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Candy - a novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg. "Sex in America, after this event, will never be the same." ... Life Magazine ... Read more

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A history of Virgin Records from the first million-selling release in the summer of 1973, exploring how the record company funded the other Branson enterprises, with contributions from Virgin's founders, Richard Branson and his cousin Simon Napier. ... Read more

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Between 1963 and 1973, Michael Cooper worked and played with the Rolling Stones - travelled with them, and photographed them. Accompanied by the reminiscences of Keith Richards, Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull, Cooper's pictures provide a photographic record of a band in the making. Michael Cooper photographed some of the most talked-about arts and music events of the 1960s, including the album covers of the Rolling Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request" and the Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". ... Read more

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William Claxton has captured on film the intimate relationship between the musicians and their music with 77 duotones of the world's great jazz icons, including Sara Vaughan, Cher Baker, Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk, and many others. For anyone who loves jazz or fine photography, Jazz is a timeless volume and an outstanding gift. ... Read more

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A candid collection capturing the essence of jazz musicians
William Claxton's Jazz is the union of two art forms: photography and jazz music. It is a window into the hey-day of that truly American musical form.True, music can (and usually does) speak for itself, but when visualimagery is presented in such an honest and candid way, one is able toglimpse the artist, and at once feel the moment that has been captured onfilm.Whether caught up in a recording session, poring over a musicalphrase, or simply enjoying the sound of the instrument that is their own,Claxton is able to portray the musician at work, at play, or at peace withhis art form.

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A six-time Pillsbury Bake-Off winner presents more than 200 marvelous recipes covering the magical world of Southern baking in this beautiful cookbook. Clear, easy to follow, and consisting of a wide range of recipes for old favorites and new, tantalizing versions of classics, here is an enticing collection of cakes, cobblers, pies, custards, muffins, biscuits and breads. 25 four-color photos. ... Read more

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Best Home Baking Book
This is easily the best home bakingbook I have used. The only complaint is that she uses salted margarine but shedoes add that you should add a pinch of salt if you must use unsalted butter. Oleo is the traditional fat. The recipes are clear and easy. She uses self-rising flour in some recipes but also tells how to make your own.A few are clunkers but there are some real gems here: full of freckles pound cake, meltaway blueberry coffeecake, and devil's food cake are just a few great examples.BUY THIS BOOK! ... Read more

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A Rabelaisian satire loosely based on Voltaire's Candide, Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg's Candy became one of the most famous novels of the tumultuous 1960's.Detailing its humble beginnings in Paris through its agonizing three-year writing gestation (often on paper napkins, lost or destroyed) and the authors' wily business dealings first with French-based publisher Maurice Girodias, then Putnam is America, this book follows with unblinking scrutiny Candy's underground (then mainstream) success, its blatant piracy, its legal shenanigans, and its all-star movie flop. Replete with deceptions and self-deceptions, midnight dope runs, and general pandemonium, THE CANDY MEN is as much fun to read as the original novel itself.And far more instructive. ... Read more

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Interesting Look into the Creation of a Classic
The Candy Men is an interesting look into not only the creation of a classic book, Candy, but also into the writing process itself. We get a candid, unguarded look into the writing world of the 1950s, when there was a real danger from the authorities for writing a book that many deemed obscene. We learn how the authors Mason Hoffenberg and Terry Southern dealt with the pressures of fame once the book was published. The Candy Men is a must read.

Arcade Publishing Brings Forth a Behemoth
The Rollicking Life and Times of the Notorious Novel Candy isn't all that rollicking.But it's an important book for those interested in civil liberties.CANDY was the subject of many lawsuits, some of which involved Americans' rights to read what they please.The novel itself is a stinging satire on commercialism, consumer culture, and 1950s obsesssion with sex at the same time as hypocrisy reigned over all.Terry Southern was a pioneer in bringing the satirical impulses of Horace and Catullus into postwar writing with his famous troika of CANDY, THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN, and the screenplay for DR STRANGELOVE, voted by the American Film Institute to be the third funniest film of all time.Southern knew everyone, and his son writes down the names as fast as he can, but some detail is lost.I was curious to read more about how Doris Lessing fit into the pot-smoking crowd of the Left Bank in Paris during the 1950s, but we get her name and little more.

The reader feels sorry for the actress Ewa Aulin, who took the role of Candy and you would have think she'd have been prepared for anything, but it seems from Nile Southern's descriptions she was abused by Marlon Brando and had a nervous breakdown due to this abuse and the producers crassly decided to keep her going by stabilizing her with a pharmacopia of drugs.Unfortunately Nile Southern treats this affair as though it were part of the rollicking story of his dad and Uncle Mason scamming the courts.But it leaves a sour taste in one's mouth.

