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Meyer Levin
Meyer Levin (October 7, 1905 – July 9, 1981) was an American novelist. Perhaps best known for his work on the Leopold and Loeb case, Levin worked as a journalist (for the ''Chicago Daily News'' and, from 1933–1939, as an editor for ''Esquire''). Career Levin was born in Chicago. He published six novels before World War II. Though critical response was good, none were successful financially. ''Reporter'' (1929) was a novel of the modern newspapers, ''Frankie and Johnny'' (1930) an urban romance, ''Yehuda'' (1931) takes place on a kibbutz, and ''The New Bridge'' (1933) dealt with unemployed construction workers at the beginning of the Depression. In 1937, Levin published ''The Old Bunch'', a story of immigrant Chicago Jewry that James T. Farrell called "one of the most serious and ambitious novels yet produced by the current generation of American novelists." ''Citizens'' (1940) was a fictional account of the 1937 strike at the Republic Steel Company plant outside Chicago. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold And Loeb
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) and Richard Albert Loeb (; June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936), usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb, were two wealthy students at the University of Chicago who kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in May 1924. They committed the murder – characterized at the time as "the crime of the century" – hoping to demonstrate superior intellect, which they believed enabled and entitled them to carry out a "perfect crime" without consequences. After the two men were arrested, Loeb's family retained Clarence Darrow as lead counsel for their defense. Darrow's twelve-hour summation at their sentencing hearing is noted for its influential criticism of capital punishment as retributive rather than transformative justice. Both young men were sentenced to life imprisonment plus 99 years. Loeb was murdered by a fellow prisoner in 1936; Leopold was released o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-fiction Novel
The non-fiction novel is a literary genre which, broadly speaking, depicts real historical figures and actual events woven together with fictitious conversations and uses the storytelling techniques of fiction. The non-fiction novel is an otherwise loosely defined and flexible genre. The genre is sometimes referred to using the slang term "faction", a portmanteau of the words ''fact'' and ''fiction''. Genre established The genre goes back at least as far as André Breton's '' Nadja'' (1928) and several books by the Czech writer Vítězslav Nezval, such as '' Ulice Git-le-coeur'' (1936). One of the early English books in the genre is Rebecca West's '' Black Lamb and Grey Falcon'' (1941). Jim Bishop's ''The Glass Crutch'' (1945) was advertised as "one of the most unusual best-sellers ever published—a non-fiction novel." Perhaps the most influential nonfiction novel of the twentieth century was John Hersey's Hiroshima (1946). Scholar David Schmid writes that "many American writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Harvest (novel)
Harvest is the process of gathering mature crops from the fields. Harvest may also refer to: Agriculture *Harvest (wine), the harvesting of wine grapes *Harvest festival, an annual celebration occurring around the time of the harvest Cities *Harvest, Alabama Entertainment and media Film * ''Harvest'' (1936 film), an Austrian film * ''Harvest'' (1937 film), a French film * ''Harvest'' (1967 film), a 1967 documentary film * ''The Harvest'' (1993 film), a thriller directed by David Marconi ** ''The Harvest'' (soundtrack), the 1993 film's soundtrack * ''The Harvest'' (2010 film), a 2010 feature documentary film about children migrant workers * ''The Harvest'' (2013 film), a horror-thriller film by John McNaughton Literature * ''Harvest'' (Crace novel), a novel by Jim Crace nominated for the 2013 Man Booker Prize * Harvest: Contemporary Mormon Poems (1989) *''Harvest'', a 1996 medical thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen *''Harvest'', a 1995 novel by New Zealand author Ian Middleton *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spell Of Time
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gore And Igor
Gore may refer to: Places Australia * Gore, Queensland * Gore Creek (New South Wales) * Gore Island (Queensland) Canada * Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community * Gore, Quebec, a township municipality * Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitoulin Island United Kingdom * Gore Hundred, a historic subdivision of Middlesex * Kensington Gore, a street in Kensington, West London **Gore House, on Kensington Gore United States * Gore, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Gore, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Gore, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Gore, Oklahoma, a town * Gore, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Gore Canyon, Colorado * Gore Creek (Colorado) * Gore Mountain (New York) * Gore Mountain (Vermont) * Gore Range, Colorado * Goretown, South Carolina, an unincorporated community * Junction City, Kentucky, formerly known as Gore *"The Gore", southeast Indiana, a nickname for part of the former Northwest Territory ceded from Ohio to Indiana in 1803, originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stronghold (Levin Novel)
''The Stronghold'' is a children's historical novel by the Scottish writer Mollie Hunter, published by Hamilton in 1974. Set in the Orkney islands during the 1st century BC, the story is an imaginative reconstruction of the development of the broch, the circular stronghold design of fortifications that dot the islands. The main character is a lame young dreamer who turns his fear of the Roman slave-raiders into a strength, not only for himself, but for all the islanders. Hunter won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. Setting The action is set on the largest of the Orkney islands (now known as Mainland). At the time of the story it is largely settled by the tribe of the Boar (''Ork'' in their language), but the original inhabitants, the tribes of the Deer and the Raven, still live on the island, more numerous all together than the people of the Boar but divided by old rivalries. The tribe of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fanatic (Levin Novel)
Fanaticism is a belief or behavior involving uncritical zeal or obsessive enthusiasm. * Religious fanaticism, fanaticism related to a religion * Fan, short for "fanatic", a person with a liking and enthusiasm for something Fanaticism, Fanatic(s), Fanatical or The Fanatics may also refer to: ; Music * ''Fanatic'' (album), a 2012 album by the band Heart * "Fanatic", a song by Heidi Montag from her 2010 album ''Superficial'' * Fanatics (group), a South Korean girl group * The Finatticz, an American hip hop group * Ocean Colour Scene, an English rock band whose members formerly had a band called "The Fanatics" ; Film and television * ''FANatic'', a U.S. TV show on the MTV network in the late 1990s * ''FANatical'', a Canadian documentary television series * ''Fanatic'' (film), a 1965 British thriller film * ''The Fanatic'' (2019 film), a thriller film starring John Travolta * ''The Fanatics'' (film), a 1990s comedy film * Fanatics (1917 film), an American silent drama film * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Father's House
''My Father's House'' ( he, בית אבי) is a 1947 British Mandatory Palestine-American drama film directed by Herbert Kline, with a script by Jewish-American novelist and journalist Meyer Levin. Kline and Levin produced the film. The cinematography is by Floyd Crosby. Amy Kornish and Costel Safirman, Israeli Film – A Reference Guide, Praeger, 2003, p. 103-104. Meir Schnitzer, Israeli Cinema: Facts/ Plots/ Directors / Opinions, Kinneret Publishing House, 1994. p. 38. The film was an official selection of the 1950 Venice Film Festival. One of the lead actors was the Israeli sculptor Yitzhak Danziger, who was cast due to his exotic appearance. At the time, Ronnie Cohen, the lead actor, was nine years old. He had been born in Britain to a Zionist family and had immigrated to Israel when he was three. The director spent a few months looking for an English-speaking child until he found Cohen through the film's make-up artist, who was the hairdresser of Cohen's mother. The mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Old Bunch
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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