Half-sister Juanita and Susan B Anthony loom large in a memoir
The narrator recalls Juanita a stylish, smoking catalyst in a feminist awakening at his mother’s house while reading Katharine Anthony’s Susan B Anthony personal history. He notes the conflict with his anti feminist mother and credits the era figure with inspiring votes and a shared lineage through idea and influence.
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Juanita
Susan B. Anthony
Katharine Anthony
Doubleday
Susan
Margaret Fuller
Catherine the Great
Queen Elizabeth
Marie Antoinette
Katharine Anthony's Biography of Susan a Transcendent Era Portrait
Katharine Anthony’s biography of Susan B. Anthony unfolds a century of American social change. It threads the suffrage battle, temperance, abolition, and the era’s reform currents through Susan’s life alongside Phillips, Garrison, Willard, the Tilton Beecher controversy, and the Bloomer Girls. Juanita appears as a devoted figure, though the work centers on Susan and the movement she led.
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Katharine Anthony
Susan
America
Phillips and
Garrison
Pat Frances Willard
Anna Dickinson
Tilton
Henry Ward Beecher
Juanita
Strange Story Of One Woman's Terrible Agony
A Swiss couple discovers one twin is not theirs after extensive hospital tests. Philippe and Ernstli are revealed as twins of Madeleine Joyce and Philippe Joye, while Paul is the son of Madame X. A court orders the exchange, separating Paul from his mother amid shared suffering and a priest’s urging to “to each his own.”
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McCall's Magazine
Philippe
Paul Joye
Paul
Geneva
Madame X
Ernstli
Madeleine
Phillippe Joyce
Madame Joye
Tomorrow Also Comes Out of Yesterday From an Antique Land
Julian Huxley surveys the Middle East cradle of civilization in Ancient and Modern in the Middle East. The book ties ancient sites to today’s conditions, arguing 4 000 years of history shaped modern society and culture.
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Middle East
Huxlevy
Petra
Huxley
Tooticket and Mr Gigglegriner by Betty Sessler Tyler
Richard Banks of New Haven associate director of the Yale University News Bureau writes a children’s tale in which Daddy Dick leads kids to a make believe world. He creates playful word characters like Leveridgepoo and a trio of fictional professors with a housekeeper guiding a whimsical adventure. The book blends whimsy, rhythm and color in language praised by Yale faculty.
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Betty Sessler Tyler
Daddy Dick
Tooticket
Gigglegriner
Mr. Brigley-Brigley
Richard Banks
New Haven
Yale University News Bureau
Children’s Bank
Aline
Banks
Which.what
College
Yale
Soosabooley
Beola Beola
The Mysterious Leaf author recalls publishing path
The Mysterious Leaf by Banks began as a 3000 word pulp tale, grew to 10000 during WWII, vanished, then resurfaced at Yale Press and Harcourt Brace. The author explains playful names, reader interpretations, and the book’s journey from Indiana childhood to publication.
Family of writers and artists figures in editor Banksa career
The narrative recalls an editor Banksa who balanced journalism with writing. He raised four children Dick Diana Valerie and Doug las who each pursue creative paths. Banksa, aged 44, shifted from city editor roles at several papers to full time writing after leaving editing at 40.
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West Palm Beach
Diana
Valerie
Douglas
Banka
City
New Haven Journal- Courier
Cape Cod Standard-Times
Rutland (Vt
Book Week Celebrations Highlight Bridgeport Children’s Reading
Bridgeport marks the 36th annual Children’s Book Week with posters by Lynd Ward and Jessie Wilcox Smith era slogans. Local events include library displays, author talks by Amelia Walden, school programs, Book Fairs, and readings featuring Pinocchio and Tom Sawyer roles, with new fall titles for all ages and a focus on guiding parents to find the right book for each child.
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Lynd Ward
Jessie Wilcox Smith
Franklin K. Mathiews
Publishers’ Weekly
Bridgeport
Pinicchio
Tom Sawyer
Jo March
YWCA
Charming Fall Picture Books for Preschoolers 1954
A review of Beady Bear by Don Freeman, The Happy Lion by Louise Fatio, Circus Ruckus by Will and Nicholas, and Dr Seuss Horten Meare a Who. The notes praise humor, warmth, and appeal to children and parents, highlighting character quirks and engaging art.
