Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man

Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9780809088621
ISBN-13 : 0809088622
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Book Synopsis Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man by : John F. Kasson

Download or read book Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man written by John F. Kasson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concern with the white male body - with exhibiting it and with the perils to it - suffused American culture in the years before World War I, he suggests, and continues with us today."--BOOK JACKET.


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