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Pat Nixon may be the least understood of modern first ladies. Although public opinion polls rated her one of our nation’s most admired women, few Americans really knew much about her. This first scholarly biography of Thelma Ryan Nixon—the first biography in thirty-five years and the first to access her papers—goes further than any other book to show readers the real Pat Nixon. Lester David’s The Lonely Lady of San Clemente painted her as a tragic figure while Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s adoring Pat Nixon: The Untold Story fell short of offering an objective portrait. Now Mary Brennan moves beyond the oversimplified appraisals of this neglected first lady to provide a powerful study of a complex and fascinating presidential spouse. Drawing on Mrs. Nixon’s recently opened papers—as well as on recollections of both friends and adversaries—Brennan debunks the myth of “Plastic Pat” and fleshes out the real woman behind the stories and stereotypes. The Nixons had more in common with small-town Americans than with Washington society, and Brennan shows that part of Pat’s difficulty in dealing with the political world was that she never quite left the “normal” Pat behind. Political and social upheaval during her husband’s presidency further complicated her role as first lady, as she had to confront a shifting cultural terrain with the whole world watching. Brennan emphasizes Pat’s activism—the first presidential wife to serve as official government representative, as well as the most traveled—and examines her complicated relationship with her husband. Often seen as a “good soldier,” Pat, in reality, engaged in constant warfare with her husband and his advisers as she tried to protect her own schedule from interference from the West Wing. Blending empathy and objectivity, Brennan shows that Pat Nixon was a strong woman caught up in circumstances beyond her control who did as her ancestors had done: gritted her teeth and got the job done as best she could. This account of an embattled first lady opens a new window on the Nixon years and finally allows Pat Nixon to take center stage in her own life.
Pat Nixon may be the least understood of modern first ladies. Although public opinion polls rated her one of our nation’s most admired women, few Americans really knew much about her.This first scholarly biography of Thelma Ryan Nixon—the first biography in thirty-five years and the first to access her papers—goes further than any other book to show readers the real Pat Nixon. Lester David’s The Lonely Lady of San Clemente painted her as a tragic figure while Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s adoring Pat Nixon: The Untold Story fell short of offering an objective portrait. Now Mary Brennan moves beyond the oversimplified appraisals of this neglected first lady to provide a powerful study of a complex and fascinating presidential spouse.Drawing on Mrs. Nixon’s recently opened papers—as well as on recollections of both friends and adversaries—Brennan debunks the myth of “Plastic Pat” and fleshes out the real woman behind the stories and stereotypes. The Nixons had more in common with small-town Americans than with Washington society, and Brennan shows that part of Pat’s difficulty in dealing with the political world was that she never quite left the “normal” Pat behind. Political and social upheaval during her husband’s presidency further complicated her role as first lady, as she had to confront a shifting cultural terrain with the whole world watching.Brennan emphasizes Pat’s activism—the first presidential wife to serve as official government representative, as well as the most traveled—and examines her complicated relationship with her husband. Often seen as a “good soldier,” Pat, in reality, engaged in constant warfare with her husband and his advisers as she tried to protect her own schedule from interference from the West Wing.Blending empathy and objectivity, Brennan shows that Pat Nixon was a strong woman caught up in circumstances beyond her control who did as her ancestors had done: gritted her teeth and got the job done as best she could. This account of an embattled first lady opens a new window on the Nixon years and finally allows Pat Nixon to take center stage in her own life.
This book provides a comprehensive account and critical analysis of the literary career of Pat Barker. It offers readings of Barker's innovations in narrative form, her revisionist perspectives on history, class and gender, and her preoccupation with themes of trauma, haunting and terror. It also analyses the reasons for her success and significance as a novelist. The chapters draw on contemporary theories of critical realism, gender and social identities, memory and narrative, in order to outline the debates with which Barker's work has consistently engaged.Brannigan argues that Barker is one of the most important writers in modern English literary history. She is principally renowned and widely acclaimed for her 'Regeneration' trilogy, the last volume of which, 'The Ghost Road', won the Booker Prize in 1995. In recent novels, Barker has continued to deal with controversial and shocking themes, including child murderers and the meanings of 'terror' in the contemporary world.