Good Grief!How Candy Was Born
The Rabelaisian story of Candy Christian was told in the novel Candy and was one of those "dirty" books, like _Portnoy's Complaint_ or _Lolita_ to which it is often compared, that people could read, and let others know they read, without embarrassment.Bursting into American print in the sixties, Candy had a grand, scandalous run on the bestseller list.The book had its share of legal problems because of its ribaldry, but the sixties were a time of sexual openness and the way had been cleared by courts which had already decided that such books as _Lady Chatterly's Lover_ and the _Tropic_ books of Henry Miller could not be prohibited.The real legal problems for Candy were not due to its supposed impropriety, but its proprietary issues.The exceptionally complicated legal determination of ownership of the book, a tussle between its two authors, the original French publisher, and assorted interested bystanders, is told in full detail in _The Candy Men: The Rollicking Life and Times of the Notorious Novel Candy_ (Arcade Publishing) by Nile Southern.The story of the book's genesis and the arguments over ownership (some not completely settled until long after the main characters herein had died) is told in quoted letters and legal documents, and sometimes in personal detail, since the author is the son of one of Candy's authors.

_Candy_ was originally the brainchild of Terry Southern, a young writer who had a healthy interest in attractive and generous girls he met in Paris and Greenwich Village.Southern had started the novel, but had gotten more interested in writing another one, _The Magic Christian_.In 1957, missing his deadlines with his Parisian publisher Maurice Girodias, he began sharing bits of it by letter with his beat pal Mason Hoffenberg, who joined in authorship.The idea of the novel had been sold to Girodias to be part of his DB (Dirty Book) catalogue within the Olympia Press.He specialized in pornography that could be sold to English-speaking tourists.He commissioned _Candy_ as he had many other novels, for a one-time payment of a few hundred dollars, paid in fractions as he received the chapters.Like some of its illustrious Olympia Press predecessors (including _Lolita_, _Candy_, released in 1958, was more than mass-production porn.When it came to republication in America, Girodias wanted his slice of profits.Distrust set in, and even paranoia from Hoffenberg, and a decade of claims, counter-claims, and hurt followed.Southern went into the movies, with some large successes, like co-authorship of _Dr. Strangelove_.He said farewell to much of bohemian life and to his junkie companions.Hoffenberg became obsessed with his fair share of _Candy_, and with the lack of attention to him as coauthor while Southern continued to write and remain in the press.Girodias scratched for anything he could salvage, since his publishing house descended into bankruptcy.

Putnam eventually published in hardcover in 1964, with the peculiar stipulation that it would be freed from obligation to pay the authors if a pirated edition came out.Not one pirated edition, but seven from California alone, came out, some in time to benefit from Putnam's extensive publicity.Pirates used the Olympia edition word-for-word, because it had the cloudy European copyright, and each bragged that they followed the original text.The pirates and Putnam made money, as did the lawyers, but the three principals wound up with a meager $9,000 to divide among themselves, the "bitter and paltry spoils from a dissatisfying war," as Nile Southern says.The book was supposed to be unfilmable, but that has never stopped Hollywood; in 1968, _Candy_ the movie was released, to terrible reviews.Low on actual titillation, it made money, largely due to a cast including Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Walter Matthau, Charles Aznavour, Ringo Starr, and James Coburn. It has since come out on DVD as a kitschy curiosity.The novel was put out in a handsome edition for the Book-of-the-Month Club.So _Candy_ the book lives happily ever after, and remains amusing although far less shocking than when it first came out.The three principals, however, did not live happily, at least in part due to the Candy fights, and all died in relative obscurity._The Candy Men_ thus turns out to be a sad book with lots of funny stories about how a really funny book came into being.Anyone who values _Candy_ will be fascinated with this complicated biography of the novel.

In the end, it's about great writing
The Candy Men is a privileged look inside the creative engines and marketplace forces that shape a culture.Here we have two writers, talented beyond anyone's estimation, crafting, polishing and worrying up a gem of modern literature, for which they were to be paid $300.In fact they apparently did do it for the money, but could not find it within themselves to hand in a quickie and forget about it.Far from being an accidental work of Genius, like a wacky novelty song that tops the charts, it turns out that Candy was an intentional reach for something far more than a mindless dirty story.That it succeeded as social commentary and a landmark in the vanquishing of censorship laws, not to mention being a smash for its various publishers (it is, still, a VERY FUNNY book) is a testament to the spot-on cultural acuity and careful artistry of authors Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg.What Nile Southern brings us in The Candy Men is nothing less than the real-life drama of legendary scenes like Paris and Greenwich Village in the fifties, London and L.A. in the sixties, fame, money, drugs, marriage, divorce, writer's block, movie deals, unscrupulous double- and triple-dealing, and a forever youthful All-American sweetheart named Candy whose heart (and other parts) will not deny a soul in need.If you love books and care about the process of writing and publishing, do not miss The Candy Men by Nile Southern.

Bittersweet Candy
Written in the uptight Eisenhower 50s in tag-team style by a poet/narcotics addict (Hoffenberg) and 'the ultimate hipster' (Southern), the novel Candy began life as a lark--a quick way to make a few bucks--and ended up a landmark work that not only defined what was (and was not) funny but also what was (and was not) obscene.

Candy's strange trip--from initial conception, to completion, and eventual condemnation--is stylishly told, warts-and-all, in THE CANDY MEN via the letters of its main players as they conspire, debate, vilify, and argue with each other over the course of several years. This is engrossing and hilarious stuff at times,petty and mean-spirited at others, as 'he said/she said' type arguments rise and fall over authorship, ownership, division of labor, and (of course) division of money.

