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catalog abstract "This is a collection of three decades of Rosenbaum's journalism. He is known for his New York Observer column, "The Edgy Enthusiast." -- Jacket.".
catalog contributor b11709847.
catalog coverage "United States Civilization 1970-".
catalog coverage "United States Intellectual life 20th century.".
catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 1971-".
catalog created "c2000.".
catalog date "2000".
catalog date "c2000.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
catalog description "Foreword / Errol Morris -- Introduction. Ancient Mariners and Airport Motels.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
catalog description "Part one : The Seventies. Dream Dancing : In Which We Enter the Realm of Richard Roffman and His Unknown Famous People -- Secrets of the Little Blue Box : In Which We Explore the Web of the Original Hackers -- Inside the Canned Laughter War : In Which We Investigate the Concept of "Authentic" Canned Laughter -- The Subterranean World of the Bomb : In Which We Seek the Secrets of SIOP and the Parameters of "Nuke-Porn" -- Of a Fire at the Billy Rose : In Which Peter Brook's Dream (Literally) Ignites on Stage -- Dead Ringers : In Which We Attempt to Disentangle the Strange Lives and Deaths of the Marcus Brothers, Twin Gynecologists / coauthor, Susan Edmiston -- Troy Donahue Was Always Just Like He Is : In Which We Learn the Truth about Hitler and the Beautiful People -- A Killing in Camelot : In Which We Seek to Solve the "Unsolved" Murder of Mary Meyer / coauthor, Phillip Nobile -- Chariots of the Insurance Salesmen : In Which We Track the Occult Masters of Get-Rich-Quick Literature -- The Last Secrets of Skull and Bones : In Which We Contemplate Certain Occult Rituals of the Ruling Class -- The Corpse as Big as the Ritz : In Which We Encounter Sarah Miles, Burt Reynolds, and the Ghost of the Great Gatsby -- Whipple's Last Squeeze : In Which We Excavate the Origins of the Most Reviled Ad in History.".
catalog description "Part three : The Nineties and after. Three Intriguing Archival Mysteries. The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal : In Which a Cunning Pseudoscientist Catches the Elite with Its Pants Down ; The Riddle of the Scrolls : In Which We Listen for the Roaring Breath of God ; In the Nabokov Archives : In Which We Trace Certain Patterns on Wings -- The Secret Parts of Certain Icons. Mr. Bill's House of Horror (Bill Gates) ; Fear and Loathing in the Zagat Guide ; My Theater Problem--and Ours ; The Emperor's New Logo (Lucent) ; Chaplin and Benigni : The Arrogance of Clowns -- Two Faces of Paranoia. Kim Philby : The Spy Who Created the Cold : In Which We Sort Through the Last Effects of the Third Man ; The Strange Death of Danny Casolaro : In Which a Golden Boy Is Strangled by an Octopus -- ".
catalog description "Part two : The Eighties. The Connoisseur of Scoundrels : In Which Murray Kempton Tries to Find "the Finger of God" in the Fumblings of Man -- God's Fillin' Teeth! In Which We Watch a Dental Faith Healer Prospect for Gold -- Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead : In Which We Look into Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's Torrid Love Affair with Death -- The Frantic Screaming Voice of the Rich and Famous : In Which We Witness the Blossoming of Nouveau Journalist Robin Leach -- The Passions of Mario Cuomo : In Which the Governor Sends a Mickey Mouse Watch to Roy Cohn and Calls Ed Koch a Pelagian Heretic -- Tales from the Cancer Cure Underground : In Which We Encounter Modern-Day Alchemists, Prophets, Healers, Herbalists, Biomystics, Doctors of Metaphysics, and Doctors of Medicine in a Quest for the Cure -- Oswald's Ghost : In Which We Enter the Lonely Labyrinth -- Link Founding Father to Sleaze King : In Which We Entertain an Argument on Behalf of Certain Tabloid Stories -- Back on the Watergate Case with Inspector RN : In Which the Ultimate Watergate Buff Closes in on Mr. Big -- Jack Nicholson : The Devil and the Details : In Which We Learn Some Tricks of the Trade -- Henry : Portrait of a Serial-Killer Hoax : In Which We Investigate One of the Most Successful Liars in American History.".
