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The 101 most influential people who never lived : how characters of fiction, myth, legends, television, and movies have shaped our society, changed our behavior, and set the course of history / Allan Lazar, Dan Karlen, and Jeremy Salter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lazar, Allan, 1931-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legends.
- Mythology.
- Fictitious characters.
- Civilization.
- United States--Civilization--Miscellanea.
- United States.
- National characteristics, American--Miscellanea.
- National characteristics, American.
- Popular culture--United States--Miscellanea.
- Popular culture.
- Fictitious characters--Miscellanea.
- Mythology--Miscellanea.
- Legends--Miscellanea.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 317 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- One hundred one most influential people who never lived
- One hundred and one most influential people who never lived
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper, [2006]
- Summary:
- From Santa Claus to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from Uncle Sam to Uncle Tom, here is a compelling, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining compendium of fictional trendsetters and world-shakers who have helped shape our culture and our lives. The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived offers fascinating histories of our most beloved, hated, feared, and revered invented icons and the indelible marks they made on civilization, including: # 28: Rosie the riveter, the buff, blue-collar factory worker who helped jump-start the Women's Liberation movement, # 7: Siegfried, the legendary warrior-hero of Teutonic nationalism responsible for propelling Germany into two world wars, # 80: Icarus, the headstrong high-flyer who inspired the Wright brothers and humankind's dreams of defying gravity ... while demonstrating the pressing need for flight insurance, # 58: Saint valentine, the hapless, de-canonized loser who lost his heart and head at about the same time, # 43: Barbie, the bodacious plastic babe who became a role model for millions of little girls, setting an impossible standard for beauty and style.
- Contents:
- Beginnings: How We Got into Writing This Book 5
- The 101 in Rank Order 9
- 1 Greek and Roman Myths 13
- Prometheus-#46 14
- Apollo and Dionysus-#23 16
- Venus and Cupid-#45 18
- Pandora-#47 20
- Helen-#59 22
- Odysseus-#24 24
- Midas-#29 27
- Pygmalion-#88 29
- Icarus-#80 31
- Hercules-#76 33
- 2 Folktales 37
- Santa Claus-#4 38
- The Pied Piper-#69 40
- The Wandering Jew-#92 43
- Hansel and Gretel-#52 45
- Cinderella, A Rebuttal-#26 47
- Lilith-#99 50
- Saint Valentine-#58 51
- King Arthur-#3 53
- Robin Hood-#12 56
- William Tell-#42 58
- Don Juan-#40 61
- Interlude: How We Did It-The Ranking Method 65
- 4 Monsters 71
- Dr. Frankenstein's Monster-#6 72
- Loch Ness Monster-#56 74
- King Kong-#74 77
- Godzilla-#38 78
- 5 Stereotypes 81
- Prince Charming-#20 82
- Jim Crow-#13 85
- Mammy-#81 88
- 6 Adventure 93
- Sindbad the Sailor-#82 94
- Robinson Crusoe-#22 96
- Buck-#94 98
- Tarzan-#49 100
- Luke Skywalker-#85 103
- Interlude: Categories 107
- 7 Crime 109
- Sherlock Holmes-#8 110
- Batman-#60 112
- Hans Beckert-#90 116
- Dick Tracy-#77 117
- 8 Americana 121
- Uncle Sam-#61 122
- Uncle Tom-#11 124
- Hiawatha-#71 127
- The American Cowboy-#19 130
- Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn-#65 133
- Paul Bunyan-#101 136
- Amos 'n' Andy-#83 138
- G.I. Joe-#48 143
- John Doe-#100 146
- 9 Literature 149
- Don Quixote-#17 150
- Ivanhoe-#97 152
- Ebenezer Scrooge-#16 154
- Captain Ahab-#53 156
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-#10 160
- The Great Gatsby-#93 161
- Interlude: The Writing Process 165
- 10 Children's Literature 169
- The Little Engine That Could-#31 170
- The Ugly Duckling-#55 172
- Alice-#34 173
- Peter Pan-#70 176
- The Cat in the Hat-#79 179
- 11 Theater 183
- Oedipus-#14 184
- Romeo and Juliet-#9 186
- Hamlet-#5 188
- Othello-#72 190
- Shylock-#27 192
- Figaro-#37 193
- Faust-#36 195
- Madame Butterfly-#89 197
- Siegfried-#7 199
- Willy Loman-#95 203
- Interlude: Who Met Whom? 205
- 12 Movies 207
- The Little Tramp-#73 208
- Dracula-#33 211
- Dorothy Gale-#91 214
- Sam Spade-#68 217
- Citizen Kane-#35 219
- Richard Blaine-#54 222
- Elmer Gantry-#98 224
- Norman Bates-#75 226
- Dr. Strangelove-#87 229
- Bond, James Bond-#51 231
- Atticus Finch-#57 234
- HAL 9000-#66 236
- 13 Women's Liberation 241
- Hester Prynne-#30 242
- Nora Helmer-#25 244
- Lady Chatterly-#15 245
- Nancy Drew-#62 247
- Mary Richards-#39 250
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer-#44 253
- Interlude: Who's Fictional? 257
- 14 Comics and Animation 261
- Mickey Mouse-#18 262
- Betty Boop-#96 264
- Buck Rogers-#84 266
- Superman-#64 268
- Bambi-#41 272
- 15 Commerce 275
- The Marlboro Man-#1 276
- Barbie-#43 278
- Joe Camel-#78 281
- 16 Propaganda 285
- Smokey Bear-#21 286
- Rosie the Riveter-#28 289
- Big Brother-#2 292
- 17 Television 295
- Perry Mason-#86 296
- Archie Bunker-#32 299
- Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock-#50 302
- J. R. Ewing-#63 305
- Kermit the Frog-#67 307
- Appendix Also-Rans and Near-Misses 313.
- ISBN:
- 0061132217
- 9780061132216
- OCLC:
- 65521592
- Publisher Number:
- 9780061132216
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