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PHOTOGRAPH AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, 1840-1940, THE
White, Stephen
2002 1600146 White, a collector of early photography, worked with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to develop the exhibition cataloged here, and a significant part of his treasure made the show possible. From "American Identities" to the "City Rises," this visual saga is organized well; we see a century of Americans moving across the land, cultivating farms, joining in town building, developing industries, and getting hooked on transportation. Many of the images are so antique that this look at U.S. history becomes a visit to another world, one in which the tools of existence are primitive but sheer will can prevail. The volume lets its content unfold, relying on themes that are broad enough to place what could otherwise be random old photographs into a story told by people who simply looked at the camera while living their lives. The vastness of America, its wild and open mid-section, and the eventual organizing of people, places, and purpose into cities are all depicted very well. Bill Clinton contributes a foreword that he uses to remind us that he became the President from Hope, AR; it might have been nice to have heard from somebody in Mohall, ND, instead. Recommended. David Bryant, New Canaan Lib., CT Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product Description: Perhaps no nation has been so thoroughly shaped by its dreams as has America, and perhaps no other dreams have been captured on camera as often and as diversely as America's. The mythic American Dream has been the subject of photographic documentation since the 1840s, when photographers first began traveling to the New World in search of subjects. From an unknown photographer's picture of newborn George B. Billings Rego, scion of an immigrant Portuguese family and the first child ever born at Boston Long Wharf, to Lewis Hine's wrenching image of a young cotton mill worker in Georgia, to Alfred Stieglitz's awesome New York cityscapes, the photographs collected here reveal the multiple facets of 100 of the most decisive years of American development. Between 1840 and 1940, immigrants became homeowners, untouched lands exploded in superhuman industrial growth, tourists replaced pioneers, and the American metropolis grew taller and shinier--and the camera caught it all. I believe in the American Dream. I have lived it. Where else could an ordinary boy born in Hope, Arkansas grow up to become President? The moving photographs in this beautiful exhibition chronicle some of the steps along the way to achieving the American Dream. They show us that the journey was not always easy, but nonetheless Americans persevered. .. Just as the camera captures an unblinking image, so the Americans pictured here face the world and its challenges head on. --Bill Clinton Essays by Andreas Bluhm, Stephen White. Foreword by Bill Clinton. Photographers include: Mathew Brady, Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, Eadweard Muybridge, Alfred Stieglitz.. 195 color illustrations, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 9040096406 / 9789040096402
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THE BEST REVENGE
White, Stephen; Clinton, Bill; Bluhm, Andreas; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
2003 48550 Psychologist Alan Gregory is living through a season of discontent. With a new daughter, a wonderful wife, and a prospering career, he has little to complain about and lots of regrets: past cases that won't let him go, patients who don't get better, and a growing unease with keeping secrets. But Gregory has two new patients who will drag him out of his introspection - and dare him to enter a storm of injustice and revenge. FBI special agent Kelda James is a hero, a woman who as a rookie agent made a choice, drew her gun, and saved a life, taking another. Now Kelda is hiding from the world a secret pain that is gradually crippling her body - and she has turned to Alan Gregory to help her free from the prison of her pain. Then Kelda refers a patient to Gregory, who is terrifyingly dangerous to them both. Tom Clone served thirteen years on Colorado's death row for a crime he claimed he didn't commit - until an FBI agent dug up evidence that set him free. The agent's name: Kelda Jones. With both Kelda and Clone telling him their innermost secrets, Alan Gregory becomes the one person who can piece together an extraordinary puzzle - of two unsolved violent deaths of vulnerable women, of a man who may be innocent or may be very lucky, and of the strange, fatal attraction between two people trapped in a horrific plot to get revenge - at any price. Publishers Weekly Tired of humdrum cases, Alan Gregory welcomes two new patients-FBI agent Kelda James and released death row inmate Tom Clone-in this latest thriller by White (The Program; Warning Signs; etc.) to feature the crime-solving clinical psychologist from Boulder, Colo. Referred to Dr. Gregory by a neurologist treating her for leg pain, Kelda is famous for saving a six-year-old kidnap victim. She also uncovers DNA evidence that overturns the murder conviction of former medical student Tom Clone after he spends 13 years behind bars. She picks Tom up at the prison, treats him to breakfast, drives him to his grandfather's house, pulls a gun on his arresting officers when they harass him and gives Tom her own shrink's number after his grandfather insists he try therapy. In fact, Kelda spends more time with Tom than with her boyfriend, Ira. Still, Tom quickly finds himself in trouble with the law. Two narratives-one Dr. Gregory's, the other Kelda's-come together as her story and Tom's reach a common climax in a mountain hideaway where Kelda, Tom, Ira, the harassing officers, Dr. Gregory and his good friend, Det. Sam Purdy, come together to solve an old crime and prevent a new one. Gregory's role in this novel is to listen to the protagonists and help the reader understand them. He also considers patient confidentiality and front-page news in rambling passages that slow but do not hamper the otherwise fast-paced plot. After a surprise twist, White provides amply plausible explanations for what seem like implausible actions, shedding light on human motivation with personal insights into the psychology of guilt, stress, fear and justice. Major ad/promo; simultaneous release as a Delacorte e-book. (Feb. 4) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information. Library Journal White's recurring hero, Boulder, CO, psychologist Alan Gregory, is having a career crisis. Patients like Kelda James and Tom Clone bring him into the conflict between the law and confidentiality. FBI agent James is a hero, having saved a little girl from a child molester several years before becoming a patient of Alan's. Suffering from leg pains, Kelda sees a neurologist, who recommends counseling to alleviate her distress and help in her overall treatment. Still at work, she gets enough evidence to free Tom from prison for a murder he did not commit. What happens between Tom and Kelda involves kidnapping, torture, and a crooked policeman, all leading to an intriguing and suspenseful climax. Dick Hill, an excellent narrator, has performed previous works by the author. He provides an individual voice to each character and just the right pace. A great companion for library users getting ready for t Dell Publishing Co 0-385-33619-5 / 9780385336192
