Michael Barson, Author Hyperion Books $77.7 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56282-954-4
This look at anticommunist fervor in the U. S. offers commentary on movie posters, comic books, magazine articles and other artifacts that illustrate the near-hysteria that gripped the country at the height of the Cold War. Each item--a poster for...
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Michael Barson, Author Noonday Press $27.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-52428-9
It's the movie industry's 100th birthday, and film buffs are celebrating the anniversary in style. London Sunday Times columnist Gilbert Adair leads off in October with Flickers: An Illustrated Celebration of 100 Years of Cinema, selecting a single...
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Michael Barson, Author, Steven Heller, Author, Steven Heller, Joint Author Chronicle Books $18.95 (132p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2154-4
From pop culture aficionados Barson and Heller (Teenage Confidential) comes a cheeky look at marriage in the last century, for better or for worse. For the most part, they shy away from much of the recent past in favor of the visually rich and...
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Michael Barson, Author, Robert B. Parker, Foreword by Texas Christian University Press $29.95 (175p) ISBN 978-0-87565-379-2
9781931010481 9781931010498 Barson, Michael. True West: An Illustrated Guide to the Heyday of the Western. TCU. Nov. 2008. c.175p. illus. ISBN 978-0-87565-379-2. pap. $29.95.Nevins, Francis M. & Gary D. Keller (text) & Craig Smith & others (photogs.
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Michael Barson, Author, Steven Heller, Joint Author . Chronicle $22.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-8118-2887-1
In detailing the United States' obsession with the Red Menace, Barson and Heller deliver an enticing visual treat of movie poster art, images from comic books and bubble-gum cards (featuring pictures of Mao and Stalin to collect and trade), as...
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