMont. (And it's currently free if you have Kindle Unlimited.)
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On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian Serb student named Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. About a month later, the major powers of Europe were dragged into war because of secret alliances, and macho saber rattling.
Born to a peasant Serb family in 1894, Princip had the intelligence and fortune to be sent to school at 13 in Sarajevo, Bosnia's capital. At 27, he joined Young Bosnia, a secret society aiming to free Bosnia from Austrian rule and to form an independent Slavic state. Expelled for his political activity, he tried to enlist in the Serbian war against the Ottomans because of his size and frailty.
When Archduke Ferdinand made his goodwill visit to Sarajevo, Princip and others plotted to assassinate him. They were armed and trained by an organization called the Black Hand. On June 28, the assassin's took their positions along the motorcade's route. The first lost his nerve. The second lobbed a grenade which blew up a car behind the Archduke. The cars sped away, and Princip and the others thought they lost their chance. Unharmed, the Archduke ordered his driver to detour to the hospital to check in the injured. The driver was confused for a second, and the car stalled and the gears locked, mobilizing the car --- five feet from where Princip stood.
Arrested and convicted, Princip escaped execution because he was under 21, but he died in prison of tuberculosis in 1918.
Tim Butcher's The Trigger traces Princep's life and his legacy, relating the story of one sickly teenager that forever changed the world, precipitating a war that left 15 million dead and caused empires to crumble.
On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian Serb student named Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. About a month later, the major powers of Europe were dragged into war because of secret alliances, and macho saber rattling.
Born to a peasant Serb family in 1894, Princip had the intelligence and fortune to be sent to school at 13 in Sarajevo, Bosnia's capital. At 27, he joined Young Bosnia, a secret society aiming to free Bosnia from Austrian rule and to form an independent Slavic state. Expelled for his political activity, he tried to enlist in the Serbian war against the Ottomans because of his size and frailty.
When Archduke Ferdinand made his goodwill visit to Sarajevo, Princip and others plotted to assassinate him. They were armed and trained by an organization called the Black Hand. On June 28, the assassin's took their positions along the motorcade's route. The first lost his nerve. The second lobbed a grenade which blew up a car behind the Archduke. The cars sped away, and Princip and the others thought they lost their chance. Unharmed, the Archduke ordered his driver to detour to the hospital to check in the injured. The driver was confused for a second, and the car stalled and the gears locked, mobilizing the car --- five feet from where Princip stood.
Arrested and convicted, Princip escaped execution because he was under 21, but he died in prison of tuberculosis in 1918.
Tim Butcher's The Trigger traces Princep's life and his legacy, relating the story of one sickly teenager that forever changed the world, precipitating a war that left 15 million dead and caused empires to crumble.
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On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian Serb student named Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. About a month later, the major powers of Europe were dragged into war because of secret alliances, and macho saber rattling.
Princip was standing outside Schiller's Deli when the Archduke's car suddenly stopped in front of him, five feet away, allowing him to fulfill the mission that he and his co-conspirators had thought was lost. Now, over the years, a myth has developed that he was inside having a sandwich. (I am ashamed to admit that I might have perpetuated that myth.), but there is absolutely no truth to it. First, testimony from Princep and all other witnesses to the event places him standing out front talking to a friend. Second, it happened at about 10:55 AM, too early for lunch in Sarajevo. Third, nobody really ate sandwiches in Sarajevo in 1914.
The building is now a museum.
Tim Butcher's The Trigger traces Princep's life and his legacy, relating the story of one sickly teenager that forever changed the world, precipitating a war that left 15 million dead and caused empires to crumble.
On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian Serb student named Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. About a month later, the major powers of Europe were dragged into war because of secret alliances, and macho saber rattling.
Princip was standing outside Schiller's Deli when the Archduke's car suddenly stopped in front of him, five feet away, allowing him to fulfill the mission that he and his co-conspirators had thought was lost. Now, over the years, a myth has developed that he was inside having a sandwich. (I am ashamed to admit that I might have perpetuated that myth.), but there is absolutely no truth to it. First, testimony from Princep and all other witnesses to the event places him standing out front talking to a friend. Second, it happened at about 10:55 AM, too early for lunch in Sarajevo. Third, nobody really ate sandwiches in Sarajevo in 1914.
The building is now a museum.
Tim Butcher's The Trigger traces Princep's life and his legacy, relating the story of one sickly teenager that forever changed the world, precipitating a war that left 15 million dead and caused empires to crumble.
Thing.
On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian Serb student named Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. About a month later, the major powers of Europe were dragged into war because of secret alliances, and macho saber rattling.
On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles, the treaty that officially ended "the war to end all wars" and sowed the seeds of World War II, was signed.
Tim Butcher's The Trigger traces Princep's life and his legacy, relating the story of one sickly teenager that forever changed the world, precipitating a war that left 15 million dead and caused empires to crumble.
On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian Serb student named Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo. About a month later, the major powers of Europe were dragged into war because of secret alliances, and macho saber rattling.
On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles, the treaty that officially ended "the war to end all wars" and sowed the seeds of World War II, was signed.
