Word: americanes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...disliked it, opined the Senator, was unfit to live. In the Civil War the same novels did much to incite soldiers on both sides to deeds of astonishing gallantry. There were, indeed, four phases of the dime novel and its follower, the Nickel Library: 1) innocent stories of the American Revolution and early Indian warfare in the East; 2) similar tales of the great plains and the pioneer West; 3) strenuous stories of New York detectives such as Old Cap Collier and Old Sleuth, of cosmopolitan boys like Jack Harkaway, or rovers like Deadwood Dick; 4) respectable stories of righteous...
Oldsters were amused last week at a Manhattan auction of Currier & Ives prints, which for 70 years have hung mostly unobserved in the parlors and kitchens of U. S. homesteads. Collectors and dealers lounging in the carpeted grand auction Hall of the American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, concealed their excitement, made their bids. A Tight Fix, showing a bear at bay, brought $1,600. It took $1,450 to buy Home to Thanksgiving. A series of six prints revealing The Life oj a Fireman sold at its record price-$760 Youngsters, wondering at the homely titles and big price, wanted...
...years ago collectors of early American glass, walking sticks, coffee strainers and teething rings fell upon the Currier & Ives prints. They began to boost their value as records of an artless age, some even insisting upon their intrinsic value as works of art. Prices mounted until now a "good" Currier & Ives print is worth about as much as a Chevrolet and rare ones can be sold to lift mortgages from old farmhouses...
There is so much that is good about the intense activities of the football field that the unfortunate and sometimes really sad events which result from this greatest of American games cut into the consciousness with especial keeness. The highly satisfactory performance of the football team last Saturday serves only to put a sharper edge to the regret that one of the outstanding members of that team should have met with grave injury while on the field...
...Diplomatic Efforts to Promote American Commerce 1815-1844", Professor Baxter, Harvard...