The Man Who Lived in Paradise AC Gilbert’s Remarkable Life
A. C. Gilbert of New Haven built a toy empire and athletic fame. The book covers his schoolboy inventing, pole vault triumphs, hunting lodge paradise in Hamden, and leadership of Erector sets, American Flyer trains, and educational toys. He chaired the A A U and served on the Olympic Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Carlton Gilbert
Tom Swift
Rover Boys
Frank Merriwell
Horatio Alger
Man
Paradise
Rinehart and Co
Marshal McClintock
Aladdin
Connecticut
A. C. Gilbert Company
New Haven
America
Hamden
A. C. Gilbert
Pacific Northwest
Gilbert
The
Amateur Athletic Union
The Man Who Lives in Paradise by Alfred Carlton Gilbert
Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Yale Medical School 1908 alumnus, built a toy empire from magic sets to Erector sets and American Flyer trains. From Wearville workshops to national impact, his career blended fun with invention, leading the Toy Manufacturers Association and promoting engineering vocations while pursuing hunting at Paradise.
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Yale Medical School
Gilbert
New Haven
Wearville
Yale
Ana
Mysto Magic Company
Christman
Santa Claus
New York
Aucceas
Paradise
United States
North America
Alaska
British Columbia
Alfred Carlton Gilbert
Grace and Classical Simplicity in Bates Tale
A country girl Bella follows a river to Newweald and bears a dead baby. Nursed by the Wainwright cobblers she joins their family and a new love, while a past betrayal by Arch Wilson haunts her. The novel blends Hardy like fate with Bates lyrical countryside and moral tone, ending in measured happiness.
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Wainwright
Matty Wainwright
Judd
Con
London
Bella
Arch Wilson
Thomas Mardy
Hardy
Tose
Tess
A Whaling Wife's Life Recaptured
Clara Boden recounts Faith Bassett’s life from 1838 Cape Cod through her marriage to whaleman Seth Nickerson and her world journeys aboard ships. The author, Faith’s granddaughter, weaves diaries and fictional dialogue to evoke 19th century Yankee whaling era and Cape Cod maritime culture.
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Clara Niekereen Boden
New York
Coward MacCann
Folger
Faith Bassett
Faith
Marshpee
Cape Cod
Nea
Cotult
Elien Nickerson
Lot Nickerson
Seth
Clara Nickerson Boden
New England
Pictura
Aceney
Austrian captive Pepi’s escape under U S protection exposed
Pepi, the Austrian known for ten years in Soviet rule, escaped Soviet secret police with United States protection and reached Vienna before American authorities arranged his transfer. Journalist Godfrey Lies, author of I Survived, met Pepi after his release and the book’s October publication date was announced by John Day Company.
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Ana Pepi
United States
Pepi
Vienne
Austria
Godfrey Lies
John Day Company
Break Down the Walls by John Bartton Martin
Review of Our Prison Walls Must They Tumble recounts a book advocating prison reform in which a farm labor model and rehabilitation programs could halve the penal population without harming society. The author argues most inmates do not require perpetual confinement and urges modernized prison design and wider reform efforts.
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John Bartton Martin
New York
Ballantine Books
Eyler Dale
North Avenue
Martin
Danager
Oscar Wilde Birthday Centenary Epigrams Published
Oscar Wilde born October 16 1854 despite his wish for a later date. The John Day Company releases The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde edited by Alvin Redman to mark Wilde’s centenary birth anniversary.
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Oscar Wilde
John Day Company
Alvin Redman
Wilde
Lively-Written Life of Jesus Receives Universal Appeal
French critic Daniel Rops offers a vivid life of Jesus using archaeology and history to connect Jesus to first century politics and religious climate. Translation by Ruby Millar frames Jesus as teacher, leader, condemned, and resurrected, with broad appeal across faiths and agnostic readers.
