In the fall of 1925, young Allan Odell conceived the idea of using consecutive signs along the roadside. . . . In 1963 the last signs were taken down, ending the most famous outdoor advertising venture ever."—1977 Minnesota Almanac The whole story is in this book, plus all the jingles used. The signs are gone now, except for one set on permanent display at The Smithsonian. You can have them all, always, in your own library with this book. “Rowsome’s volume indexes each of the 600 jingles . . . and as you down the list, preferably reading aloud, it might evoke visions of 1940 Chevies, roadside diners, signs that said EATS. . . . Why were the Burma-Shave jingles so universally loved? Because they were light-hearted and humorous in hard times and war times."—Bov Swift, Knight News ServiceFrank Rowsome, Jr., was an American writer and editor who worked for Popular Science magazine and a respected chronicler of advertising in the 20th century. He is the author of Verse by the Side of the Road: The Story of the Burma-Shave Signs and Jingles, They Laughed When I Sat Down, and Trolley Car Treasury: A Century of American Streetcars. 3213232Frank Rowsome978045226883897804522688390007118, 13.89TPPaperbackCouverture soupleengPenguin Publishing GroupPlume1280.485.250.28750.485.25111993-01-06T05:00:00ZLost In YonkersP10106Arts & LettersGENDRAM01ADramaDRA001000, LIT004020, LIT013000PlaysBooks > Drama > Playshttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/0452268834.jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=enhttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/0452268834.jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=frhttps://www. indigo. ca/en-ca/lost-in-yonkers/9780452268838.htmlhttps://www. indigo. ca/fr-ca/lost-in-yonkers/9780452268838.htmlWhen two boys go to live with their domineering, loveless grandmother, they quickly fall into the cycle of the highly dysfunctional family. Their Uncle Louie is a two-bit crook and their Aunt Bella has the mentality of a child. As Bella’s need for affection begins to subtly change the household dynamic, this leads the play towards its wrenching conclusion. Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lost in Yonkers is a powerful, heartfelt play and one that remains an American classic. 20.99120.9920.99Neil Simon0869B19A-0F98-487B-838F-C3208944E4DA978045226929397804522692990007118, 12.45TPPaperbackCouverture soupleK9780452269293engPenguin Publishing GroupPlume1280.357.955.250.26250.357.955.25111993-01-01T05:00:00ZTwo Trains RunningP10106Arts & LettersGENDRAM01ADramaDRA001010, PER011000, PER019000PlaysBooks > Drama > Playshttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/0452269296.jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=enhttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/0452269296.jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=frhttps://www. indigo. ca/en-ca/two-trains-running/9780452269293.htmlhttps://www. indigo. ca/fr-ca/two-trains-running/9780452269293.htmlTwo-time Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson continues to explore the African-American experience. In Two Trains Running, Wilson evokes the changes wrought by the '60s on the regulars of a dingy Pittsburgh diner-survivors struggling to cope with the world and fighting back when they can13.99113.9913.99August Wilson7082D15D-90C8-4B5E-BF4C-025614AFC28D9780452269866978045226986TPPaperbackCouverture soupleK9780452269866engPenguin Publishing GroupPlume1600.348.015.310.3450.348.015.31111993-05-06T04:00:00ZBlack WaterP10140FICTIONFICTION01AGeneral FictionFIC004000, FIC019000, FIC025000LiteraryBooks > Fiction > Literaryhttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/0452269865.jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=enhttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/0452269865.jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=frhttps://www. indigo. ca/en-ca/black-water/9780452269866.htmlhttps://www. indigo. ca/fr-ca/black-water/9780452269866.htmlThe Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel from the author of the New York Times bestselling novel We Were the Mulvaneys “Taut, powerfully imagined and beautifully written, Black Water ranks with the best of Joyce Carol Oates’s already long list of distinguished achievements. It can be read in a single afternoon, but, like every good book, it continues to haunt us."—The New York TimesKelly Kelleher is an idealistic, twenty-six-year-old “good girl" when she meets the Senator at a Fourth of July party. In a brilliantly woven narrative, we enter her past and her present, her mind and her body as she is fatally attracted to this older man, this hero, this soon-to-be-lover. Kelly becomes the very embodiment of the vulnerable, romantic dreams of bright and brave women—drawn to the | Verse By The Side Of The Road by Alfredo Vea, Paperback | Indigo Chapters