R. Scott Williams
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The thrilling true story of a reporter who achieved great fame and fortune writing about New York and Hollywood in the early decades of the twentieth century.As the highest-paid and most-read columnist of his era, Odd McIntyre achieved great fame and fortune. In his daily column about New York, he recorded what was happening backstage and behind the scenes with popular culture in the city and around the world.He was close friends with many of the...
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"Richard Halliburton ran away from his hometown in Memphis at the age of nineteen to lead an extraordinary and dramatic life of adventure. Against the backdrop of the Golden Age, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, Halliburton's exploits around the globe made him an internationally known celebrity and the most famous travel writer of his time. From climbing Mount Olympus in Greece to swimming the Panama Canal and literally flying all the...
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"I stood no chance to become great in any other way than by accident."--David Crockett. Experience the thrilling journey of West Tennessee's David Crockett as he rises from frontier to fame to international icon. Using his wits, sense of humor, and common sense, Crockett rose from the West Tennessee frontier during the divisive Jacksonian Era to become the first American celebrity. Early newspaper editors found that his exploits---frequently exaggerated---delighted...