Books That Defined A Vast 1976 Publishing Year
New York reviews pick ten memorable books from 1976, illustrating the year’s bonanza and failures. Fran Hunter’s The Chisholms, Lowell Thomas Good Evening, and Gore Vidal’s 3676 anchor a list of remembered titles, with Saroyan, Shirer, McPhee, O Faolain, and Yates among others noted for their lasting impact.
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New York
Sean O'Faolain
Atlantic-Little, Brown
Gore Vidal
Random House
United States
Donald Thomas
Jenny Martorana
Alex Haley
Barnes & Noble
New York City
Navy uses San Clemente Island for annual shore bombardment
The southern third of San Clemente Island in California has been a Navy firing range since 1936, with 172 ships and a dozen foreign vessels firing over 25,000 rounds at 17 Pyramid Cove targets. The Island, 20 miles long and six wide, hosts daily bombardment by shipboard guns.
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San Clemente Island
Calif
Navy
U.S. Navy
Tyre
U.S
Pyramid Cove
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Danville, Va
Thurs
Bonanza
William Saroyan
McGraw-Hill
Saroyan
Richard Yates
Delacorte
Yates
William L. Shirer
Simon & Schuster
Shirer
Times
John_ McPhee
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux
Napoleon
Edwin Newman
Bobbs- Merrill
Newman
Women of Courage
Margaret Truman
Morrow
L.E. Sissman
Vanguard
John Updike
Knopf
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Tom McHale
Doubleday
Carlos Baker
Scribner's
Odie B. Faulk
Oxford University Press
Papa
Gregory J. Hemingway
Houghton, Miflin
Ernest Hemingway
Judith Guest
Viking
Walter Lippmilt
Liveright
Trinity
Leon Uris
Booksores
Kelly
Michael Medved
David Wallechinsky
Sale
V-Nack
Jcpenney
Ballou Park
DIAL