Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - July - 2009 Issue
A Mix of the Unusual from Peter Masi Books
Number 200 from Peter L. Masi - Books.
It only took Charles Lindbergh a decade to go from national hero, to victim, to supporter of a very unpopular cause. Lindbergh was a strong opponent of American involvement in the war raging in Europe in 1940, and was, if not sympathetic, at least not particularly upset by the behavior of Nazi Germany. His views are expressed in this 1940 publication, The Radio Addresses of Col. Charles Lindbergh, 1939-1940. Any residual popularity would mostly fade away after Pearl Harbor and America's entrance into the war. Item 33. $50.
This Charles was always popular: Charles Atlas. Atlas was the first of the celebrity bodybuilders, and he kept many a scrawny young lad from having sand kicked in his face on the beach. Item 83 is Health, Strength and Physique Building Course. 12 Lesson correspondence course. These circa 1922 lessons are not only collectible, but undoubtedly would still work today. $50.
Item 400 is Colorado Bob, Radio's Tallest Singing Cowboy, Presents His Own Original Songs. Bob Mason never became as well known a singing cowboy as Gene Autry or Roy Rogers, but he was taller. But, what is the value in being the tallest cowboy on radio? Can you tell a tall cowboy from a short one on radio? $10.
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