Bøker av Robert L Harned

Albert Edward Bogdon had a tragically short life, dying at age 36. However, during his lifetime, he was able to break out of a Pittsburgh slum and have a successful career in the fields of magic, the military, law, and politics. As a magician, he rubbed elbows with the elite, such as Harry Houdini and Howard Thurston. While in the Navy as a quartermaster, he quickly progressed in rank to Ensign and then to Lieutenant Junior Grade. While pursuing a successful law practice in Denver, he was elected as a Colorado state senator and was even considered for governor of the state. This all came to a crashing fatal end during an evening visit with a female client and a confrontation with the woman's jealous husband. The story ends with a gripping courtroom drama. The book includes 75 pictures, complete texts of his writings, genealogical charts, bibliography, and index.

Sally Phipps was only three years old and the veteran winner of several beautiful baby contests when she appeared as the Baby in the film "Broncho Billy And The Baby." It was made at the Niles California Essanay Studio in late 1914. This book follows her amazing life and a career that culminated in her receiving the Rosemary (for remembrance) Award shortly before her death in 1978. Her memories of the early years at Essanay include sitting on Charlie Chaplin's lap and enduring a frightening stage coach accident. In her teens, she was a Fox Studio star appearing in 20 films, including a cameo in the classic "Sunrise." There were bad times also. She was on the set of her Fox two-reel comedy "Gentlemen Prefer Scotch" in 1927 when word reached her of the scandalous death of her father, a state senator. But in that same year, she was selected as one of the 13 Wampas Baby Stars, starlets that were considered destined for future success. Despite her popularity in Hollywood, she left for New York where she became the darling of gossip columnists, particularly Walter Winchell. She appeared in two Broadway shows, made a Vitaphone comedy short, and married and divorced one of the Gimbel department store moguls before she darted off for India and around the world travel. Back in New York, there was another marriage, two children, and later a stay in Hawaii. Earl Wilson wrote about her in 1938 when she was working for the Federal Theatre Project during the WPA period -- headlining his column "Wampas Ex-Baby Lives On WPA $23 - And Likes It." Her images - especially her pinup photographs - have become highly collectible. The book features 150 pictures from Sally's personal and professional life, including glamorous portraits and pinups.

Robert L. Harned is a professional research librarian who turned to writing family history after his retirement in 2006. He has already published books about his actress mother, Sally Phipps, and his magician/politician grandfather, Alfred Edward Bogdon, both available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In the course of his research, he unearthed fascinating information about a number of other members of his family, whose stories and accomplishments also deserve to be told - the "unsung but not forgotten." The personalities have been selected from the following interrelated families: Bassett, Beutler, Bogdon, Charles, Green, Harned, Lane, Morgan, Phelps, and Phipps. With his 400-page text, Harned also provides 275 pictures, bibliographies, genealogical tables, and a detailed index.