Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Adventure short stories about pirates black vulmeas vengeance 6. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the works author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. The novelist howard fast wrote with accuracy during this era that. Author of bestsellers such as citizen tom paine, freedom road, my glorious brothers, and spartacus, fast joined the american communist party in 1943 and remained a loyal member until 1957. The series follows through the lives of generations of families as they make their mark in america. Tony and the wonderful door by howard fast abebooks. Howard fast s life, from a roughandtumble jewish new york street kid to the rich and famous author of close to 100 books, rivals the horatio alger myth. Anthony yerkovich is an american television producer and writer he is best known for creating the 1980s cop show miami vice. Adriana trigiani is an awardwinning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker. The children by howard fast is about four children of immigrants grow up together in the back alleys of new.
Project gutenberg offers 62,017 free ebooks to download. Buy a cheap copy of the magic door book by howard fast. Max has had 52 editions of publication in 10 languages. His son jonathan fast, daughterinlaw erica jong, granddaughter molly jongfast, and brother julius fast, were all novelists. Thecharacters breathe, the landscape is solid ground and sky, and the story runs flexibly along the zigzag trail of a people driven by a deep instinct to their ancient home. One of the initial and most successful novel series written by author howard fast in entitled lavette family series, which consists of 6 novels in. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the.
Written in her trademark darkly sensual style booklist, new york times bestselling author linda howard brings us an electrifying pageturner of passion and. It tells the story of a young man who leaves his humble roots on the lower east side of new york city to find success in hollywood s earliest stages. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. His son jonathan fast, daughterinlaw erica jong, granddaughter molly jong fast, and brother julius fast, were all novelists. Howard fast s beloved family saga which recounts the rise and fall of a family of roughneck immigrants determined to make their way in america at the turn of the century.
Childrens time travel fiction of the 1990s score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. This large volume is a collection of some of the best writing by one of americas most distinguished novelists. Howard fast 19142003, author of such novels as april morning and spartacus, was one of the most prolific american writers of the twentieth century. It tells the story of a young man who leaves his humble roots on the lower east side of new york city to find success in hollywoods earliest stages. The picture book history of the jews, with bette fast. Mar 31, 2017 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Tony and the wonderful door by howard fast goodreads. Howard fast biography life, family, children, name, story. Author howard fast died in the city of old greenwich, connecticut. Drawing from the lives of moses, david, joseph, jonah, and other biblical men who faced the worst, evans pulls men out of their brokenness and declares, no more. Fast organized the blue heron publishing house, which he named after the inn. Prolific author howard fast wrote more than 80 books, many of them bestsellers, over the course of a career that spanned nearly 70 years. Tony evans gives us the kind of advice and inspiration we need to battle on through the most difficult circumstances. Howard fast was born on november 11, 1914 in new york city, new york, usa as howard melvin fast.
Most people know the film, few know that it is based on this book by communist author howard fast. Howard fast was one of the most prolific american writers of the. Mar 12, 2003 howard fast was one of the most prolific american writers of the twentieth century. The author of the bestselling big stone gap trilogy, the new york times bestselling novels. Tony and the wonderful door fast, howard, gobbato, imero on. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recyclable packaging with free. Howard fast s eyewitness account of fascist mobs attack. Today, jason momoa brings the barbarian back to the big screen in conan the barbarian. Imero gobbato when he has just the right feeling, tony can open the door in his new york city tenement backyard and step through to.
Childrens time travel fiction of the 1970s 112 books. If you like howard fast books, youll love belva plain. He was a bestselling author of more than eighty works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. To write this book, i conducted hundreds of hours of interviews with wes and his.
Tony and the wonderful door howard fast story of a boy who grows up in the new york of the 1920s and what happend to him when he steps through a wonderful door. April 1, 1968 the door in the mott street backyard that takes tony mctavish levy sic from dirty, overcrowded 1924 new york into neat little new amsterdam also makes him an authority on the indians, to the considerable annoyance of literal, already insecure teacher miss clatt. All of these sites cover various ebook formats, so you shouldnt face any issues searching for the format you need. Imero gobbato when he has just the right feeling, tony can open the door in his new york city tenement backyard and step through to the time when the dutch and indians lived on manhattan islandbut no one. The crossing by howard fast meet your next favorite book. Tony and the wonderful door hardcover january 1, 1952 by howard fast author, william vigoda illustrator 5.
He was a writer, known for spartacus 1960, the lives of benjamin franklin 1974 and mirage 1965. There is much history and the author has done a lot of research of the immigrants the politics of the country during those times as well as the history of san francisco and. He is well known for his character conan the barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard melvin fast november 11, 1914 march 12, 2003. Howard 19061936 was an american author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. Translation of fast s novel for young readers, in which the hero, a mixedrace, working class boy named tony, discovers a door in his native brooklyn which leads him into 17thcentury dutch new york. Born howard melvin fast, november 11, 1914, in new york, ny. Discount prices on books by howard fast, including titles like the american. My mother prepared us for the move by telling us about her wonderful. Winner of the national book award, as well as a burgess 99 title. Documents in a variety of formats are made available here as a free public. Bonnie mettler when he has just the right feeling, tony can open the door in his new york city tenement backyard and step through to the time when the. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Howard fast was one of the most prolific american writers of the twentieth century.
