@book{1466, keywords = {chemists, hypochondria}, author = {F. McGrew Willis}, title = {The Nervous Wreck}, abstract = {A silent film adaptation of the novel, The Nervous Wreck (1923), about Henry Williams (Harrison Ford), a Pittsburgh chemist who seeks to cure his hypochondria at an Arizona dude ranch. Pittsburgh becomes a running joke among the Westerners: “Pittsburgh! I'm tired of hearing about Pittsburgh. You'd think the sun rose and set in Pittsburgh.”}, year = {1926}, note = {Based on the novel by E. J. Rath, which is a pseudonym of J. Chauncey Corey Brainerd (1874-1922) and Edith Rathbone Brainerd (1885-1922).}, language = {English}, }