| Richmond in Ragtime: Socialists, Suffragists, Sex & Murder Contributor(s): Kollatz Jr, Harry (Author), Soffee, Anne Thomas (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1596294434 ISBN-13: 9781596294431 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2008 Annotation: The three years from 1909 to 1911 were busy ones in Richmond, what with the misadventures of Adon A. Yoder, a muckraking pamphleteer who gets beaten up, sued and thrown in jail; the organizing of women like Lila Meade Valentine to fight for their right to vote; the art of sculptor Ferruccio Legnaioli; the novels of Ellen Glasgow, Mary Johnston and James Branch Cabell; increased restrictions against African Americans; a public spectacle surrounding the murder trial of Henry Clay Beattie Jr.; exotic flying machines and automobile endurance contests; and the recording of Polk Miller and his Old South Quartette. Join local author Harry Kollatz Jr. ("True Richmond Stories") as he revives the city of a century ago for a tour of Richmond in ragtime. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 975.523 |
| LCCN: 2008038821 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
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| Publisher Description: The three years from 1909 to 1911 were busy ones in Richmond, what with the misadventures of Adon A. Yoder, a muckraking pamphleteer who gets beaten up, sued and thrown in jail; the organizing of women like Lila Meade Valentine to fight for their right to vote; the art of sculptor Ferruccio Legnaioli; the novels of Ellen Glasgow, Mary Johnston and James Branch Cabell; increased restrictions against African Americans; a public spectacle surrounding the murder trial of Henry Clay Beattie Jr.; exotic flying machines and automobile endurance contests; and the recording of Polk Miller and his Old South Quartette. Join local author Harry Kollatz Jr. (True Richmond Stories) as he revives the city of a century ago for a tour of Richmond in ragtime. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kollatz Jr, Harry: - This is Harry Kollatz Jr. s second book with The History Press. His first, True Richmond Stories, was a collection of anecdotes and anomalies of Richmond s past. Harry is the senior writer for Richmond Magazine and is a lifelong Richmond resident. He is co-founder of the Firehouse Theatre Project. Harry shares his life with his wife, Amie Oliver, and their two cats, the perpetually annoyed Miro and the antic, youthful Flannery. |