Recognizing A Boy Ogden Nash as Child Book Review
Faye Marks reviews two children's books. A Boy Is a Boy by Ogden Nash illustrated by Arthur Slistone celebrates boyhood with verses spoken by a dog and aims at readers aged nine to seventy. Mr Turtle’s Mystery by Betty Miles, illustrated by Jacqueline Tomes, follows David’s missing pet turtle with a playful map clue for six to eight year olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Slistone
MR. Turtle
Betty Miles
Jacqueline Tomes
David
Faye Marks
Bizarre The Fun Couple by John Haase
A quirky first person tale set in California about Gil Tish and their daughter Candy. Oddball friends and zany odds mix with humor that skewers money sex and life through dry dialogue and palm-sized punch lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil
Tish
Candy
California
Las Vegas
Oklahoma
Red Cross
University of Southern California
Hong Kong
Morgendstern
Stranger at Kill Knock novel review by Leonard Wibberley
Miles A. Smith calls Allegory Stranger at Kill Knock a lyrical tale set on Ireland's Atlantic coast where a mysterious visitor influences villagers, a healer, and a child. The review praises its gentle faith, humor, and spiritual undertone as the stranger and figures like Manannan shape the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kill Knock
Leonard Wibberley
Putnam
Tom Joyce
Ireland
Manannan
McEwan
Father Dimmock
Stranger
Caitlin
Mairin
Miles A. Smith
Solve-A-Crime Solution
Franklin is the victim and Jurgenson the killer. Richards absent. Thomas not killer or victim. Hudson behind the shooter. Jurgenson could travel back from 15 miles away. murder occurred two hours after midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jurgenson
Franklin
Richards
Thomas
Hudson
Beating the Beat and Bestselling New English Bible
A book on the Beat generation edited by Thomas Parkinson gathers Kerouac Ginsberg Ferlinghetti and others plus commentary. The New English Bible sells near a million copies on publication with rapid orders and multi press printing. A Faith of Our Own by Austin Farrar offers sermons on forgiveness self reliance and immortality with praise from C S Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Parkinson
Thomas Y. Crowell
Parkinson
Kerouac
Allen Ginsberg
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Gregory Corso
Gary Snyder
Philip Whalen
Norman Podhoretz
Cambridge University Press
Oxford University Press
United States
England
British Isles
Austin Farrar
Oxford University
Magdalene College
God
Farrar
C. S. Lewis
Best Sellers List Snapshot
A condensed list of fiction and nonfiction titles including A Burnt Out Case The Last of the Just To Kill a Mockingbird Advise and Consent The Agony and the Ecstasy The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich The New English Bible The New Testament Who Killed Society Fate is the Hunter Ring of Bright Water and other noted works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Schwarz-Bart
Lee
Drury
Stone
Skirer
Amory
Gann
Maxwell
Bookmobile Brings Library Books to College Village
High Point Public Library launches a new weekly bookmobile stop at College Village Shopping Center starting tomorrow, 9:30 to 11:45 a.m., Monday Wednesday and Friday. The service travels to 37 neighborhoods carrying over a thousand titles for all ages plus phonograph records, with returns accepted at the bookmobile, Central Library, or via two drive-up boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Public Library
College Village
Central Library
S. Main Street
Battle GETTYSBURG. A Longstreet novel review from 1950s press
Stephen Longstreet’s Battle GETTYSBURG surveys three days of the clash through a mosaic of individuals from Union mapmaker Major Tjaden Hedrick to Confederate trooper Texas Chile and civilians like Bart Melville Esme Gross Fiona and Alice. The review notes vivid writing and motion but calls the style elliptical and the battlefield scenes hazy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Stephen Longstreet
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
Longstreet
Tjaden Hedrick
Texas
Chile
Confedente
Bart Melville
Esme Gross
Hansen
Profiteer
Fiona
Belle
Alice
Fiddlers and Opera Voices Highlight Union Grove Music Scene
Music notes cover a Union Grove convention drawing 60 groups, a nod to 1924 origins and local coverage by metro papers. Wallingford Riegger, born in Albany Georgia, emerged as a respected composer before WWI. Eileen Farrell and Elizabeth Scharzkopf join upcoming sopranos in North Carolina performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Grove
America
Wallingford Riegger
Albany
Germany
Wuerzelerg
Koenigsberg
Riegger
Devotion to Father Dominique Pire Story
The book recounts Nobel laureate Father Dominique Pire and his Aid For Displaced Persons work. It blends autobiography and biography, detailing his push to aid the displaced in Europe, found villages, and the resistance he faced, all conveyed through Vehenne’s interview based narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Dominique Pire
Hugues Vehenne
Dutton
Father Pire
Aid For Displaced Persons Organization
Vehenne
Amazing illustrated book offers relief from aches without drugs
An ad promises a free booklet from The Ball Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri explaining how to end pain without drugs or surgery. It touts permanent relief and urges immediate request with no obligation and no agent will call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball Clinic
Dept
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
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Ogden Nash
Nash
John Haase
Simon and Schuster
Ford Foundation
Allegory
The
Jack Kerouac
Books On Wheels
Fiddlers’ Music
Eileen Farrell
Winston-Salem
Tomorrow
Elizabeth Scharzkopf
Wake Forest College
Asheville
High Point College
N. C. State College
J. Perry Watson
Glee Club
Roger E. Hill
Kay N. Clinard
High Point
Sophia Steffan
Athens
Greece
High Point Community Concert Assn
Beaux Arts
Memorial Auditorium
Z. Melnikov
France
Horace
S. Main St
G. Ilderton, Inc
Pontiac
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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