1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394169303316

Titolo

Eight speeches spoken in Guild-Hall upon Thursday-night, Octob. 27. 1642 [[electronic resource] ] : Printed in the same order they were spoken: one after another, by the Lord Wharton, Master Strode, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Holland, the Lord Say. Also a letter from Master Secretary Nicholas, to the Earle of Cumberland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for G. Lindsey. Octob.31, 1642

Descrizione fisica

[8] p

Altri autori (Persone)

WhartonPhilip Wharton, Baron,  <1613-1696.>

Soggetti

Great Britain History Charles I, 1625-1649 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in the Newberry Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0101



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788217103321

Autore

Goudsouzian Aram

Titolo

Sidney Poitier [[electronic resource] ] : man, actor, icon / / Aram Goudsouzian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8078-7584-8

1-4696-0360-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (495 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/028/092

B

Soggetti

Actors - United States

African American actors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-465) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Poverty and progress ; Patches (1927-1943) ; Great migrations (1943-1945) ; Stages (1945-1949) -- pt. II. Race man ; Message movies (1949-1952) ; Black lists (1951-1954) ; Threats (1955-1957) ; Noble savages (1956-1957) -- pt. III. Black man's burden ; Decisions (1957-1959) ; Burdens (1959-1961) ; Blues (1960-1962) ; Long journeys (1963-1964) -- pt. IV. Alone in the penthouse ; Crossroads (1965-1966) ; Useful negroes (1966-1967) ; Last hurrahs (1967-1968) -- pt. V. Through playing God ; Exiles (1967-1971) ; Survivors (1972-1978) ; Ghosts (1978-2002).

Sommario/riassunto

In this biography of actor Sidney Poitier, Aram Goudsouzian analyses the life and career of a Hollywood legend, from his childhood in the Bahamas to his 2002 Oscar for lifetime achievement.