Hugo Gernsback vs. Bernarr Macfadden: a classic brains vs. brawn business rivalry that shaped 1930s science fiction pulp. Gernsback's impact on sci-fi, from Modern Electrics to planting the seeds of ...
HOW MUSCULAR MILLIONAIRE BERNARR MACFADDEN TRANSFORMED THE NATION THROUGH SEX, SALAD, AND THE ULTIMATE STARVATION DIET By Mark Adams HarperCollins, $25.99, 292 pages, illus. Reviewed by Priscilla S.
Bernarr Macfadden, who almost single-handedly launched the twin American obsessions with diet and exercise, wanted you to picture a roaring lion when you said his name out loud. Not content with his ...
THE TRUE STORY OF BERNARR MACFADDEN—Fulton Oursler—Lewis Copeland ($2.50). BERNARR MACFADDEN, A STUDY IN SUCCESS—Clement Wood—Lewis Copeland ($3). CHATS WITH THE MACFADDEN FAMILY —Grace Perkins—Lewis ...
Davis is a contributing writer at Los Angeles magazine. Before Jack LaLanne and Jane Fonda, an odd man with an odd name reigned as America’s health and fitness guru. Bernarr Macfadden championed the ...
This is an excerpt from Jasper Craven’s new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don’t, available now. Beyond a war’s major tactical goals—land, resources, and the like—lies an impalpable but equally ...
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