Hugh Howard
Author
Pub. Date
[2022].
Description
"As the nation recovered from a cataclysmic war, two titans of design profoundly influenced how Americans came to interact with the built and natural world around them through their pioneering work in architecture and landscape design. Frederick Law Olmsted is widely revered as America's first and finest parkmaker and environmentalist, the force behind Manhattan's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Biltmore's parkland in Asheville, dozens of...
6) The Outlaw
Series
Pub. Date
c1943
Description
"Notorious western tells the tale of Billy the Kid and the sexy dame (Jane Russell) who loves him."
7) Scarface
Pub. Date
2007
Description
"An exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the prohibition era. This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow."--Container.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A Navy officer falls in love in "Seven sinners"; A moonshiner must struggle with his family's past in "The shepherd of the hills"; In a rags-to-riches tale of frindship, love and power are brought together in "Pittsburgh"; In one of his most unusual roles ever, John Wayne portrays Genghis Khan in "The conqueror"; An American Air Force colonel is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna in "Jet pilot."
