Saratoga Trunk and Sports Yarns Review Teases Hollywood and Games
Edna Ferber's Saratoga Trunk lures with a lusty Robber Baron era tale set in New Orleans and Saratoga starring Clint Maroon and Clio Dulaine with dazzling entourage. A companion sports book, The American Sporting Scene by John Kieran and Joseph Golinkin, portrays gridiron diamond ring and court tales in a fireside style and notes its appeal as a Christmas gift.
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Saratoga Trunk
Edna Ferber
Doubleday
Doran
Clint Maroon
Clio Dulaine
New Orleans
Saratoga
Kaka
Cupide
Coachman
Superman
Clint
Clio
United States
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Ann Sheridan
America
Elizabeth North Hoyt
John Kieran
Joseph Gollakin
Macmillan
Joseph Golinkin
Navy
Kieran
New York Times
P. H
Botany Bat— Nordhoff
Windswept by Mary Ellen Chase review reveres Maine coast lore
A review praising Windswept as a sanctuary of story and philosophy. The tale follows John Marston realizing his father Philip Marston’s coastal dream at Windswept in Maine. The book highlights noble characters like Jan Pisek, contrasts brutality with dignity, and compares Chase’s style to Willa Cather.
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Maine
Mary Ellen Chase
Philip Marston
John Marston
Miss Chase
Smith College
Blue Hill
Petit-Manaw Point
Windswept
Jan Pisek
Marstons
Willa Cather
Elizabeth North Hoyt
Regeneration Theme in Charles Morgan Novel Sketch
In a sparsely told tale set during a wartime winter, Charles Rydal, a man of action behind ideas, hosts his daughter Carey while Richard Cannock arrives to aid her as secrets around the family and a missing mother surface. The work argues that nations, like individuals, are reborn through long term values, not immediate gains.
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Morgan
Charles Rydal
France
Rydal
Carey
Richard Cannock
Cannock
Charles Morgan
Illusionary Midwest portraits in Harold Sinclair volume review
A Midwest section review discusses Harold Sinclair's Years of Illusion and Joe Newton Living Up To Life. It notes Sinclair's treatment of early 20th century America from Everton to Bloomington with figures like John Ransom and Parnell McGuire, and highlights Dr. Newton's 365 chats and Carver's peanut breakthroughs and faith.
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United States
Middlewest
Harold Sinclair
Sinclair
Fred Merkle
William Waldorf Astor
Hudson
Bryan
William Howard Taft
Eliot
Harvard University
Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff
Everton
Bloomington
Literary Guild
John Ransom
Parnell McGuire
Dr. Newton
Joseph Fort Newton
Harper and Brothers
Cedar Rapids
Newton
The
Peoples Church
Senate
Carver
Senator
Spenlove in Arcady and The Drum Goes Dread review duo
William McFee’s Spenlove in Arcady debuts in the United States with a coastal setting and social satire as the ex-sailor falls for Perdita. Bess Streeter Aldrich’s The Drum Goes Dread follows a midwestern bank cashier whose Christmas spirit is rekindled by a heartfelt gift amid wartime economic strain.
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Mr. Spenlove
Connecticut
Perdita
William McFee
Spewlove
Arcady
United States
Bess Streeter Aldrich
D. Appleton Century
Richard Lanning
The Empty Room by Charles Morgan Explores Immortality
In a reflective excerpt, Charles Morgan argues that all free people possess immortality, though they may not be invincible. The discussion centers on existential meaning and the human condition amid war and upheaval. Dunkirk is referenced as a backdrop for these philosophical concerns.
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Charles Morgan
Three Dots and a Dash Train Tells Rosemary Furie Ante Story
A California author profiles Rosemary Furie Ante and her evangelical career, noting her tent ministry, parades, and temple, along with family tensions and a sweeping critical portrait. The piece also covers a high school recital by Franklin and McKinley students at Ralph Leo's home with Kellogg, Krouth, and Leo assisting.
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Rosemary Furie
Billy Sunday
California
Furie
Simon
Rosemary
Jerry
Clara
Liebowitzes
Manuel
Hanna Furie
Mrs Child
Flfie Magnusson
Franklin and McKinley
Ralph Leo
Margaret Kellogg
Lee Krouth
Mr. Leo
Hypocrites Wolf on the Fold plot focus Furie and Leibowitz clans
The story centers on the Furie family who preached Christian ideals and the Leibowitzs who lived by them. Nellise Child portrays their collision of faith and hypocrisy in a sharp literary critique.
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Nellise Child
Doubleday Doran
Tyyhis
Furie
Leibowitzes
Sinclair Lewis
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Pierre von Paassen
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Audubon’s
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Macmillan Company
Gazette
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Mt. Vernon Avenue
Minneapolis
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Sixteenth Street SE
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Jerome Kern
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Ravel
University of Minnesota
Alpha Omicron Pi
Midwest
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Jean Witmer
William Mee Fee
Random House
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Wolf
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Jowa‘s Great Bookstore
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MT. Vernon Road
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