Tim Butcher's The Trigger traces Princep's life and his legacy, relating the story of one sickly teenager that forever changed the world, precipitating a war that left 15 million dead and caused empires to crumble.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery was born on June 29, 1900 in Lyon, France. He failed the entrance exam at a naval prep academy twice, so he then studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but never graduated. He enlisted in the French Army. After taking private flying lessons, he transferred to the Air Force, and he was posted to Morocco. Following several crashes, he left the military and pursued several odd jobs
By 1926, he was flying again, as a mail pilot. He also published his first novella, The Aviator, in 1926. When France surrendered to Germany in 1940, he fled to New York through Portugal. In New York, he wrote The Little Prince, published in the US in 1943, inspired by his desert crashes, the success of P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins, and a precocious little boy he met in Quebec.
Also in 1943, he joined the Free French Air Force in Algeria's, despite his age (43) and physical difficulties resulting from his many crashes. He was unable to don his flight suit without help and couldn't turn his head left - a major disadvantage as a war pilot needs to be able to visually scan for enemies.
In July 1944, he took off from Corsica and disappeared without a trace. Several days later, an unidentifiable body was found south of Marseille. His plane's wreckage and his engraved identity were discovered off the coast of Marseille.
The Little Prince has been translated into 250-300 languages and is one of the best-selling books of all time.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery was born on June 29, 1900 in Lyon, France. He failed the entrance exam at a naval prep academy twice, so he then studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but never graduated. He enlisted in the French Army. After taking private flying lessons, he transferred to the Air Force, and he was posted to Morocco. Following several crashes, he left the military and pursued several odd jobs
By 1926, he was flying again, as a mail pilot. He also published his first novella, The Aviator, in 1926. When France surrendered to Germany in 1940, he fled to New York through Portugal. In New York, he wrote The Little Prince, published in the US in 1943, inspired by his desert crashes, the success of P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins, and a precocious little boy he met in Quebec.
Also in 1943, he joined the Free French Air Force in Algeria's, despite his age (43) and physical difficulties resulting from his many crashes. He was unable to don his flight suit without help and couldn't turn his head left - a major disadvantage as a war pilot needs to be able to visually scan for enemies.
In July 1944, he took off from Corsica and disappeared without a trace. Several days later, an unidentifiable body was found south of Marseille. His plane's wreckage and his engraved identity were discovered off the coast of Marseille.
The Little Prince has been translated into 250-300 languages and is one of the best-selling books of all time.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery was born on June 29, 1900 in Lyon, France.
The debris of the Saint-Exupery plane crash that took his life and was discovered in 2000 off the coast of Marseille were given to the Air and Space Museum in Le Bourget, Paris, where he is commemorated in a special exhibit.
The body discovered about 50 miles away from the wreckage site in 1944, days after he disappeared, was buried in Carqueiranne. To date, its identity gas not been confirmed.
The Little Prince has been translated into 250-300 languages and is one of the best-selling books of all time.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery was born on June 29, 1900 in Lyon, France.
The debris of the Saint-Exupery plane crash that took his life and was discovered in 2000 off the coast of Marseille were given to the Air and Space Museum in Le Bourget, Paris, where he is commemorated in a special exhibit.
The body discovered about 50 miles away from the wreckage site in 1944, days after he disappeared, was buried in Carqueiranne. To date, its identity gas not been confirmed.
The Little Prince has been translated into 250-300 languages and is one of the best-selling books of all time.
Thing.
I don't think I ever knew that there was a 1974 live-action theatrical movie musical version of The Little Prince. The music was written by iconic Broadway collaborators Lerner and Lowe, their last collaboration.
Stars included Gene Wilder as the Fox at the height of his career ( Willie Wonka was released in 1971. Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein were also released in 1974.), and Broadway dancer, director, and choreographer Bob Fosse as the Snake. Fosse's dance obviously inspired Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" music video dance moves and moonwalk.
The movie was a box office flop, but has been sold in various formats and clips are on YouTube.
The Little Prince has been translated into 250-300 languages and is one of the best-selling books of all time.
I don't think I ever knew that there was a 1974 live-action theatrical movie musical version of The Little Prince. The music was written by iconic Broadway collaborators Lerner and Lowe, their last collaboration.
Stars included Gene Wilder as the Fox at the height of his career ( Willie Wonka was released in 1971. Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein were also released in 1974.), and Broadway dancer, director, and choreographer Bob Fosse as the Snake. Fosse's dance obviously inspired Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" music video dance moves and moonwalk.
The movie was a box office flop, but has been sold in various formats and clips are on YouTube.
The Little Prince has been translated into 250-300 languages and is one of the best-selling books of all time.
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On June 30, 1906, Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, protecting consumers from disgusting and deadly practices in food preparation like those exposed in Upton Sinclair's novel about immigrant workers and their lives in the Chicago meatpacking district., The Jungle, first published in serial form in 1905.
Upton Sinclair (1879-1968) was a journalist and novelist, a Progressive muckraker. Muckraker was the term given to crusading journalists by President Theodore Roosevelt because they write scathing articles and books exposing corporate and government corruption, raking the muck out into the open.
