Willingham, Calder 1922-1995Overview
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Calder Willingham
Most widely held works by
Calder Willingham
The graduate
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51 editions published between 1967 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 1,768 libraries worldwide A recent college graduate from an affluent family comes of age and finds himself by being led into an affair with the wife and the daughter of his father's business partner.
Paths of glory
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24 editions published between 1957 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,519 libraries worldwide The desolation, cynicism, and futility of war are embodied in this film based on a novel that took as its subject a real incident from World War I. Three innocent French soldiers are tried and convicted of cowardice, after their battalion fails to take a heavily fortified German position. Colonel Dax, a lawyer in civilian life, attempts to defend the men, who were chosen by a random drawing of lots. The General Staff, comfortable and safe behind the lines, demands they be executed to inspire the troops remaining in the trenches. Critical of the military hierarchy, and the class divisions that inspire the antipathy of common soldiers for the officer class, the film is renowned for its depiction of the callous treatment of the condemned men, taking their lives in so arbitrary a fashion.
Little Big Man
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37 editions published between 1969 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,510 libraries worldwide Jack Crabb is 121 years old. And he's done it all. He's been a full-fledged Cheyenne, an Indian fighter, a snake oil merchant, master gunman, drinking buddy of wild Bill Hickok, colleague of Buffalo Bill, and is the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Crabb is either the Old West's most neglected hero or the biggest liar ever to cross the Mississippi. Little Big Man is Jack Crabb's story.
The graduate
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6 editions published between 1987 and 2009 in English and held by 1,466 libraries worldwide A recent college graduate from an affluent family is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, then subsequently falls in love with her daughter.
The Vikings
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9 editions published between 1958 and 2004 in English and German and held by 616 libraries worldwide It is the Middle Ages, and nothing is more feared in England than Viking warriors. In one of many raids, Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King. Twenty years later, the Vikings under are still raiding England and they now have an Englishman, Egbert, making maps of the English coast for them. Ragnar has a son, Einar, a lusty warrior who takes what he wants when he wants it. They also have a slave, Eric, taken prisoner as an infant. Egbert realizes from a necklace Eric wears that he is the son of the Queen and is Einar's half-brother. When they kidnap Morgana, a Welsh beauty and the English King's betrothed, the stage is set for an inevitable clash between the half-brothers and with the reigning English King.
Providence Island
by Calder Willingham
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16 editions published between 1968 and 1981 in 4 languages and held by 596 libraries worldwide
End as a man
by Calder Willingham
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25 editions published between 1947 and 1986 in 3 languages and held by 583 libraries worldwide
Rambling Rose
by Calder Willingham
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24 editions published between 1972 and 1997 in 5 languages and held by 506 libraries worldwide
Eternal fire
by Calder Willingham
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24 editions published between 1963 and 1987 in 5 languages and held by 460 libraries worldwide
The big nickel
by Calder Willingham
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10 editions published between 1975 and 1977 in English and Portuguese and held by 290 libraries worldwide
One-eyed jacks
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30 editions published between 1961 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 283 libraries worldwide After his release from prison, a bank robber seeks revenge on the sheriff who betrayed him when they were outlaw partners.
Thieves like us
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 271 libraries worldwide Two convicts break out of Mississippi State Penitentiary in 1936 to join a third on a long spree of bank robbing. The youngest of the gang falls in love with a girl he has met at their hideout. Their last robbery in Yazoo City goes bad and all three become notorious men, who are wanted by the law.
One-eyed jacks
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3 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 177 libraries worldwide An ex-convict finds the partner who betrayed him is now a town sheriff with a wife and daughter.
Geraldine Bradshaw
by Calder Willingham
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12 editions published between 1950 and 1973 in English and held by 162 libraries worldwide
The gates of hell
by Calder Willingham
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4 editions published between 1951 and 1970 in English and held by 147 libraries worldwide
Thieves like us
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14 editions published between 1973 and 2010 in English and German and held by 145 libraries worldwide Three escaped prisoners soon turn to bank robberies in order to supply their needs for cash in the 1930s Midwest.
The graduate : a play
by Terry Johnson
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4 editions published between 2000 and 2003 in English and held by 138 libraries worldwide
Reach to the stars
by Calder Willingham
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14 editions published between 1951 and 1971 in English and held by 137 libraries worldwide
Natural child
by Calder Willingham
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12 editions published between 1952 and 1979 in English and Swedish and held by 131 libraries worldwide
To eat a peach
by Calder Willingham
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7 editions published between 1955 and 1974 in English and held by 92 libraries worldwide more
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Action and adventure films Adultery American fiction Bank robberies Battles Berger, Thomas,--1924- Britons--Kings and rulers Cheyenne Indians Cobb, Humphrey,--1899-1944 College graduates Comedy films Comedy films Courts-martial and courts of inquiry Disfigured persons Drama Escapes Feature films Feature films Fiction Fiction films Film adaptations Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Films--for the hearing impaired France France.--Armée Frontier and pioneer life Little Bighorn, Battle of the (Montana : 1876) Man-woman relationships Melodrama Melodrama Military education Mississippi Montana Mothers and daughters Northmen Princesses Psychological fiction Romance films Soldiers Southern States Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Vikings War films Webb, Charles Richard,--1939- West (U.S.) Western films Western films World War (1914-1918) Youth--Conduct of life
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Willingham, Calder
Willingham, Calder Baynard, 1922-
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English
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German (64) French (36) Multiple languages (30) Spanish (26) Undetermined (15) No Linguistic content (6) Portuguese (4) Hebrew (4) Finnish (4) Japanese (3) Swedish (3) Chinese (2) Slovenian (2) Italian (2) Dutch (1) Covers
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