All this talk about the downright rude behavior of our politicians debating the health care bill has me feeling ill! Makes me wish Bernarr MacFadden’s International Health Resort was still around. I found this little undated pamphlet in my pile of “flat things” while looking for a book jacket for something else. It has some […]
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Mr. America
There’s a new biography out, by Mark Adams, about one of my favorite authors, Bernarr Macfadden. It’s called How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and the Ultimate Starvation Diet. The Post had a review today – I haven’t read the book yet but plan to pick up a copy!
Birthday Chats with Tomorrow’s Man – a little family history
cover Originally uploaded by Miss Abigail. I recently had the pleasure of hearing from a woman named Robin, the granddaughter of Louis Le Claire Jones, author of the 1940 Birthday Chats with Tomorrow’s Man. She had done a Google search after finding a photocopy of her grandfather’s book and stumbled across this site. She writes […]