First issued independently by fast s own company the blue heron publishing company in 1952, at the height of mccarthyism when fast. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Freedom road pocket book by howard fast and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Tony and the wonderful door 1952 the passion of sacco and vanzetti 1953 silas timberman 1954.
Beautiful young girl sings a wonderful version of leonard. One of the initial and most successful novel series written by author howard fast. From one of the most prolific and versatile writers of the twentieth century, the edge of tomorrow is a collection of tales that journey outside everyday boundaries to offer insight into our own universe. Author of bestsellers such as citizen tom paine, freedom road, my glorious brothers, and spartacus, fast. His most famous novels included spartacus, freedom road, my glorious brothers, and the immigrants series born in 1914, howard fast. Content comes from off air recordings from vhs, betamax. Howard fast books list of books by author howard fast. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. When james willoughby, millionaire philanthropist, realized that the dark, lightless car was deliberately crowding him into the curb, he acted with desperate decision. Fast has gotten to the core of this incident and made it into a rich american novel.
April 1, 1968 the door in the mott street backyard that takes tony mctavish levy sic from dirty, overcrowded 1924 new york into neat little. Aug 19, 2011 arnold schwarzenegger brought the barbarian to the mainstream in 1982. This is a list of fiction works that have been made into feature films. Each of the site below lists dozens to over a hundred of roberts ebooks for free. Lavette family series 6 primary works 6 total works howard fasts beloved family saga which recounts the rise and fall of a family of roughneck immigrants determined to make their way in america at the turn of the century. It is a communist book in the best sense its about power, class relations, struggle against oppression but seen through the perspective of the romans and their slaves. He died on march 12, 2003 in old greenwich, connecticut, usa. Sculpture of bette fast selected works tom paine seven days in june silas timberman spartacus sylvia time and the riddle tony.
Howard fast anthologies and shortstory collections. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. When he has just the right feeling, tony can open the door in his new york city tenement backyard and step through to the time when the dutch and indians lived on. Feb 24, 20 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. Howard melvin fast november 11, 1914 march 12, 2003 was an american novelist and television writer. Tony and the wonderful door, hardcover january 1, 1968 by howard fast author 5. Fast s last novel, greenwich, was published in 2000. The picture book history of the jews was written with bette fast. Reviewed in the united states on february 21, 2018. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. Born in 1914, howard fast published over 53 novels, including numerous new york times bestsellers. Most of the pdf files listed here are made from covertocover scans of.
The passion of sacco and vanzetti, a new england legend. Howard fast again brings to life a cast of characters whose lives become a portrait of their time. Howard fast s life, from a rough and tumble jewish new york street kid to the rich and famous author of close to 100 books, rivals the horatio alger myth. Isabella jews last frontier millie moses mother my glorious brothers passion sacco and vanzetti power proud and the free redemption red scare in court sally samantha. Bradley free after serving 3month term 1950 howard fast, james t.
Tony and the wonderful door is also known as the magic door. Immediately download the howard fast summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching howard fast. It is book 1 of the immigrant series by howard fast, a wonderful saga of a family in san francisco, spanning a time period starting in the early 1900s to about the 1980s. The novel freedom road is based on a true story and was made into a. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Cunningham, walter erickson, walter ericson, howard melvin fast personal. Listeners will witness the events in the lives of the children of dan lavette. The son of immigrants, fast grew up in new york city and published his first novel upon finishing high school in 1933.
The son of immigrants, fast grew up in new york city and pub. Aug 08, 2008 in the establishment, howard fast pulls the listener into the turbulent and passionate lives of the dan lavette family story begun in the immigrants and continued in second generation. Farrell, and the best short stories of theodore dreiser griffin,1987 howard fast, mother bloor head whitman peace festival 1950 howard fast. He was married to mercedes oconnor and bette cohen. A collection of 70s, 80s, and 90s australian and japanese commercials from the collection of rhys marshall known as flemishdog online.
Howard melvin fast november 11, 1914 march 12, 2003 was an american novelist and. Tony and the wonderful door unknown binding 1952 by howard fast author, imero gobbato author 5. First issued independently by fast s own company the blue heron publishing company in 1952, at the height of mccarthyism when fast was unable to. Najpoznatiji je kao autor historijskog romana spartacus koji je ekraniziran u obliku znamenitog holivudskog spektakla iz 1960. Snapping off his own lights, he threw open the door on the opposite side from the onrushing stranger, and leaped out, without stopping his own car. He is survived by their son and daughter, his second wife mercedes, whom he married in 1999, and her three sons.
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