Madcap May
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Author |
: Richard Kurin |
Publisher |
: Smithsonian Institution |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2012-09-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781588343260 |
ISBN-13 |
: 158834326X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Madcap May by : Richard Kurin
May Yohe was a popular entertainer from humble American origins who married and then abandoned a wealthy English Lord who owned the fabled Hope diamond--one of the most valuable objects in the world and now exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. May was a romantic who had numerous lovers and at least three husbands--though the tabloids rumored twelve. One included the playboy son of the Mayor of New York. May separated from him--twice--and cared for her next husband, a South African war hero and invalid whom she later shot. Crossing the paths of Ethel Barrymore, Boris Karloff, Oscar Hammerstein, Teddy Roosevelt, Consuelo Vanderbilt, and the Prince of Wales, May Yohe was a foul-mouthed, sweet-voiced showgirl who drew both the praise and rebuke of Nobel laureate George Bernard Shaw. Nicknamed "Madcap May," she was a favorite of the press. In later years she faced several maternity claims and a law suit which she won. She was hospitalized in an insane asylum and escaped. She ran a rubber plantation in Singapore, a hotel in New Hampshire, and a chicken farm in Los Angeles. When all else failed, she washed floors in a Seattle shipyard, and during the Depression held a job as a government clerk. Shortly before her death, she fought, successfully, to regain her lost U.S. citizenship. How was this woman, May Yohe, able to charm her way to international repute, live an impossible life, and also find the strength to persevere in light of the losses she suffered--in wealth, citizenship, love, and sanity? Madcap May, assembled from her writings and historical interviews, archival records, newspaper stories, scrapbooks, photographs, playbills, theatrical reviews, souvenirs, and silent film, tells her heretofore lost story.
Author |
: Tim Willis |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 174 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1904095240 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781904095248 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Madcap by : Tim Willis
Beautiful, charismatic, prodigiously talented, Syd Barrett in 1966 invented the British psychedelic scene - founding Pink Floyd, writing and singing on the band's first album - before collapsing into madness two years later.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 716 |
Release |
: 1990 |
ISBN-10 |
: OSU:32435030430672 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications by :
Author |
: Library of Congress. Copyright Office |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 1680 |
Release |
: 1918 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCR:31210005750300 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States, 1870 to 1916 by : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Author |
: American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 1300 |
Release |
: 1922 |
ISBN-10 |
: CORNELL:31924070559996 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book by : American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association
Author |
: Lynn Bragg |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 209 |
Release |
: 2015-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781493016044 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1493016040 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis Washington Myths and Legends by : Lynn Bragg
Tales of intrigue in this book include unusual unsolved crimes, legends of lost treasure, spine-tingling ghost stories, well-documented sea creature sightings, and more. Based on historic accounts from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, author Lynn Bragg recounts fifteen myths and mysteries from Washington's past, verifying some tales from multiple accounts and exposing some stories for what may have really occurred. Readers will be riveted by the detailed descriptions of Puget Sound's demon of the deep, Northwest gold fever may strike again after readers learn the details of Captain Ingalls's lost treasure, and believers will be surprised to learn that strange sightings over Mount Rainier predate the famous Roswell event. Enjoy these tales and more from Washington's suspicious past.
Author |
: Alan F. Rumrill |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 128 |
Release |
: 2023-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467152648 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467152641 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Monadnock Originals by : Alan F. Rumrill
The Monadnock Region has been referred to as New Hampshire's "forgotten corner." It is a quiet region known for its historic New England villages and beautiful natural landscape. Overlooked tales from the past prove that this has not always been a quiet place, however. Mark Twain, Amelia Earhart, robber baron Jubilee Jim Fisk, infamous actress May Yohe, and miser Hetty Green, the richest woman in the United States, all spent time in the quiet corner. Noteworthy inventors, outspoken women, military heroes, nationally prominent businessmen, and dastardly criminals all called the region home. Local historian and author Alan F. Rumrill has compiled stories that reveal a region defined by its Yankee character - and filled with Yankee characters.
Author |
: Helen Mathers |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 408 |
Release |
: 1881-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: OXFORD:555012934 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Burlington by : Helen Mathers
Author |
: Holstein-Friesian Association of America |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 1294 |
Release |
: 1963 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:B3242816 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Holstein-Friesian Herd-book by : Holstein-Friesian Association of America
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 470 |
Release |
: 1881 |
ISBN-10 |
: CHI:79266005 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis The London Journal: and Weekly Record of Literature, Science, and Art by :