catalog description "Some Literary Investigations. To the Shores of Light--Or, My First Latin Lesson ; Much Ado about "Nothing" in Two New Translations of Genesis ; Floored by Dickens and Dombey ; An Ode to Helen Vendler, Goddess of Keats's "Autumn" ; Hart Crane's Hieroglyphs : The Unmentionable Truth ; Dr. Borges and Dr. Ron Solve the Problem of Memory and Regret -- Two Home Visits. The Catcher in the Driveway : In Which We Visit J. D. Salinger's Property Line and Hear the Sound of One Hand Clapping ; Long Island, Babylon : In Which We Seek the Source of Longing in Long Island -- Some Contemporary Contentions. The Pissing Contest : Oliver Stone versus Quentin Tarantino ; Charles Portis and the Locked Trunk Secret ; Is Thomas Pynchon "Wanda Tinasky"? ; Ecstatic Mortification : The Self-loathing Spirituality of Martin Amis ; The Hidden History in Ben Hecht's Suitcase -- ".
catalog description "This is a collection of three decades of Rosenbaum's journalism. He is known for his New York Observer column, "The Edgy Enthusiast." -- Jacket.".
catalog description "Two Singers. A (Modest) Proposal to Rosanne Cash ; Elvis, Healer : In Which the Hurt, the Lame, and the Tenured Seek the Graceland Within -- Some Personal Matters. Victims of The Dance ; The Unbearable Sadness of Tear Gas ; Spiritual Lessons from L.A. ; Stumpy versus Lucille : The Great Pet Debate -- Hitler, Singer, Pharaoh, and Shakespearean Romance. Explaining Hitler : In Which We Assess the Inexplicability of Horror and the Horror of Inexplicability ; Singer's Shadows : Footnotes to Hitler ; Explaining Pharaoh ; This "Rarest Dream" : The Final Affirmation of Shakespearean Romance.".
catalog extent "xlii, 799 p. ;".
catalog hasFormat "Secret parts of fortune.".
catalog identifier "0375503382 (acid-free paper)".
catalog isFormatOf "Secret parts of fortune.".
catalog issued "2000".
catalog issued "c2000.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
catalog relation "Secret parts of fortune.".
catalog spatial "United States Civilization 1970-".
catalog spatial "United States Intellectual life 20th century.".
catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 1971-".
catalog spatial "United States".
catalog spatial "United States.".
catalog subject "973.92 21".
catalog subject "Celebrities United States.".
catalog subject "E169.12 .R643 2000".
catalog subject "Popular culture United States History 20th century.".
catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Errol Morris -- Introduction. Ancient Mariners and Airport Motels.".
catalog tableOfContents "Part one : The Seventies. Dream Dancing : In Which We Enter the Realm of Richard Roffman and His Unknown Famous People -- Secrets of the Little Blue Box : In Which We Explore the Web of the Original Hackers -- Inside the Canned Laughter War : In Which We Investigate the Concept of "Authentic" Canned Laughter -- The Subterranean World of the Bomb : In Which We Seek the Secrets of SIOP and the Parameters of "Nuke-Porn" -- Of a Fire at the Billy Rose : In Which Peter Brook's Dream (Literally) Ignites on Stage -- Dead Ringers : In Which We Attempt to Disentangle the Strange Lives and Deaths of the Marcus Brothers, Twin Gynecologists / coauthor, Susan Edmiston -- Troy Donahue Was Always Just Like He Is : In Which We Learn the Truth about Hitler and the Beautiful People -- A Killing in Camelot : In Which We Seek to Solve the "Unsolved" Murder of Mary Meyer / coauthor, Phillip Nobile -- Chariots of the Insurance Salesmen : In Which We Track the Occult Masters of Get-Rich-Quick Literature -- The Last Secrets of Skull and Bones : In Which We Contemplate Certain Occult Rituals of the Ruling Class -- The Corpse as Big as the Ritz : In Which We Encounter Sarah Miles, Burt Reynolds, and the Ghost of the Great Gatsby -- Whipple's Last Squeeze : In Which We Excavate the Origins of the Most Reviled Ad in History.".