When Pat Barker was published in 2002, it was the first study to investigate this award-winning and popular writer’s fiction in a sustained way. This updated second edition coincides with the centenary of the First World War, a major preoccupation from Liza's England through the Regeneration Trilogyto Toby's Room. Many of Barker’s stories balance on the serrated edges of the military experience as she depicts it, to include bombs, bullets and bayonets but also psychological pressures of conscience and class under which soldiers struggle, and debates over how to represent war in which painters, journalists and writers engage. A creative spur to other writers, Barker’s work is also a primary source for filmmakers. Barker's leading critic, Monteith has interviewed the author about her work over three decades. Here she positions Barker as a supremely contemporary novelist: when she intervenes imaginatively in history, Barker speaks to present concerns over culture and memory.
The screenplay of Victoria Wood's first full-length film. Pat and Margaret are sisters, and 20 years ago Pat ran away to Hollywood and became a star, while Margaret remained at home and became a waitress in a motorway cafe. On tour to promote her new book, Pat is suddenly reunited with her sister. 'The most impressive thing that Wood has written.' Time Out
Pat Cooper--How Dare You Say How Dare Me!
Square One Publishers
2011
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FOREWORD BY JERRY LEWIS Praise for Pat Cooper: "He's the comedian's comedian. I think."--Jerry Seinfeld "I'm one of his biggest fans."--Jerry Lewis "He's a great actor-comedian--but I'm not sure which one."--Robert De Niro "One of the funniest men on the planet . . . Venus."--Jason Alexander "I've never met a funnier man. Sure I have--it's me "--Billy Crystal Few comics today can say they have worked with the likes of George Burns, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Bobby Darin--but Pat Cooper can. Born Pasquale Caputo, the legendary comedian didn't appear on the show business radar until age thirty-two. But from that moment in 1963, when the young smart-mouthed Brooklynite was beamed into millions of homes via the Jackie Gleason Show, people throughout the country knew that they were watching something special. His brash, irreverent, and undeniably hilarious views of what is happening around him have always been honest, unyielding, and colored by his "comedic anger." And now, in How Dare You Say How Dare Me , he shares the amazing, offbeat story of his life. In his unique no-holds-barred style, Cooper begins his story at the beginning--as a child growing up under the strict hand of Italian immigrant parents. He shares memorable, typically comical moments from his youth, including the loss of his virginity to a middle-aged yenta, and his efforts to join the military at age seventeen--only to be kicked out for having hammerhead toes A seventh-generation bricklayer by trade, Pat recounts performing his stand-up routine in small clubs and theaters at night--until he got his big break into the big time. From that point on, Pat pulls no punches in relating story after story of his life as a top entertainer, including the good, the bad, and the side-splitting From Las Vegas to Atlantic City and everywhere in between, it's all here. Every bit as brash, irreverent, and hilarious as ever, Pat Cooper proves in this very frank memoir that one can succeed in show business without being phony--just as long as you learn to duck, and you're not too surprised when you're fired. (Hey, one door closes and another opens.) Like any time spent with this comic genius in person, How Dare You Say How Dare Me will leave you roaring
LeUyen Pham's adorable, vibrant illustrations bring Mary Brigid Barrett's singsong text to life in a board book for the very young. If you can pat a cake, why not a peach or a cold and bumpy pickle? How about a fuzzy caterpillar crawling on your knee? A well-known rhyme expands into a tactile exploration of a toddler's world.
Pat Scott
Pomegranate Communications Inc,US
2010
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Pat Scott
Pomegranate Communications Inc,US
2017
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In the history of the Southwest, Pat Garrett stood tall, both physically and in legend. He was more than just a famous western sheriff, more than the slayer of the legendary Billy the Kid. While on occasion his gun was for hire, and while he was sometimes known to protect special interests-particularly those of the cattle barons-more often than not Pat Garrett combined in his six-foot five-inch frame the good, honest, and honorable qualities that went to make up the lawman of the Old West.Garrett is, of course, immortal for his successful efforts to end the career of the Kid, but, as the author amply demonstrates, Garrett's career by no means ended on that hot evening in July, 1881, in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Within days Garrett had established a reputation as an implacable foe of western criminals, a reputation that was to follow (and sometimes haunt) him for the rest of his life. He was an important figure in the frontier politics of Texas and New Mexico, and he rubbed shoulders with the great and the near great of the region.Through the story of Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett the panorama of the Southwest unfolds: its dreams, its courage, its explorations, its mistakes, its violence, its conquests, and ultimately its emergence as a settled society. No other character in southwestern history is more closely identified with the land and the people of America's last frontier.
