Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Samuel hopkins adams 18711958 page at spirit of america. The new yorker may earn a portion of sales from products and services that are purchased through links on our site as part of. Upon graduation he remained a loyal alumnus and served as trustee between 1905 and 1916. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Night bus, one of adamss many magazine stories, became the basis for the film it happened one night. Aarons book of the week night bus by samuel hopkins adams. Samuel hopkins adams biography, birth date, birth place and. In consideration of this sum it will swallow huge quantities of alcohol, an appalling amount of opiates and narcotics, a wide assortment of varied drugs ranging from powerful and dangerous heart depressants to insidious liver stimulants. Samuel hopkins adams january 26, 1871 november 16, 1958 was an american writer, best known for his investigative journalism and muckraking background. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Night bus adams, samuel hopkins, cover art by sandor klein on. Night bus, one of adamss many magazine stories, became the. The muckrakers a term coined by president theodore roosevelt were writers of the progressive movement of the early twentieth century. Samuel hopkins adams project gutenberg selfpublishing.
The great american fraud articles book by samuel hopkins adams, the great. Top 22 quotes of samuel hopkins adams famous quotes and. A history of the pony with stories of the bad men outlaws, and indians who were a constant threat to the mail riders. Canal town is the title of a 1944 novel by samuel hopkins adams. Night bus 1933, one of adamss many magazine stories became the basis. Index of the project gutenberg works of samuel hopkins adams, ed. Genealogy profile for samuel hopkins adams samuel hopkins adams 1871 1958 genealogy genealogy for samuel hopkins adams 1871 1958 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Adams returned to the attack and another series of articles in colliers weekly, adams exposed the misleading advertising that companies were using to sell their products. Samuel hopkins adams the muckraking decade of about 190212 coincided with the most vigorous part of a period of transition in american medicine. From 1901 to 1905 he was associated in various editorial and advertising capacities with mcclures. Therefore, while social, cultural and political themes were abundant in so many other frank capra films of the decade, it was it happened one night that chimed most with audiences.
Read more from samuel hopkins adams on the new yorker. According the newspaper jornal do comercio june 10, 1900, he conducted his first public experiment on june 3, 1900, in front of journalists and the general consul of great britain, c. Lupton, in sao paulo, brazil, for a distance of approximately 8 km. Night bus samuel hopkins adams pdf, best books on holy roman empire, adams was a prolific writer, who wrote fiction as well. Samuel hopkins adams 18711958 writer journalist, author, biographer and historian samuel hopkins adams was born along the banks of lake.
The story has some great vintage depressionera remarks and sentiments and upperclass twittishness in hard need of schoolin by the unwashed her brother works hard riding those polo ponies all day. Jan 30, 2006 the book of the week is night bus by samuel hopkins adams 18711958, cover art by sandor klein. In his retrospective essay echoes of the jazz age, writer f. Samuel hopkins adams was an american writer and muckraker. Media in category samuel hopkins adams the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Samuel hopkins adams january 26, 1871 november 16, 1958 was an american writer, best known for his investigative journalism and muckraking. Value of night bus samuel hopkins adams dell 10 cent 3. It happened one night is a 1934 precode american romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and coproduced by frank capra, in collaboration with harry cohn, in which a pampered socialite claudette colbert tries to get out from under her fathers thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter clark gable. Samuel hopkins adams is credited as journalist, and author, night bus. A 1933 short story by samuel hopkins adams which originally appeared in cosmopolitan magazine and was published the following year in a 10cent dell vestpocket edition dick, 2008. His bestknown novel, revelry 1926, based on the scandals of the harding administration, was later followed by. Night bus was the basis for the 1934 frank capra film it happened one night, starring clark gable and claudette colbert. Night bus, one of adams s many magazine stories, became the basis for the film it.
The plot is based on the august 1933 short story night bus by samuel hopkins adams, which provided the shooting title. Adams was a prolific writer, who wrote fiction as well. Page 3 gullible america will spend this year some seventyfive millions of dollars in the purchase of patent medicines. Feb 01, 2004 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Hopkins entered hamilton college in clinton, new york in 1887. Buy samuel hopkins adams ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device.
Adams graduated from hamilton college in 1891 and was with the new york sun until 1900. Night bus, volume 2741 volume 3 of dell 10cent book volume 3 of dell books 10 cent series night bus, samuel hopkins adams. The novel is set in the 1820s in the town of palmyra, new york, near rochester, located on the erie canal. The novel opens in 1820, when the construction of the erie canal had just begun, but has not reached palmyra, and most of the town is looking forward to the. From a bench in our square by samuel hopkins adams free ebook. Oct 10, 2018 eight years later adams married an actress, jane peyton. Browse gift certificates drmfree books my ebooks my account. Wrote it happened one night, performed in the pioneer playhouse theatre.
It happened one night 38 movie clip the walls of jericho 1934 hd duration. Samuel hopkins adams adams, samuel hopkins, 18711958 the. Adams was a close friend of both the investigative reporter ray stannard baker and district attorney benjamin darrow. Screenplay by robert riskin, based on the story night bus by samuel hopkins adams.
The answer is that they all derive from short stories, it happened one night 1934 being based, for instance, on samuel hopkins adamss night bus, while. What do it happened one night, stagecoach, the killers, rear window, rashomon, and the spiders stratagem have in common. The hero was a freckled ginger, but the story was so cute that ill forgive it that grievous transgression. Samuel hopkins adams was an american writer, best known for his investigative journalism. Samuel hopkins adams was born in dunkirk, new york state on 26 january 1871, the son of minister myron adams and hester rose. Night bus, one of adams s many magazine stories, became the basis for the film it happened one night. Adapted from samuel hopkins adams s vignette, night bus, ellie andrews claudette colbert is a.
Night bus samuel hopkins adams pdf adams was a prolific writer, who wrote fiction as well. The novel was adapted into the silent movie flaming youth in 1923. Night bus, ellie andrews claudette colbert is a wealthy heiress who marries a dashing but dim avia tor and. For they saw on screen the kind of america they lived in, but they also saw embedded in the characters and situations. It happened one night 1934 script movie catcher script. Claudette colbert, clark gable, walter connolly, roscoe karns screenplay. Adams s first solo novel was in 1908, flying death, which added to his mystery collection. His grandparents were distantly related to, but apparently not overawed by, the betterknown boston adamses. It is not surprising that one of the crusading journalists of that period, samuel hopkins adams, made his reputation as a reformer by focusing his muck.
Click to read more about night bus by samuel hopkins adams. The muckrakers a term coined by president theodore roosevelt were writers of the progressive movement of the early twentieth century who exposed the corruption of businesses or government to the public. But for all except the few who are strong and steadfast, there lurks beneath the effervescence a subtle poison. Night bus by adams, samuel hopkins and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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