Description
Book Synopsis The whaling bark Progress was a New Bedford ship transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago''s 1893 world''s fair. Traversing waterways across North America, the whaleship enthralled crowds from Montreal to Racine. Her ultimate fate, however, was to be a failed sideshow of marine curiosities and a metaphor for a dying industry out of step with Gilded Age America. This book uses the story of the Progress to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America. The legacy of this whaling bark can be found throughout New England and Chicago, and invites questions about what it means to transform a dying industry into a museum piece.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Rivals of Riverdale
- Section I: Overview: The 1940s
- 1. Here She Comes in Miss America Comics: Patsy Walker
- 2. Patsy Walker's Groundbreaking Title
- 3. Marvel Teens in the 1940s
- 4. Judy's Date with Success
- 5. Buzzy, Binky and Scribbly in the 1940s
- 6. Candy's Antics
- 7. Hap Hazard and the Ace Gang
- 8. Wilbur, the Forgotten Success Story
- 9. Topsy-Turvy, Cookie and The Kilroys
- 10. Why My Date Didn't Go So Well
- 11. Comics Advertised "For Teen Girls"
- 12. Ozzie and Babs—Fawcett's Only Teen Star
- 13. Junior, Sunny and Corliss
- 14. Slick Chick Comics and the Dearfield Duo
- 15. Other Short Run Pre-Code Girls
- 16. Teena and the Strip Reprints
- 17. Hi-Jinx—Teen-Age Animal Funnies
- Section II: The 1950s
- 18. Patsy Walker, Something of a Supergirl
- 19. DC's Teen Humor: A Favorite in the '50s
- 20. The Unique Wendy Parker
- 21. My Girl Pearl: Dumb and Dumber
- 22. The Joy of Meeting Miss Bliss
- 23. Henry Aldrich and the Dell Teens
- 24. Jetta, Teen-Age Sweetheart of 2052
- Between pages 148 and 149 are 8 color plates containing 15 photographs
- 25. The Mystery of Candy in the 1950s
- 26. The Amazing Mazie and Her Boyfriends
- 27. Why Ginger Deserved a Better Fate
- 28. The First Kathy and Company
- 29. Lucy, the (All Too Soon) Real Gone Gal
- 30. Oh, What a Brother!
- 31. The Most Obscure Teen Humor Comic Book
- 32. Junior Hopp and the Hopp Rod
- 33. The Short-Run Guys in the Not-So-Nifty '50s
- Section III: Introduction: The 1960s and 1970s
- 34. John Stanley's Masterpiece: Thirteen
- 35. Patsy and Hedy: A Novel Approach in the 1960s
- 36. An Early '60s Bright Spot: Marvel's Teen-Age Tornado!
- 37. Judy, Dobie, Freddy and the Early '60s
- 38. Tippy Teen's Surprise Appearance
- 39. Josie, Pussycats and All
- 40. A Word on the Working Girls
- Appendix: Teen Humor Comics Outside the Archie Universe, 1940s to 1970s
- Bibliography
- Index
