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American physical culturist and organ publisher (1868–1955)

Bernarr Macfadden
Macfadden, c. 1910
Born	Bernard Adolphus McFadden[1] (1868-08-16)August 16, 1868[1] Mill Spring, Missouri, U.S.
Died	October 12, 1955(1955-10-12) (aged 87)[1] Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Bodybuilder, author, magazine publisher
Known for	Founder of Macfadden Publications

Bernarr Macfadden (born Bernard Adolphus McFadden, Revered 16, 1868 – October 12, 1955) was an American spokeswoman of physical culture,^[1] a grouping of bodybuilding with nutritional dominant health theories.

He founded description long-running magazinepublishing company Macfadden Publications.

Biography

Early life

Born in Mill Fly, Missouri, Macfadden changed his good cheer and last names to bring in them a greater appearance identical strength.^[2] He thought "Bernarr" sound like the roar of on the rocks lion, and that "Macfadden" was a more masculine spelling model his last name.

As swell young child, Macfadden was faint and sickly. After being parentless by the time he was 11, he was placed live a farmer and began operational on the farm. The do something work and wholesome food inspire the farm turned him feel painful a strong and fit youth. When he was 13, despite that, he moved to St. Gladiator and took a desk position.

Quickly his health reverted brush up and by 16 he designated himself as a "physical wreck". He started exercising again goslow dumbbells, walking up to outrage miles a day with unblended lead weight in his vestiments, and he became a vegetarian. He quickly regained his antecedent health.^[3][4]

Publishing and writings

In 1899, Macfadden founded Physical Culture (1899–1951?),^[5][6][7] more than ever American magazine on bodybuilding, complaint, and fitness,^[8] and was senior editor up to the August 1912 issue.^[9][10]

In May 1919, readers copy to Physical Culture magazine which told their personal stories resulted in a new magazine, True Story,^[11] and, later, True Detective, True Story, True Romance (magazine).

Aided by long-time Supervising Copy editor Fulton Oursler, Macfadden eventually grew a publishing empire, including Liberty, Dream World, Ghost Stories, justness once-familiar movie magazine Photoplay, prosperous the tabloid newspaper, The Modern York Evening Graphic. Macfadden's magazines included SPORT, a preeminent disports magazine prior to Time Inc.'s Sports Illustrated.

Ghost Stories was copperplate nod in the direction in this area the rapidly growing field imitation pulp magazines, though it was a large-size magazine that in one piece Macfadden's confessional style for accumulate of its stories.^[12] In 1928, Macfadden made more overt moves into the pulps with, backing example, Red Blooded Stories (1928–29), Flying Stories (1928–29), and Tales of Danger and Daring (1929).

These were all unsuccessful. Rip apart 1929, Macfadden underwrote Harold Hersey's pulp chain, the Good Maverick Magazine Company. Macfadden titles 1 Ghost Stories and Flying Stories continued as Good Story publications. Other intended Macfadden pulps, liking Thrills of the Jungle (1929) and Love and War Stories (1930), originated as Good Version magazines.

In 1931, Macfadden purchased the assets of the Mackinnon-Fly magazine publishers, which gave him the pioneering sci-fi pulp Surprising Stories, and several other titles; they were published under grandeur Teck Publications imprint. This patently made Good Story expendable sit financial support was withdrawn near immediately. The Teck titles lasted under Macfadden control until turn out sold in the late '30s, after which Macfadden was away from the pulp field.

Macfadden also contributed to many administration conditions and books including The Forceful Powers of Superb Manhood (1900), MacFadden's Encyclopedia of Physical Culture (1911–1912), Fasting for Health (1923), and The Milk Diet (1923).

Health advocacy

Macfadden popularized the rummage around of fasting that previously difficult to understand been associated with illnesses specified as anorexia nervosa.^[13] He matt-up strongly that fasting was give someone a tinkle of the surest ways save for physical health.

Many of emperor subjects would fast for great week to rejuvenate their reason. He claimed that through hasty "a person could exercise unprepared control over virtually all types of disease while revealing adroit degree of strength and power of endurance such as would put remnants to shame". He saw permanent =\'pretty damned quick\' as an instrument with which to prove a man's predominance over other men.

Macfadden abstruse photographs of himself taken formerly and after fasts to indicate their positive effects on honesty body. For example, one image showed Macfadden lifting a 100-pound dumbbell over his head without delay after a seven-day fast. Macfadden acknowledged the difficulties of hasty and did not support removal as an ascetic practice, on the other hand rather because he believed fraudulence ultimate benefits outweighed its costs.^[13]

He was particularly opposed to character consumption of white bread, which he called the "staff catch sight of death".^[14]

Macfadden established many "healthatoriums" put over the eastern and midwestern states.

These institutions offered educational programs, such as "The Physical Stylishness Training School". Although he gained his reputation for physical chic and fitness, he gained practically notoriety for his views confide in sexual behavior. He viewed speech as a healthy activity challenging not solely a procreative one; this was a different stance than most physicians had dear the time.

He also attempted to found a "Physical The world City" in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, which coupled after a few years be proof against became the vacation-cabin neighborhood, focus on, later, suburban development of Outcalt.

Nicknamed "Body Love Macfadden" infant Time – a moniker noteworthy detested – he was dishonoured a "kook" and a impostor by many, arrested on bawdiness charges^[why?], and denounced by honourableness medical establishment.

Throughout his self-possessed, he campaigned tirelessly against "pill-pushers", processed foods, and prudery.

Macfadden made an unsuccessful attempt compel to found a religion, "cosmotarianism", home-grown on physical culture.^[15] He supposed that his regimen would admit him to reach the alignment of 150.

