Standing Rainbow

Fannie Flagg. Standing in the Rainbow. London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 2002
"From the talented storyteller whose "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" became a bestseller and a successful film comes a sprawling, feel-good novel with an old-fashioned beginning, middle and end. The setting is tiny Elmwood Springs, Mo., and the protagonist is 10-year-old Bobby Smith, an earnest Cub Scout. His father is the town pharmacist and his mother is local radio personality Neighbour Dorothy (whom readers will recognize from Flagg's "Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!"). The effects of changing social mores are handled deftly; historical events as they impact little Elmwood Springs are duly noted, and everything is infused with the good humour and joie de vivre that are Flagg's stock-in-trade." "Publishers Weekly" ~~~ Author(s): Fannie Flagg; Binding material: Paper; Binding state: Original binding; Class: Uncorrected proof; Condition: Mint; Edition: Not applicable; Jacket condition: Not applicable; Language: English; Pages: 497; Publication year: 2002; Size: Octavo..

Not applicable, See notes, Octavo, Mint

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[CHEW, Mansie.]. AN ALBUM OF MEMORIES FROM MANSIE CHEW, PIANIST, OAKLAND RESIDENT, OF HER TEACHER.
This is an exciting album of mementos, of Mansie [Caroline] Chew, consisting of original ephemera documenting the career and progress as a celebrated pianist and dancer. It is also the ephemera of her celebrated composer and famed piano teacher, Edward F. Schneider, the chair of music at Mills College, Oakland, California. In addition is also a collection of ephemera about her famous father, Dr. Ng Poon Chew. See below for more details on all. * She lived at 3765 Shafter Ave., Oakland. She was one of the star pupils of Edward F. Schneider. * Edward F. Schneider was the Music chair at Mills College and the celebrated local composer of they symphony: "SARGASSO." He was also the personal piano teacher of Mansie, and she followed his career and went to all of his concerts. She was featured and "presented" to the music world on several occasions and participated in a good number of concerts. Per a newspaper article "THREE OAKLAND GRADUATES" they stated about her: "Two compositions of Miss Chew who is the daughter of Dr. Ng Poon Chew...editor of the Chung Sai Yat Po in San Francisco, will be sung at the annual concert of original compositions to be given Thursday evening on campus [Mills or U.C. Berkeley ?]. * Her father, Dr. Ng Poon Chew was a prominent Chinese- American, who resided in Oakland and established the first Chinese newspaper in America, in San Francisco. He is fondly called the "Father of Chinese Journalism in America" He was the celebrated editor, scholar, statesman, author and lecturer, commonly called the "Chinese Mark Twain" of America. He lectured throughout the United States appearing in most all principal cities. See the articles about him and his lectures near the end of the album. * Chronology: Citing only a small number of examples from the whole album. * January 30, 1913: Commencement Exercise of the Oakland High School, Mansie's graduation. * April 11, 1913: Oakland Tribune: "DAUGHTER OF CHINESE EDITOR TO ENTER U.C." [University of California, Berkeley] * May 12, 1913: MILLS COLLEGE: CLOSING CONCERT: by students of Edward F. Schneider, including Mansie. * May 28, 1915: FESTIVE HALL PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION CONCERT: by Faculty of Music at Mills College, dean Edward F. Schneider. * June 5, 1916: MILLS COLLEGE CONCERT. * March 19, 1917: Mansie's performance in San Jose under the auspices of the Tokalon Club, at the Y.W.C.A. Auditorium. * May 14, 1917: MILLS COLLEGE CONCERT BY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC. * August 17, 1917: TWO BENEFIT RECITALS FOR THE GEORGE KONHALL SHEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FUND, San Francisco. Pianist Ms. Mansie Chew was the first person listed. * November 5, [1918]: Music Week Concert: International Institute of the Y.W.C.A., under auspices of University Extension [U.C. Berkeley ?] * December 28, 1918: Pianoforte Recital given by pupils of Miss Mansie Chew, Chinese Young Women's Christian Assn., San Francisco. [two pieces] * March 28, 1919: AN EVENING OF MUSIC: Edward F. Schneider piano. * May 15, 1920: MILLS COLLEGE: ANNUAL CONCERT * October 9, 1920: First Big Variety show given by San Francisco Bodies No. 1. [two pieces] * March 3, [1922?]: SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Piano by Edward F. Schneider. Plus several other newspaper articles from 1922 :Mills College Weekly; Music Courier et al. * May 15, 1925: Piano recital under Edward F. Schneider presenting his pupils at the New Scottish Rite Temple in San Jose. * August 15, 1926: HALF HOUR OF MUSIC AT THE GREEK THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA [Berkeley], with piano by Edward F. Schneider. * January 16, 1927: PROGRAM SAN FRANCISCO SYPHONY ORCHESTRA: Symphonic Poem: "Sargasso" by Edward F. Schneider. * May 15, [1931]: EDWARD F. SCHNEIDER: Takes Pleasure in Presenting his pupils: Scottish Rite Temple, San Jose. * June 23, 1931: SUMMER SYMPHONY SERIES, SIXTH SEASON: 85 MEMBERS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Civic Auditorium, San Francisco. * Undated: OFFICIAL LIST OF OFFICERS AND STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE MUSIC TEACHERS' ASSN. OF CALIFORNIA: Edward F. Schneider cited. * October 18, 1945: Oakland Post Enquirer: Article about SCHOOL BOND ADVOCATES, Essie [another version of her given name] Chew presents the Chairman of the School Bond Committee500. * Undated: Several newspaper articles citing San Jose piano recitals for pupils of Edward F. Schneider cited. Others discuss work of Schneider, his "Sargasso" from Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Examiner, one dated July 20, 1924. * There are simply too many items to list individually, so we are saying that this album traces the success of Mansie [Caroline] Chew and her musical accomplishments and dancing career. It is also a record of the accomplishments and progress of her beloved piano teacher, Edward F. Schneider. Her teacher performed in New York and the Bohemian Club Concerts, Midsummer music and events and a host of others too numerous to cite all here. * There are also a lovely group of photographs of Mansie, her father and Dean. Schneider both in newspaper photos. There are also two very early original black & white photographs of Edward F. Schneider as a child and a young man. A superb penned note of encouragement given to Mansie from Schneider: "Until you came-lifes' future seemed but empty space. Dark clouds unsilverlined [sic] obscured the sun; Now all has changed in its place the rainbow gleams, and in its place the bluebird sings again his song of old" Signed "E.F. Schneider." One wonders of the teacher and his star pupil Mansie, they may have shared a bit more than simply that of a teacher and his star pupil vis-a-vis this intimate and tender and most revealing note. * About mid-way through the album, are some stunning original photographs of a very young Mansie with her grandfather in Oakland. She is accompanied with her family and pose in dancing postures for the camera in full Chinese costume, and again, with her favorite puppy ! * Around 1933, she began to include Chinese traditional dance as part of her repertoire, and gave many "modern and Oriental" dance concerts. Some very nice programs show her photograph. She performed at the Community Play House in San Francisco, in 1934, and had the "Caroline Chew Studio of the Dance" at 376 Sutter Street, San Francisco. She also performed at Berkeley's TOWN AND GOWN CLUB in January, 1934. * CONDITION: The album is remarkably in very good condition, with original covers and fire-cracker paper covered-boards well intact, albeit a trifle dusty with some minor darkening. The contents are exceptionally clean, solid, with some normal browning of old news paper articles, else clean and nice, without any defects to speak of. Her name and address in Oakland was [rubber ?] stamped inside the front covers, The last few pages are blank. * A unique archive of Californians and Chinese in America, as well as musical history and archive material. Material from this early period of Chinese in America are scarce, especially when considering the fame of the subjects. A record of the famous composer and dean of Music department, Mills College is also a nice and obscure archive of Edward F. Schneider's professional life. * Color scans can be sent by email. 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Oakland 1913-1945. 3/4 Buff cloth over orange and gold fire- cracker paper, raffia tide spine, 31 x 24 cm., covers a bit dusty dark stained, [54] pages, very good, clean, solid,many programs, newspaper clippings, b.w. original photos. UNIQUE

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Rolling Stones. S. 1: (I can't get no) Satisfaction/ Let's spend the night together/ Lady Jane/ As tears go by/ Paint it black/ Get off of my cloud/ She's a rainbow. Seite 2: Jumpin' Jack Flash/ Ruby Tuesday/ 2000 Light years from home/ The last time/ We love you/ Honky tonk woman/ Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow?

1 LP, kratzerfrei, stereo, Amiga, Berlin, Übernahme v. Teldec Schallplatten, Hamburg.

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Flagg, Fannie: Glück unter dem Regenbogen : [Roman]. Aus dem Engl. von Monika Ohletz, Club-Taschenbuch, [Rheda-Wiedenbrück ; Gütersloh] : RM-Buch-und-Medien-Vertrieb [u.a.], 2008.
Standing in the rainbow. Buchkanten leicht berieben, sonst sehr gutes Exemplar.

Ungekürzte Lizenzausg. 636 S. ; 19 cm gebundene Ausgabe

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