Sinclair went undercover for seven weeks in the Chicago meatpacking industry with the intent of exposing how awful the living and working conditions were for the mostly immigrant workers and to advance socialism in the US. When his work was published, however, the public seized on the passages describing the complete filth and lack of basic sanitation that went into their canned meats: dead rats, sawdust, poisoned bread (put out at night to kill the rats), rotten meat, chemicals to cover odor and color, diseased animals, and maybe even parts of careless workers.
The public, and President Roosevelt, demanded action and Congress obliged, initiating the first federal government oversight and regulation of food and drugs. Sinclair was bitterly disappointed that he didn't make his intended point, "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
Sinclair continued writing novels that exposed the coal, oil, and auto industries. He ran unsuccessfully as a Socialist for US Representative and as a Democrat for governor of California.
On June 30, 1906, Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, protecting consumers from disgusting and deadly practices in food preparation like those exposed in Upton Sinclair's novel about immigrant workers and their lives in the Chicago meatpacking district., The Jungle, first published in serial form in 1905.
Upton Sinclair (1879-1968) was a journalist and novelist, a Progressive muckraker. Muckraker was the term given to crusading journalists by President Theodore Roosevelt because they write scathing articles and books exposing corporate and government corruption, raking the muck out into the open.
Sinclair went undercover for seven weeks in the Chicago meatpacking industry with the intent of exposing how awful the living and working conditions were for the mostly immigrant workers and to advance socialism in the US. When his work was published, however, the public seized on the passages describing the complete filth and lack of basic sanitation that went into their canned meats: dead rats, sawdust, poisoned bread (put out at night to kill the rats), rotten meat, chemicals to cover odor and color, diseased animals, and maybe even parts of careless workers.
The public, and President Roosevelt, demanded action and Congress obliged, initiating the first federal government oversight and regulation of food and drugs. Sinclair was bitterly disappointed that he didn't make his intended point, "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
Sinclair continued writing novels that exposed the coal, oil, and auto industries. He ran unsuccessfully as a Socialist for US Representative and as a Democrat for governor of California.
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Chicago became America's meatpacking capital from the Civil War and remained so until the 1920s. It was a railroad hub which made it relatively easy -easier- for animals to be shipped to stockyards and slaughterhouses for processing. Innovations in refrigerated railroad cars and preservation made it possible for entrepreneurs like Philip Armour and Gustavus Swift to make huge Fortune's and large corporations.
As assembly line techniques were applied, slaughtering and processing plants produced meat for the entire country with greater efficiency than ever. As Sinclair wrote, "They use everything about the hog except the squeal."
On June 30, 1906, Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, protecting consumers from disgusting and deadly practices in food preparation like those exposed in Upton Sinclair's novel about immigrant workers and their lives in the Chicago meatpacking district., The Jungle, first published in serial form in 1905.
Chicago became America's meatpacking capital from the Civil War and remained so until the 1920s. It was a railroad hub which made it relatively easy -easier- for animals to be shipped to stockyards and slaughterhouses for processing. Innovations in refrigerated railroad cars and preservation made it possible for entrepreneurs like Philip Armour and Gustavus Swift to make huge Fortune's and large corporations.
As assembly line techniques were applied, slaughtering and processing plants produced meat for the entire country with greater efficiency than ever. As Sinclair wrote, "They use everything about the hog except the squeal."
On June 30, 1906, Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, protecting consumers from disgusting and deadly practices in food preparation like those exposed in Upton Sinclair's novel about immigrant workers and their lives in the Chicago meatpacking district., The Jungle, first published in serial form in 1905.
Things.
Before the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the creation of the Food and Drug Administration, there was no regulation of ingredients or claims made by medicine and food manufacturers. Adding fillers and chemicals to stretch the product or cover odors and colors was common.
Anyone could call himself a doctor or chemist and sell medicines touted as cures for anything and everything including nerves, obesity, "women's troubles," alcoholism, dandruff, headaches, and even cancer. Many of these medicines, including those aimed at children, contained things like opium, heroin, cocaine, cannabis, arsenic, and alcohol or some combination.
On June 30, 1906, Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, protecting consumers from disgusting and deadly practices in food preparation like those exposed in Upton Sinclair's novel about immigrant workers and their lives in the Chicago meatpacking district., The Jungle, first published in serial form in 1905.
Before the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the creation of the Food and Drug Administration, there was no regulation of ingredients or claims made by medicine and food manufacturers. Adding fillers and chemicals to stretch the product or cover odors and colors was common.
Anyone could call himself a doctor or chemist and sell medicines touted as cures for anything and everything including nerves, obesity, "women's troubles," alcoholism, dandruff, headaches, and even cancer. Many of these medicines, including those aimed at children, contained things like opium, heroin, cocaine, cannabis, arsenic, and alcohol or some combination.
On June 30, 1906, Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, protecting consumers from disgusting and deadly practices in food preparation like those exposed in Upton Sinclair's novel about immigrant workers and their lives in the Chicago meatpacking district., The Jungle, first published in serial form in 1905.
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