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Indiana gothic: a story of adultery and murder in an American family

Indiana gothic: a story of adultery and murder in an American family

Pope Brock - Fiction - 1999 - 373 pages
A novelistic retelling of a family legend chronicles the ill-fated 1908 love affair between Indiana politician Ham Dillon and Allie Hale, his sister-in-law, an affair leading ...
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The Bizarre Careers of John R Brinkley

The Bizarre Careers of John R Brinkley

R. Alton Lee - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 283 pages
"Brinkley was one of the few people to realize the advertising potential in the new medium of radio, so he founded one of the first commercial stations in the country. Soon he ...
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Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing ...

Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing ...

Gene Fowler, Jr., Bill Crawford - Performing Arts - 2002 - 360 pages
Traces the history of the border radio from the 1930s to the 1960s and describes how broadcasters pioneered direct sales advertising, used the radio as a political tool ...
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The roguish world of Doctor Brinkley
Charlatan: The Fraudulent Life of John Brinkley
Quacks and crusaders: the fabulous careers of John Brinkley, Norman Baker ...

Quacks and crusaders: the fabulous careers of John Brinkley, Norman Baker ...

Eric S. Juhnke - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 215 pages
One promoted goat gland transplants as a remedy for lost virility or infertility. Another blamed aluminum cooking utensils for causing cancer. The third was targeted by the ...
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Hank Williams, country music's tragic king

Hank Williams, country music's tragic king

Jay Caress - Biography & Autobiography - 1979 - 253 pages
Recounts the personal and professional life of the country singer and songwriter whose music bridged the gap between country and pop music and established country music within ...
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