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The Photograph and the American Dream, 1840-1940
White, Stephen; Clinton, Bill; Bluhm, Andreas; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
2002 02872997 The Photograph and the American Dream 1840-1940 ISBN: 9040096406 Authors: Stephen White & Andreas Bluhm. Pages/Length: 221 Publisher: Van Gogh Museum Publication Date: 2001 Format: Laminated Cover Primary Subject: photography List Price: $45.00 In the hundred years following its introduction, the camera witnessed the period in which America progressed from an upstart nation to the verge of becoming the world's first superpower, recording immigrants becoming homeowners, untouched lands exploding in superhuman industrial growth, tourists replacing pioneers, and the American metropolis growing taller and shinier. The nearly 200 photographs in this album—reproduced in color to capture the tones of the original prints—reveal the expansive spirit of the times, as photography became "democratized" and Americans sought to both capture important moments in their lives and also promote their beliefs and desires. Portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Jesse James, Amelia Earhart and a sixteen-year-old Ernest Hemingway, are joined here by rail disaster and society photos, industrial site panoramas and Coney Island snapshots. Mathew Brady, Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, Eadweard Muybridge, Alfred Stieglitz, and Margaret Bourke-White are all represented here, as well as hundreds of lesser-known and anonymous photographers. The book is introduced by Bill Clinton. Distributed Art Pub Inc 9040096406 / 9789040096402
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THE PHOTOGRAPH AND THE AMERICAN DREAM,1840-1940
White, Stephen
2002 6574 Perhaps no nation has been so thoroughly shaped by its dreams as has America, and perhaps no other dreams have been captured on camera as often and as diversely as America's. The mythic American Dream has been the subject of photographic documentation since the 1840s, when photographers first began traveling to the New World in search of subjects. From an unknown photographer's picture of newborn George B. Billings Rego, scion of an immigrant Portuguese family and the first child ever born at Boston Long Wharf, to Lewis Hine's wrenching image of a young cotton mill worker in Georgia, to Alfred Stieglitz's awesome New York cityscapes, the photographs collected here reveal the multiple facets of 100 of the most decisive years of American development. Between 1840 and 1940, immigrants became homeowners, untouched lands exploded in superhuman industrial growth, tourists replaced pioneers, and the American metropolis grew taller and shinier-and the camera caught it all. I believe in the American Dream. I have lived it. Where else could an ordinary boy born in Hope, Arkansas grow up to become President? The moving photographs in this beautiful exhibition chronicle some of the steps along the way to achieving the American Dream. They show us that the journey was not always easy, but nonetheless Americans persevered. Just as the camera captures an unblinking image, so the Americans pictured here face the world and its challenges head on. -Bill Clinton Essays by Andreas Bluhm, Stephen White. Foreword by Bill Clinton. Photographers include: Mathew Brady, Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, Eadweard Muybridge, Alfred Stieglitz. White, a collector of early photography, worked with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to develop the exhibition cataloged here, and a significant part of his treasure made the show possible. From "American Identities" to the "City Rises," this visual saga is organized well; we see a century of Americans moving across the land, cultivating farms, joining in town building, developing industries, and getting hooked on transportation. Many of the images are so antique that this look at U.S. history becomes a visit to another world, one in which the tools of existence are primitive but sheer will can prevail. The volume lets its content unfold, relying on themes that are broad enough to place what could otherwise be random old photographs into a story told by people who simply looked at the camera while living their lives. The vastness of America, its wild and open mid-section, and the eventual organizing of people, places, and purpose into cities are all depicted very well. Bill Clinton contributes a foreword that he uses to remind us that he became the President from Hope, Arkansas. Van Gogh Museum 9040096406 / 9789040096402
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WARNING SIGNS
White, Stephen
2002 8183 "The grisly slaying shatters the quiet of a residential neighborhood in the foothills of the Rockies. The battered body of Boulder County District Attorney Royal Peterson lies amid shards of broken pottery while his wife sleeps upstairs. Within hours, a homicide detective is the prime suspect in the brutal death that will send shock waves through the city - and reverberate in the professional and personal life of Alan Gregory." "Alan knew Roy Peterson. Lauren, his wife, a prosecutor in the DA's office, worked under Peterson for years. And while Lauren contemplates taking on the defense of the accused cop, Alan meets with a new patient. Almost from the moment Naomi Bigg starts talking, warning bells go off in Alan's mind. A terrified mother with an explosive secret, Naomi tests the limits of doctor-patient confidentiality when her privileged exchanges convince Alan that a crime is about to be committed. But when he uncovers a shocking link to the Peterson slaying, Alan finds himself riding the slippery slope between professional judgment and personal responsibility as he struggles to protect his patient while probing the mind of a deeply troubled teenager." As violence erupts throughout the city - and a pattern of vengeance becomes chillingly clear - Alan is plunged into a desperate manhunt for a killer whose trail of rage winds all the way up to the Colorado Supreme Court. As the minutes tick down in a brilliantly conceived vendetta that targets the guilty and the innocent alike, Warning Signs races to a climax in which the lives of hundreds hang in the balance. Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group 0385336187 / 9780385336185
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