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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1957
Page
8
Robert D. Price reviews the 1011 volume Photographic History of the Civil War issued for the wars fiftieth anniversary. The work highlights Mathew Brady and others like Gardner Russell and Lytle with focus on battles campaigns and period songs and poetry.
Postwar religious revival boosts album sales with hymns carols and cantatas rising on best seller lists. Capitol's Tennesseee Ernie's Hymns and The House of the Lord lead a surge including Joni James Roland Hayes Renee Martsing Stuart Hamblen and Decca Parnassus with prayers and inspirations.
Wright Morris, author of Love Among the Cannibals, has earned multiple honors. He was runner up for the National Book Award in fiction four years ago and won the award last March for A Field of Vision. Morris is a three time Guggenheim fellow born in Central City Nebraska in 1910 and raised in Chicago. He is married and resides in Wayne Pennsylvania where his wife teaches history.
The article notes ancient East women used kohl made from powdered antimony or soot from burned almond shells as a cosmetic. It cites Britannica for the definition and origin of the practice.
The list features fiction titles such as Peyton Place and The Scapegoat alongside nonfictions like The Hidden Persuaders and No Day Christ Died. Other noted authors include Daphne du Maurier Meyer Levin and Norman Vincent Peale among the featured works.
A chimney swift is described as unable to perch on a tree due to weak legs. It can only cling to the chimney side using its toes and tail feather support for balance and weight bearing.
The term hillbilly is described as a colloquial label for a backwoods man or mountaineer from the Southern United States. It reflects regional speech and historical stereotypes rather than a formal demographic category.
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