Miracle of the Scarlet Thread by Richard Booker
Dioramas and panoramas, freaks and magicians, waxworks and menageries, obscure relics and stuffed animals--a dazzling assortment of curiosities attracted the gaze of the nineteenth-century spectator at the dime museum. This distinctly American phenomenon was unprecedented in both the diversity of its amusements and in its democratic appeal, with audiences traversing the boundaries of ethnicity, gender, and class. Andrea Stulman Dennett's Weird and Wonderful: The Dime Museum in America recaptures this ephemeral and scarcely documented institution of American culture from the margins of history. Weird and Wonderful chronicles the evolution of the dime museum from its eighteenth-century inception as a cabinet of curiosities to its death at the hands of new amusement technologies in the early twentieth century. From big theaters which accommodated audiences of three thousand to meager converted storefronts exhibiting petrified wood and living anomalies, this study vividly reanimates the array of museums, exhibits, and performances that make up this entertainment institution. Tracing the scattered legacy of the dime museum from vaudeville theater to Ripley's museum to the talk show spectacles of today, Dennett makes a significant contribution to the history of American popular entertainment.Dr. Richard Booker is an ordained Christian minister, president of Sounds of the Trumpet, Inc., and the founder/director of the Institute for Hebraic-Christian Studies, a ministry to educate Christians in the Hebraic culture and background of the Bible, build relationships between Christians and Jews, and give comfort and support to the people of Israel. He is the author of 35 books and numerous Bible courses and study materials. He and his wife, Peggy, have led tours to Israel for 25 years. Dr. Booker is considered a pioneer, spiritual father, and prophetic voice. He teaches on Bible prophecy, radical Islam, Israel, Jewish-Christian relations, and the biblical Hebraic roots of Christianity.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780768426465 |
| ISBN 10 | 0768426464 |
| Title | Miracle of the Scarlet Thread |
| Author | Richard Booker |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Destiny Image |
| Year published | 2008-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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