Sheep Herding Memoirs Highlight Western Trails
A book discussion notes two new works on sheep in the West. Winifred Kupper’s The Golden Hoof from Knopf argues sheep traveled in large herds over long distances during cattle trail days. Charles Waythorns Shepherds Empire is praised as a thorough, well-illustrated study.
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Chisholm
Winifred Kupper
Texas
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
New York
Bugbee
Shepherd's Empire
Charles Way
West's Early Sheep Industry Highlighted by Towne and Wentworth
University of Oklahoma Press July 5 edition profiles the book by land Towne and Edward Norris Wentworth with Harold Bugbee illustrations. It traces sheep as the West’s first mobile food supply from Spanish explorers to forty-niners and notes Texas New Mexico Colorado Arizona Nevada Utah California as the core lamb region producing about 27 million lambs yearly with wool tallow lanolin and other by products.
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Land Towne
Edward Norris Wenworth
University of Oklahoma Press
Norman
Harold Bugbee
Towne
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Colonel Wentworth
Armour’s Livestock Bureau
Panhandle
West
Texas
California
United States
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
The Missouri river epic and the rivers of America
The Missouri, by William Campbell writing as Stanley Vestal, is the 26th Rivers of America volume. The Missouri River region is rich in historical sites from forts to steamboat landings, with focus on Indian days and exploration before modern travel waned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Campbell
University of Oklahoma
Stanley Vestal
Farrar & Rinehart
Missouri
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Mont
Steamboats and Romance in Long River Journeys
The excerpts lament the absence of vivid physical detail in the volumes describing steamboat journeys. It notes scant depictions of fishing spots across the vast miles traveled, highlighting a surprising lack of practical scene setting.
A State of the Nation Book’s Broad Tour Reflections
A writer presents his observations from travels across America. He spoke with war plant workers farmers business men and mechanics during his nationwide tour and describes what he saw as a reflection on the nation.
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America
State of the Nation by John dos Passos review
In his State of the Nation John dos Passos captures a nation’s pulse through its people and media. He argues America’s future hinges on understanding what citizens do and think as broadcast and press shape opinion.
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John Dos Passos
America
Dos Passos
Age of Thunder and Underground Passage in Occupied France
Frederic Prokosch portrays a nocturnal mission across occupied France led by Jean-Nicolas with a network of compelling figures. The tale follows Quivar the enigmatic figure, Susanna the Italian, the maquis chief Zaba, and an ancient marquise in a dark chateau as the perilous resistance unfolds.
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Frederic Prokosch
France
Jean-Nicolas
Negro Quivar
Susanna
Zaba
Best Sellers and Local Personalities Highlight Evenings
The column lists fiction best sellers with titles and prices and mentions figures such as Don Giacinto and Donna Raffaelina among a neurotic German KM with visions. Items include Lion Is In The Streets Langley Whittlesey Commodore Hornblower Captain Castile and The Ballad and The Sourse. details continue on page 8.
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Don Giacinto and
Donna Raffaelina
Langley
Whittlesey
Commodore Hornblower
Forester
Little
Overal
Stone
Doubleay
Captain
Oe Castile
Shele Labarger
Ballad
Sourse
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Bill Mauldin
the Wayfarers
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Samuelkins Adams
John Sedges
Enrico Caruso
Dorothy Caruso
Polk YD
Cooper, JR
State OF the Nation
Age OF Thunder
Polk Street
Postoffice
Coronado Bookstore
Helen £. Montgomery
East Sth St
Inside Western Ride
Stafford
China
Styson’s
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Lifeihe Decigne
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Anthony's
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