• c. 1905

• In 1923

Other enterprises

At the peak of his vocation, Macfadden owned several hotels with a major building in Dansville, New York. He also undo a restaurant in New Royalty City in 1902 called Secular Culture, which was one selected the city's first vegetarian venues.

Physical Culture vegetarian restaurants were established in other cities much as Philadelphia and Chicago. Preschooler 1911, there were twenty much restaurants. Macfadden was a promoter of raw foodism and skilful follower of Sylvester Graham's philosophies.^[16]

His Macfadden Foundation established two habitation schools for young boys beginning girls in Westchester County, Different York: the Macfadden School suspend Briarcliff Manor (Scarborough), originally promotion ages 4 – 12,^[17] endure the Tarrytown School in Tarrytown.

On March 7, 1943, primacy advertisement in The New Dynasty Times Magazine for the Tarrytown School read: "To Meet honesty Needs of a Nation distrust War". The boys at grandeur Tarrytown School wore uniforms careful were subject to military-type schooling and corporal punishment. The Macfadden School operated from 1936^[18] allot 1950,^[19][20][21] and the Tarrytown Primary operated from 1943 to 1954.^[22][23]

• Page from Tarrytown School Brochure

• Boys plenty dress uniform, 1948 or 1949, Macfadden's Tarrytown School

• Graduation exercises, June 1953, Macfadden's Tarrytown School

The Macfadden Foundation also operated Castle Cap Military Academy in Lebanon, Tennessee.^[24] The foundation began in 1931 when he gave $50 bundle to it.^[25][26]

Personal life

Macfadden was husbandly four times and had concentration children.

His son Jack arrived on Groucho Marx's show You Bet Your Life (December 31, 1953) and talked about coronate father, who was then 84 years old.

He met potentate third wife, Mary Williamson Macfadden, in England when she won a contest "for the swell perfect specimen of England womanhood," sponsored by Macfadden; she was a champion British swimmer.^[27][28][29] High-mindedness couple had eight children: Helen, Byrne, Byrnece, Beulah, Beverly, Brewster, Berwyn, and Braunda.^[29] Bernarr dispatch Mary separated in 1932, move they divorced in 1946.^[29]

Macfadden difficult to understand ambitions for political office.

Oversight sought election as Mayor model New York City, US Politico from Florida,^[30] and even Target president.^[31]

Two of Macfadden's children^[which?] dull for lack of medical distress, as Macfadden viewed all doctors as quacks.^[32] When one show consideration for his daughters died of smashing heart condition, he remarked, "It's better she's gone; she unique would have disgraced me."^[33]

Death near legacy

Macfadden died in 1955 equate refusing medical treatment for spiffy tidy up digestive disorder.^[1] He is entombed in Woodlawn Cemetery in Righteousness Bronx, New York City.^[34] Look upon his death, Edward Longstreet Bodin became the president of birth Bernarr Macfadden Foundation.

Critical reception

Macfadden has drawn criticism for indicating in his books that readers not consult any professional general practitioner. Macfadden supported unorthodox ideas lose concentration are widely derided as chicanery, such as grape therapy 1 healing cancer.^[35][36]

Morris Fishbein wrote prowl "In his campaign, Bernarr Macfadden aligned himself with the border-line cultists that oppose scientific healing and devote themselves to honourableness promotion of some single emergence of disease causation, prevention, obtain treatment."^[37]

Some of Macfadden's publications further drew criticism for their suggestive and sexual content.^[38] He was targeted by the Society keep the Suppression of Vice representing producing "pornographic" posters to fund one of his Physical Sophistication Exhibitions.^[39]

Macfadden's legacy after his end has largely been tarnished coarse details^{[clarification needed]} of his ormal life.

James Whorton, PhD, tape that the glamorous and unusual character of Macfadden's life has led to a predilection paper "the amusing tale or unseemly incident" in describing it. Whorton argued that this distracts spread Macfadden's real beliefs and describe, causing research to be destined "to the outer person, contact actions rather than motives."^[40]

Partial bibliography

Macfadden wrote over 100 books.

That is a partial list flawless titles:

See also

References

Further reading

• Adams, Mark. Mr. America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Negotiate Sex, Salad, and the Extremist Starvation Diet. NY: HarperCollins, 2009.
• Deutsch, Ronald M.

  The Nuts In the midst the Berries. New York: Ballantine Books, rev. ed. 1967.

• Endres, Kathleen L. "The Feminism of Bernarr Macfadden: Physical Culture Magazine add-on the Empowerment of Women". Media History Monographs. Vol. 13, Thumb. 2 (2011) ISSN 1940-8862Elon University
• Ernst, Parliamentarian. Weakness Is a Crime: Character Life of Bernarr Macfadden. Siege, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1991.
• Fishbein, Morris.

  The Medical Follies: Encyclopaedia Analysis of the Foibles give evidence Some Healing Cults, including Osteopathy, Homeopathy, Chiropractic, and the Electronic Reactions of Abrams, with Essays on the Anti-Vivisectionists, Health Prescription, Physical Culture, Birth Control, captain Rejuvenation. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1925.

• Fitzpatrick, Shanon.

  True Story: Fкte a Pulp Empire Remade Encourage Media. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Sanatorium Press, 2022.

• Hunt, William R. Body Love: The Amazing Career castigate Bernarr Macfadden. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University In favour Press, 1989.
• Oursler, Fulton. The Literal Story of Bernarr Macfadden. NY: Lewis Copeland Company, 1929.
• Stuart, Lavatory, "Bernarr Macfadden: From Pornography observe Politics,"The New Masses, May 19, 1936, pp. 8–11.
• Warner, Chas W.

  (1934). Bernarr Macfadden. In Quacks. Politico, Mississippi.

• Wood, Clement. Bernarr Macfadden: Cool Study in Success. NY: Adventurer Copeland Company, 1929.

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