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Ers
Don Freeman
Viking Press
Happy Lion
Louise Fatio
Roger Duvoisin
Whittlesey House
Ron
Will and
Nicholas
Harcourt, Brace
Dan
Kelly
Dr. Seuss
Notable Fall Nonfiction for Young Readers
Many mind widening books of nonfiction published this fall offer diverse topics. Highlights include Wondere of the Human Body by Anthony Ravielli with clear explanations and distinguished drawings. First Book of Words Their Family Histories by Sam and Beryl Epstein. Rain or Shine by Rita N Oliver. and Martin de Porres Hero by Claire Huchet Bishop with Jean Chariot art. Over 500 titles for children this season, reviews only hint at the richness for every mind and taste.
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Anthony Ravielli
Viking
Sam and
Beryl Epstein
Watta
Rita N. Oliver
Harcourt, Brace
Martin de Porres
Claire Huchet Bishop
Jean Chariot
Houghton, Mifflin
Gregory XVI
Fatherly tale of musicians and a village namesake
The passage describes a Yale University News Bureau writer sharing fond memories of words and music. It notes his piano and ukulele playing, composing for family, summer publicity for the New Haven Pops Concerto, and his children calling him Daddy Dick. It mentions colorful character names from a continued story and hints at another book possibility.
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Yale University
New Haven
Daddy Dick
Valerie
Gigglegrinner
Mr. Brigley- Brigley
Mr. Nosemerry
Littie Pretty
Banks Finds Pride in Words and Geography
Banks pursues geography with zeal, knowing Saskatchewan Lemonfair River and Tickle Naked Pond. Tragedy touched him with his mother's death and a lost expected child dedication. He stays busy in civic life as sub-chair of a New Haven advisory panel to revitalize public schools. When with kids, he can make them laugh. The town of Sparkling on Hay Street features Dr. Whowhere Dr Thisthat and Mr. Whichwhat who delighted children nationwide.
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Saskatchewan
Lemonfair
Naked Pond
Banks
Citizens
New Haven
Thisthat
Hay Street
Sparkling
Blessed Event Cartoons By Bill O Malley
Bill O Malley offers a slim collection of humorous cartoons on pregnancy babies and parenthood. The book covers expectancy baby care and life with a infant with gentle humor and light commentary. Esther Todfeld contributes materials and notes.
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Bill O'Malley
New York
Prentice-Hall, Inc
Esther Todfeld
O'Malley
New World Writing Sixth Semi annual Publication
New World Writing coordinated by Arabel J Porter features 307 pages from New American Library of World Literature. It presents fiction drama poetry and criticism from Americans and four other countries including eight contemporary Japanese poets. Jiro OsaragiJapanese novel excerpt and calligraphic drawings by Sabro Hasegawa are included. Notable writers Herbert Gold James Farrell Winthrop Palmer Richard Eberhart Saul Bellow. A climax to the third year of publication hailed as the most talked about widely read exposition of new writing worldwide.
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NEW World
Arabel J. Porter
New York
New American Library of World Literature
Beginning
Jiro Osaragi
Sabro Hasegawa
Herbert Gold
James T. Farrell
Winthrop Palmer
Southport
Richard Eberhart
Saul Bellow
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Agnes Leckie Mason
World Fellowship Committee
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Essex
Clare Leighton
Woodbury
Mae Kelly
Airfield
Golden Hill Street
Madeleine Joye
Rinehart and Company, Inc
Florence Lovell
Erneth
Julian Huxley
Crown Publishing Co
Frank L. Hutchison
Plymouth Rock
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Syria
Lebanon
Palestine
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Crete
Jordan
United Nations’ Educational, Scientific
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Dr. This
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Mr. O'Malley
Janes
Irene Hass
Banke
Indiana
Dorothy G. Garey
Bridgeport Public Library
Charles Perrault
Marcia Brown
Scribnera’s
Earle Goodenow
Follett
Jenny
Esther Averill
Harper & Bros
Berta
Elmer Hader
Macmillan
Annabelle
Tasha Tudor
Oxford University Fresa
Marguerite de Angeli
Doubleday & Co
Kathleen Lines
Harold Jones
Watts
Professor Bull
William Lipkind
Georges Schreiber
Mr. Petersand
Louis Slobodkin
Kurt Werth
Lippincott
Anna Lavinia
Palmer Brown
Harper
Dr. Dolittle
Westport
Robert Lawson
Rabbitt Hill
Jane
Rumer Godden
Elinor Cameron
Little, Brown
Lulu
Elizabeth Hubbard Lansing
Crowell
Betsy
Carolyn Haywood
Morrow
Little Eddie
Mary
Emma L. Brock
Knopf
Pippi Longstocking
Johnny Bloesom
Daniel Coon
Phoebe Erickson
Connecticut
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