catalog tableOfContents "Part three : The Nineties and after. Three Intriguing Archival Mysteries. The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal : In Which a Cunning Pseudoscientist Catches the Elite with Its Pants Down ; The Riddle of the Scrolls : In Which We Listen for the Roaring Breath of God ; In the Nabokov Archives : In Which We Trace Certain Patterns on Wings -- The Secret Parts of Certain Icons. Mr. Bill's House of Horror (Bill Gates) ; Fear and Loathing in the Zagat Guide ; My Theater Problem--and Ours ; The Emperor's New Logo (Lucent) ; Chaplin and Benigni : The Arrogance of Clowns -- Two Faces of Paranoia. Kim Philby : The Spy Who Created the Cold : In Which We Sort Through the Last Effects of the Third Man ; The Strange Death of Danny Casolaro : In Which a Golden Boy Is Strangled by an Octopus -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Part two : The Eighties. The Connoisseur of Scoundrels : In Which Murray Kempton Tries to Find "the Finger of God" in the Fumblings of Man -- God's Fillin' Teeth! In Which We Watch a Dental Faith Healer Prospect for Gold -- Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead : In Which We Look into Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's Torrid Love Affair with Death -- The Frantic Screaming Voice of the Rich and Famous : In Which We Witness the Blossoming of Nouveau Journalist Robin Leach -- The Passions of Mario Cuomo : In Which the Governor Sends a Mickey Mouse Watch to Roy Cohn and Calls Ed Koch a Pelagian Heretic -- Tales from the Cancer Cure Underground : In Which We Encounter Modern-Day Alchemists, Prophets, Healers, Herbalists, Biomystics, Doctors of Metaphysics, and Doctors of Medicine in a Quest for the Cure -- Oswald's Ghost : In Which We Enter the Lonely Labyrinth -- Link Founding Father to Sleaze King : In Which We Entertain an Argument on Behalf of Certain Tabloid Stories -- Back on the Watergate Case with Inspector RN : In Which the Ultimate Watergate Buff Closes in on Mr. Big -- Jack Nicholson : The Devil and the Details : In Which We Learn Some Tricks of the Trade -- Henry : Portrait of a Serial-Killer Hoax : In Which We Investigate One of the Most Successful Liars in American History.".
catalog tableOfContents "Some Literary Investigations. To the Shores of Light--Or, My First Latin Lesson ; Much Ado about "Nothing" in Two New Translations of Genesis ; Floored by Dickens and Dombey ; An Ode to Helen Vendler, Goddess of Keats's "Autumn" ; Hart Crane's Hieroglyphs : The Unmentionable Truth ; Dr. Borges and Dr. Ron Solve the Problem of Memory and Regret -- Two Home Visits. The Catcher in the Driveway : In Which We Visit J. D. Salinger's Property Line and Hear the Sound of One Hand Clapping ; Long Island, Babylon : In Which We Seek the Source of Longing in Long Island -- Some Contemporary Contentions. The Pissing Contest : Oliver Stone versus Quentin Tarantino ; Charles Portis and the Locked Trunk Secret ; Is Thomas Pynchon "Wanda Tinasky"? ; Ecstatic Mortification : The Self-loathing Spirituality of Martin Amis ; The Hidden History in Ben Hecht's Suitcase -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Two Singers. A (Modest) Proposal to Rosanne Cash ; Elvis, Healer : In Which the Hurt, the Lame, and the Tenured Seek the Graceland Within -- Some Personal Matters. Victims of The Dance ; The Unbearable Sadness of Tear Gas ; Spiritual Lessons from L.A. ; Stumpy versus Lucille : The Great Pet Debate -- Hitler, Singer, Pharaoh, and Shakespearean Romance. Explaining Hitler : In Which We Assess the Inexplicability of Horror and the Horror of Inexplicability ; Singer's Shadows : Footnotes to Hitler ; Explaining Pharaoh ; This "Rarest Dream" : The Final Affirmation of Shakespearean Romance.".
catalog title "The secret parts of fortune : three decades of intense investigations and edgy enthusiasms / Ron Rosenbaum.".
catalog type "History. fast".
catalog type "text".