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Jesus
Dennis Grant
Ernest Renan
Ruby Millar
Map
Galilee
Judea
Schhollar
Daniel Rops
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Christ
The Bad Step suspense tale review in Edward Martindale plot
A thriller with eastern background and foreign intrigue centers on secret agent Martindale pursued by the revenge obsessed psychotic killer Solway. The action traverses Gibraltar Spain Singapore Bali and a remote Indonesian island as Solway plots vengeance after fourteen years in prison.
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Mark Derby
Mr. Derby
Gibraltar
Spain
Singapore
Bali
Martindale
East
Asia
Ngland
Gibralter
Solway
Psychological duel in Gibraltar sparks deadly chase
Martindale confronts Solway in a mentally taxing pursuit. Solway taunts him from captivity, threatening all he loves including his fiancée Jane. Derby crafts a stark clash of minds and mortal danger, revealing who truly pursues and who is pursued.
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Gibralter
Martindale
Solway
Jane
Derby
Lant
Derby Reveals Suspenseful Craft and Shifting Protagonist
The excerpt notes Derby as a suspense artist in both psychology and action. It highlights vivid characters like an Eva Braun of the Orient and discusses Martindale’s shifting identity from Secret Service agent to private individual within the story.
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Derby
Eva Braun
Orient
Aoid
Martindale
Secret Service
A Change in Climate by Staniey Kauffmann review
A brisk study of spiritual void and modern values in A Change in Climate set largely in Miami and New York. The critic notes Harris the professor abandons academia for business to test self made standards, praising the humane stance amid a lively, worldly cast.
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Staniey Kauffmann
New York
Rinehart and Company, Inc
Divinity School
Miami
Alex Harris
Amy
Harris
Florida
Charles France
Linda
Bert
Rube
Alex
Kauffmann
The Dream of Albert Einstein Biography Review
Antonio Vallentin presents a first hand biography of Albert Einstein, portraying the man and his genius with intimate detail. The work promises a clear depiction of Einstein as both dreamer and realist, shaping a new era through thought.
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Albert Einstein
Antonio Vallentin
New York
Dousieday & Co
Einstein
Mins Vallentin
Einsteina
Aenina
A Brilliant Jewel in Diadem Of Great Jewish Achievements
A review lauds Louis Zara’s Blessed Is the Land, a novel tracing Ashur Levy and Jewish settlers in 17th century New Amsterdam. It highlights historical basis, characters, and themes of faith, hardship, and eventual citizenship, praising Zara’s storytelling and cultural significance for American Jewry.
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Louis: Zara
New York
Crown Publishers Inc
Marie Blizard
Ashur
Ashur Levy
d’Acosta
David Israel
Sarah Pietersen
Bordeaux
Louis Zara
America
Brazil
Nieuw Amsterdam
North America
Zara
Aghur
New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyvesant
Ing
Surprising Fantasy and Science Fiction Angles and Spacemen
Fredric Brown collection Angles and Spaceships offers eight short stories and equal number of short shorts in zany humorous style. Noted for witty surprises and tongue in cheek science fiction, it prioritizes humor over grim future concepts.
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Esther Todfeld
Fredric Brown
Angela
Politenesa
Venun
Brown
Yehudi
Mimi
The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
Douglas Wallop crafts a streamlined Fauat legend in which a real estate agent sells his soul to the devil and becomes Joe Hardy the Yankee slugger. The 1958 season brings chaos as the Senators shine while the Yankees falter, a dreamlike baseball fable for fans of the diamond.
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Yankees
Douglas Wallop
New York
W. W. Norton
Wallop
Bronx Bombers
Devil
Washington Senators
Joe Boyd
Joe Hardy
Hooka
Senators
Bimpell
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A. GC. Gilprat
Carl Walden
the Man
Germany
Toy Manufacturere’ Association
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Navy
Meat Man
American Flyer
H. &. Bates
Boston, Little, Brown and Company
Phyllis Stock
Matty
Jesus and
His
E. P. Dutton and Co
the Viking Press
Ann V. Masters
St. Trinian’s
Ronald Searle
Yeavs
England
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
New World
van Horn
E. P. Dutten, Co. Inc
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