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Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xxii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant and daring account of a culture war over the place of theater in American democracy in the 1930s, one that anticipates our current divide, by the acclaimed Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro From 1935 to 1939, the Federal Theatre Project staged over a thousand productions in 29 states that were seen by thirty million (or nearly one in four) Americans, two thirds of whom had never seen a play before. At its helm was an unassuming theater...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
xii, 296 pages ; illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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A best-selling and award-winning maritime historian presents this true story of five castaways-three British sailors and two Americans-abandoned on the Falkland Islands for a year and a half during the War of 1812, showing individuals in wartime under great duress acting both nobly and atrociously as they struggle to survive.