Resultados para "Americana" en Ficción biográfica

"Il Grande Gatsby" ("The Great Gatsby") è un romanzo di Francis Scott Fitzgerald pubblicato per la prima volta a New York il 10 aprile 1925 e definito da T.S. Eliot "il primo passo in avanti fatto dalla narrativa americana dopo Henry James". Ambientato a New York e a Long Island durante l'estate del 1922, "Il Grande Gatsby" è il più acuto ritratto dell'anima dell'età del jazz, con le sue contraddizioni, il suo vittimismo e la sua tragicità. La storia, che seguendo la tecnica di Henry James viene raccontata da uno dei personaggi, narra la tragedia del mito americano.

"O americano sabe que há no seu país uma opinião pública, desde que cada americano tem uma opinião sua." Extraída do livro "Minha formação", a crônica "Traços americanos", de Joaquim Nabuco, traz para o leitor de hoje vislumbres tanto do pensamento do célebre abolicionista quanto de sua autobiografia.

"Chiamatemi come vi pare, il mio nome non ha nessuna importanza. Ciò che importa è che da alcuni mesi sono il segretario di una leggenda. Una leggenda che, ora, sta combattendo con la morte. Scrivo da una stanza della suite reale del Grande Albergo di Roma: salotto, studio e otto camere da letto nelle quali si muovono una figlia, un genero, numerosi dottori e, in subordine, cameriere e camerieri. Fuori, il personale dell'albergo e i regi carabinieri si danno il turno per tenere a bada membri del corpo diplomatico, giornalisti, antiquari, curiosi e più o meno improbabili personaggi."

Hunter, trapper, resourceful fighter, and scout, Hugh Glass was just a rugged man among other rugged American frontiersmen until he was mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his best friends. Hugh's rage drove him to crawl 200 miles across dangerous territory to seek revenge until he was no longer Hugh Glass but had become Lord Grizzly.

Twenty-nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln has spent his entire adult life running from his past - from the poverty of the dirt-floor log cabin where he was raised, from the dominion of his uneducated father, and from a failed early courtship. But now, Lincoln's past is racing back to haunt him. It is the summer of 1838, and Springfield is embroiled in a tumultuous, violent political season. All of Springfield's elite have gathered at a grand party to celebrate the Fourth of July. Spirits are high - until a prominent local politician is assassinated in the midst of fireworks.

Few wars have been fought by each side with greater intensity of conviction in the rightness of its cause or with more abundant personal heroism than the War Between the States. The story begins with a great responsibility falling on Vincent Wingfield, the teenage son of a widowed Virginia plantation owner. Vincent must decide what course of action he should take when a problem arises on the plantation.

To Pocahontas and her people, the Tidewater is the rightful home of the Powhatan tribe. To England it is Virginia Territory, fertile with promise, rich with silver and gold. As Jamestown struggles to take root, John Smith knows that the only hope for survival lies with the Powhatan people. He knows, too, that they would rather see the English starve than yield their homeland to invaders. In the midst of this conflict, Pocahontas, the daughter of the great chief, forges an unlikely friendship with Smith.

As seen on the American Heroes Channel (AHC) series American Lawmen! He was the fast-draw legend the FBI had to see to believe. Narrated by Marconi Award nominee John Raynar. In the lawless dust of 1930s Oklahoma, one man’s reflexes were faster than the blink of an eye. Delf "Jelly" Bryce didn't just carry a gun; he possessed a near-mystical mastery of it.

A recounting of a lost gem of Utah pioneer history and a novel to rival those of Gerald Lund with the added wit of a Mark Twain adventure. In 1855, as the young Utah Territory teeters under outside pressure and internal strain, a call goes out to settle the untamed frontier and teach neighboring tribes the gospel of Jesus Christ. William Sterrett—a recent convert, tailor, and devoted husband—has already survived one mission that nearly cost him everything.

""It began as a mistake."" By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged...

Before writing his memoir of madness, Darkness Visible, William Styron was best known for his ambitious works of fiction–including The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie’s Choice. Styron also created personal but no less powerful tales based on his real-life experiences as a U.S. Marine...

Poteet Victory is a rags-to-riches story of historical significance. Through his efforts on behalf of the tribes, Poteet became one of the most-honored Native Americans of the past half century. Abandoned as a child, he beat the odds to become a renowned painter, living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who has sold thousands of paintings for millions of dollars.

A slave's brave journey to living his dream. John Ware, a well-known, highly loved, and acclaimed Black cowboy, arrived in Alberta at the beginning of the extraordinary ranching story on the grasslands. He faced and conquered snowstorms, vast distances, rough horses, not to mention a few rough men. As John participated in the building of some of the great Alberta ranches, he faced racism and delayed, but not forgotten, dreams of a ranch and family of his own. Being one of only a handful of Black men on the grasslands, his dream seemed to be passing him by.

“As juicy and enlightening as a page in Meghan Markle's diary.”—InStyle “Presidential darling, America’s sweetheart, national rebel: Teddy Roosevelt’s swashbuckling daughter Alice springs to life in this raucous anthem to a remarkable woman.”—Kate Quinn, New York Times...