Pat F. Garrett's The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid
Pat F. Garrett
University of Oklahoma Press
2007
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More than twelve decades after Billy the Kid's death in 1881, books, movies, and essays about this western outlaw are still popular. And they all go back to one source: The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid, published in 1882 by the man who killed Billy, Sheriff Pat Garrett.Frederick Nolan, an authority on the American Southwest, examines the legends introduced by The Authentic Life and shows how Garrett's book is responsible for misconceptions about the Kid's early life and his short, violent career. This edition, complete with the original text, corrects errors, amplifies Garrett's narrative, and elucidates the causes and course of the Lincoln County War in New Mexico during the 1870s. Nolan provides an introduction that reappraises the last, fatal meeting of Garrett and Billy the Kid, as well as a postscript about the sheriff's snakebitten life following the moment that made him famous.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid As I Knew Them
University of New Mexico Press
2017
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Cowboy, army guide, farmer, peace officer, and character in his own right, John P. Meadows arrived in New Mexico from Texas as a young man. During his life in the Southwest, he knew or worked for many well-known characters, including William “Billy the Kid” Bonney, Sheriff Pat Garrett, John Selman, Hugh Beckwith, Charlie Siringo, and Pat Coghlan. Meadows helped investigate the disappearance of Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain, and he later bought part of downtown Tularosa, New Mexico, where he served a term as mayor.The recollections gathered here are based on Meadows’s interviews with a reporter for the Alamogordo News, a partial transcript of his reminiscences given at the Lincoln State Monument, and a talk he gave by invitation in Roswell, New Mexico, to refute inaccuracies in the 1930 MGM movie Billy the Kid.
This book has a very specific purpose: to help you find better rhymes and use them more effectively. Rhyme is one of the most crucial areas of lyric writing, and this guide will provide you with all the technical information necessary to develop your skills completely. Make rhyme work for you, and your lyric writing will greatly improve. If you have written lyrics before, even at a professional level, you can still gain greater control and understanding of your craft with the exercises and worksheets included in this book. Hone your writing technique and skill with this practical and fun approach to the art of lyric writing. Start writing better than ever before! You will learn to: * Use different types of consonant and vowel sounds to improve your lyric story * Find more rhymes and choose which ones are most effective * Spotlight important ideas using rhyme. The second edition of this classic songwriting text contains new strategies and insights, as well as analyses of the rhymes of Randy Newman, Warren Zevon, T.S. Eliot, and other songwriters and poets.
This book is more important now (2024) in helping homeowners save serious money in their home construction than it was when first published. This is because the cost of home construction has gone from ridiculous to absurd. Homeowners are being charged $400 per square foot (sf) for a new 3,000 sf house when it should only cost $200/sf. This means that a 3,000 sf house costs $1.2 million when it should only cost $600,000. Why? Because homeowners do not know that there are alternatives to hiring a general contractor to manage their home construction project. Hiring a general contractor seems to be so ingrained in the homeowners mind that they do not realize there are alternatives. Having to use a general contractor is a myth and a real shame because then homeowners end up paying too much money for their new home resulting in years of excessive debt. When we built our 3,500 sf house in Seattle, Washington it cost $65/sf in 1994. That was when general contractors were charging about $120/sf for new construction. It was not difficult to build for less: just hard work. This book was written from the experiences learned in our home construction and from the author's engineering and construction background. The Pat Fay Method home construction management book teaches the homeowner how to manage their home construction projects themselves without a general contractor which can result in savings of up to $600,000 for a new 3,000 sf house. Or if doing the task yourself is too much for a homeowner then hire a professional engineer to mange you project according to the Pat Fay Method. Pay them 30% of what a general contractor will charge and you will still save up to $400,000. Buying this book for $40 may well be your best financial move ever. No homeowner should be without this book if they plan to build a new house, addition, or remodel. Go to or webpage to learn more. Patfaymethod.com
Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake... We Made a Mistake!
Melanie Dellas; John Woodworth
Dellas Publications
2012
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There was a little girl, her name was Pat. And all she wished for was her very own cat.
Pat and Little Pat: A Slightly Unconventional Cookbook from a Dad and Daughter
Deborah Bowden
Harp Tree Publishing
2018
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Deborah Bowden taught in public schools and college for 25 years before retiring to raise her daughter, on whom she honed her talents. She now shares this unconventional cookbook that her father shared with her with you - and adds her own special recipes, bringing you a variety of "recipes and remedies" in her own way.
Pat and the Gabby Goats
Creative Kids Unplugged
2015
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