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Psychiana Man A Mail Order Prophet His Followers & Hard Times By Brandon Schrand
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- “P/O”
- Personalize
- No
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
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- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
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- ISBN
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Washington STATE University Press
ISBN-10
0874224047
ISBN-13
9780874224047
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26050085629
Product Key Features
Book Title
Psychiana Man : a Mail-Order Prophet, His Followers, and the Power of Belief in Hard Times
Number of Pages
414 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Hoaxes & Deceptions, Cultural Heritage, General, Criminals & Outlaws, Criminology
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-058773
Table Of Content
I. OUTLIER: 1886-1928 1. No Man Knew His History 2. Vagabond II. "DEAR FRIEND & STUDENT": 1928-1934 3. From the Ashes 4. Ad Man 5. "Keyed Up to a High Pitch" 6. Occult Appeal 7. "The Shackles Are Off " 8. Toil 9. "Does the LAW Work?" 10. "At the Hour You Took Command" 11. Faith Factory 12. "The Magic Wand" 13. Under the Banner of Advertising 14. No Narrow Creed 15. Passport to Trouble 16. "There Will Be No Peace in Our Household" III. MESSIAH ON TRIAL: 1934-193 17. American Spectacle 18. "That We Should Enter Again into Our Partnership" 19. "The Suffering of Humanity" 20. Prosecution 21. On Trial 22. "Psychiana is With Me" 23. The Marksmen 24. "A Pack of Bloody Hounds" 25. "Out in these By-Ways and Hedges" 26. "Redeemed from the Jaws of Doubts and Agnosticism" 27. "Criminal Action" 28. "The Child is the Father of Man" 29. The Lion of Idaho 30. Letter from Bledington 31. Loyalty 32. Havana 33. "It is Terrible Discouraging Here" 34. Return 35. "Through the Bright Spot, Out Into Somewhere" 36. "My Road is Pretty Rocky" 37. Be Quiet 38. Fallout IV. THROUGH WAR TO GOD: 1937-1945 39. Radio Psychiana 40. "You Are God's Moses to Me" 41. "On the Ether Waves & the Cosmic Rays" 42. "I Used to Go to the Hills and Pray to that God in the Sky" 43. Convention 44. "The Meanest Swindler in the World" 45. Looking the Part 46. Winter War 47. "It Seems Terrible Hard at the Present Time" 48. "The Cobbler Mustn't Go Beyond His Last" 49. "This Imperishable Yardstick" 50. Psychiana Blitzkrieg 51. "The Day I Answered Your Advertisement" 52. Drive 53. The Poet 54. "What Do You Want?" 55. Vision Quest 56. "Frankly Speaking" 57. The Pilot 58. Prophet and Mystic 59. A Mad World V. REQUIEM FOR A PROPHET: 1945-1952 60. Psychiana in the Nuclear Age 61. The Gathering Storm
Synopsis
Six weeks after the 1929 stock market crash, Frank Bruce Robinson created a self-help religion he called Psychiana. An ingenious mass-marketing pioneer, he sold a correspondence course promising health, wealth, and happiness to those who believed in the "God Power." In the midst of the Great Depression, his mail-order religion with a money-back guarantee swept the United States and spread to some sixty-seven countries--or so its founder claimed--to become one of the most successful twentieth century New Thought religions. Facing charges of passport fraud in May 1936, an immaculately dressed Robinson arrived at the federal building in rural Moscow, Idaho. A person of considerable local and regional significance, he was Latah County's largest private employer. Throngs lined the streets and sidewalks waiting for him. He exited his sleek green Duesenberg, waved to the crowd, and smiled for pictures. His son later wrote that the charismatic leader possessed "an insatiable appetite for publicity." Central to the investigation was Robinson's true identity. He was not all he claimed to be, and his small-town trial captivated the country and made national headlines. A full-length biography of Robinson combined with an in-depth historical examination of Psychiana, this book traces the improbable rise and fall of a master charlatan while also giving voice to his unwavering followers--from a dust bowl farmer to a former heavyweight boxing champion--who clung to their beliefs despite ongoing financial and emotional costs. Their stories reveal how adversity can galvanize faith in a false prophet, and paint an intriguing, intimate portrait of a nation challenged by a brutal depression and war., A full-length biography of Frank Bruce Robinson combined with an in-depth historical examination of Psychiana, this book traces the improbable rise and fall of a master charlatan while also giving voice to his unwavering followers who clung to their beliefs despite ongoing financial and emotional costs., Six weeks after the 1929 stock market crash, Frank Bruce Robinson created a self-help religion he called Psychiana. An ingenious mass-marketing pioneer, he sold a correspondence course promising health, wealth, and happiness to those who believed in the "God Power." In the midst of the Great Depression, his mail-order religion with a money-back guarantee swept the United States and spread to some sixty-seven countries-or so its founder claimed-to become one of the most successful twentieth century New Thought religions. Facing charges of passport fraud in May 1936, an immaculately dressed Robinson arrived at the federal building in rural Moscow, Idaho. A person of considerable local and regional significance, he was Latah County's largest private employer. Throngs lined the streets and sidewalks waiting for him. He exited his sleek green Duesenberg, waved to the crowd, and smiled for pictures. His son Eater wrote that the charismatic leader possessed "an insatiable appetite for publicity." Central to the investigation was Robinson's true identity. He was not all he claimed to be, and his small-town trial captivated the country and made national headlines. A full-length biography of Robinson combined with an in-depth historical examination of Psychiana, this book traces the improbable rise and fall of a master charlatan while also giving voice to his unwavering followers-from a Dust Bowl farmer to a former heavyweight boxing champion-who clung to their beliefs despite ongoing financial and emotional costs. Their stories reveal how adversity can galvanize faith in a false prophet, and paint an intriguing, intimate portrait of a nation challenged by a brutal depression and war. Book jacket.
LC Classification Number
BL2790.R6S37 2021
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