In THE CANDY MEN,Nile Southern (son of Terry) comes clean about the making ofthe ultimate dirty book. "Good grief, it's Daddy!" indeed. ... Read more

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A history of Sanford's ground-breaking strategy that established the winning centrist formula for southern politics

In the spring of 1960 two talented, capable men, each with great passion and conviction, opposed each other in a pivotal governor's race that was to shake North Carolina and change southern politics forever. Both Terry Sanford and I. Beverly Lake were Democrats in the one-party South of that era. Yet they were different in almost every other way. Lake, a middle-aged law professor, was committed to segregation. Sanford, an ambitious young politician and lawyer, believed in expanding opportunities for all citizens.

In their run-off Lake wanted the contest to be a referendum on preserving segregation. Sanford's platform rested on the improvement of public schools. It was a heated struggle that would bind them together for the rest of their lives. With unparalleled access to both sides and an objective correspondent's hindsight view, John Drescher has written the biography of a campaign that set the winning strategy for many who followed, and of a winning candidate, a governor rated as one of the finest of the twentieth century.

Sanford, the moderate, won, and his victory is an oddity, for in the civil rights period from 1957 to 1973 only twice in the South did racial moderates defeat strong segregationists in a governor's race. In a gamble that almost cost Sanford the election, he became the first major politician in the Bible Belt to endorse the Catholic John F. Kennedy for president. In the November vote he defeated his Republican opponent in what was then the closest North Carolina governor's race of the century. His win validated his belief in the triumph of good will among North Carolina's people.

Sanford became a bold, aggressive governor of unusual energy and creativity. His school program added teachers and dramatically raised teacher pay. He helped establish a statewide system of community colleges and started an anti-poverty fund later emulated by LBJ as a model for the War on Poverty. He was the first southern governor to call for employment without regard to race or creed. Sanford became the model for other southern governors who stressed education and a moderate stand on race relations. He influenced other gubernatorial candidates across Dixie -- Jim Hunt in his own state, William Winter in Mississippi, Dick Riley in South Carolina, Bill Clinton in Arkansas. The effects of that 1960 race continue to be felt in North Carolina, in the South, and across the nation.

John Drescher is on the staff of the Charlotte Observer, where he has been state capital reporter, government editor, city editor, front-page editor, and regional editor. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. ... Read more

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An Outstanding Book
Triumph of Goodwill is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the pivotal 1960 gubernatorial race in North Carolina and the ramifications of that election throughout the South and the rest of the nation.Told in great detail, here is the story of how racial moderate Terry Sanford won the Democratic nomination for governor against a patron of segregation Beverly Lake.The book also details Sanford's controversial decision to become the first Southern politician to endores John Kennedy for the presidency, a decison that was filled with potential peril for Sanford, but one that paid off handsomely for the eventual governor of North Carolina.Mixed into this work are behind the scenes stories of the 1960 campaign in North Carolina that give the reader a peek into how elections used to be conducted and also the beginnings of how they have become to be run in our present day.TV played a large part in the national election in 1960, but television also played an important role in the North Carolina governor's race that year, including what is thought to be the first-time live television broadcast of a candidate's political rallys.Triumph of Good Will is an excellent work, highly readable and highly recommended! ... Read more

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This book transports the reader to Sicily, where Canadian soldiers fought in the summer of 1943. With remarkable new three-dimensional satellite maps, this book is sure to be enjoyable reading for anyone with an interest in Canada’s Second World War experience.

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Written to appeal to lay readers and military historians alike
Illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout, The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: Sicily & Southern Italy is the latest in a Canadian military history series published by The Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies. The Canadian Battlefields in Italy closely examines the locations where Canadians fought and died to help liberate Italy from fascism in World War II, with particular focus on the island of Sicily. Written to appeal to lay readers and military historians alike, The Canadian Battlefields in Italy is a well-researched and captivating addition to Canadian military history shelves.
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This digital document is an article from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, published by Review of Contemporary Fiction on June 22, 2002. The length of the article is 650 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Terry Southern. Now Dig This: the Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern 1950-1995.(Brief Article)
Author: Brooke Horvath
Publication: The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2002
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: 22Issue: 2Page: 247(1)

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Terry Southern (1 May 1924 ? 29 October 1995) was a highly influential American author, essayist, screenwriter and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village, Southern was also at the center of Swinging London in the sixties and helped to change the style and substance of American films in the 1970s. In the 1980s he wrote for Saturday Night Live and lectured on screenwriting at several universities in New York.Southern's dark and often absurdist style of broad yet biting satire helped to define the sensibilities of several generations of writers, readers, directors and film goers. He is credited by journalist Tom Wolfe as having invented New Journalism with the publication of "Twirling at Ole Miss" in Esquire in 1962, and his gift for writing memorable film dialogue was evident in Dr. Strangelove, The Loved One, The Cincinnati Kid and Easy Rider. His work on Easy Rider helped create the independent film movement of the 1970s. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 146 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more