Sacco and Vanzetti Case Highlighted in New Book Edition
The article reviews Francis Russell’s new edition of Tragedy in Dedham about Sacco and Vanzetti, arguing the case rests on myth and presenting updated views on guilt. It also notes three new American Heritage Press histories on Europe’s prewar and WWI eras, including Twilight of the Hapsburgs and World War I by Marshall.
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Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Massachusetts
South Braintree
Dedham
Sacco
Vanzetti
Sacco and
Sacco Vanzetti
Francis Russell
Russell
Mystery Writers of America
American Heritage Press
Europe
Alan Clark
Clark
Russia
Germany
Austria - Hungary
East
Marshall
Pre-Columbian Links Between Old World and Ancient America
Cyrus H. Gordon argues for extensive pre Columbus contact across oceans with advanced ancient exchanges between the Old World and Central American civilizations. He cites sculptures, pottery, inscriptions, coins, maps, and linguistic parallels to support his claim. The book aims to shift mainstream scholarly views and appeal to lay readers.
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America
Cyrus H. Gordon
Crown
Gordon
Department of
Brandeis University
Atlantic
Pacific
Central America
Ecuador
Georgia
Crete
Middle East
Egypt
Peru
Tennessee
Kentucky
South America
Heirs Art Evaluation Haunts Benton Estate Thoughts
The 82 year old artist Thomas Hart Benton worries about taxes on unsold works and inflated gift values. He fears high estate taxes could ruin heirs and may shift value away from art to production costs. Benton cites David Smith estate litigation as potential guidance for future rules.
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Kansas City
Thomas Hart Benton
Enton
Benton
Feds
White House
Internal Revenue Service
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Congress
David Smith
Smith
U.S
IRS
Ira M. Lowe
Lowe
Precocious Con Artist Addie Pray Novel Review
Joe David Brown’s novel follows Addie Pray a sharp child partner to con man Long Boy in 1930s South towns. They graduate from small scams to forged receipts and a grand fake inheritance scheme before a final twist that playfully echoes Huck Finn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Pray
Joe David Brown
Simon & Schuster
Long Boy
Carter E. Lee
Lee
Addie
Huck Finn
Art Fakes Topic Of This Story
A British painter on holiday in Spain is kidnapped by Emilio who coerces him to paint a fake early Salvador Dali. The forgery network plants works with forged credentials and auctions, with American buyers and tax dodges. Martyn aims to expose the scheme and rescue Katey amid espionage and gunplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martyn
Spain
Katey
Emilio
Salvador Dali
Carolyn Jones writes provocative Hollywood tale Twice Upon a Time
Actress Carolyn Jones details the creation of her sex themed novel Twice Upon a Time a set in Hollywood drawing on real people she knows. She and her husband Herb Greene plan a screenplay and other writing projects while some readers and peers react with surprise and envy.
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Dick Kleiner
Hollywood
NEA
Carolyn Jones
Addams
Morticia
Carolyn
Herb Greene
Herb
New York
Names of Characters From Famous Books Quiz
North American Newspaper Alliance presents a literary quiz listing 12 works with the names of their titled characters. Readers guess who the protagonists are, including Quasimodo Natty Bumppo and Tess Durbeyfield among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Notre Dame
Victor Ugo
N C Symphony Secures Ford Foundation Grant Match
North Carolina Symphony Society reports raising 859000 in statewide funds, surpassing the 750000 five year match required for a 1 million Ford Foundation grant. President C C Hope Jr. says remaining pledges may raise the total. funds to be deposited for five years and transfer to trustees in July 1977 for discretionary use.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Symphony Society
Ford Foundation
C. C. Hope Jr
Hope
Ford
Symphony
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Philip Clife
Harper
Who Is
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North American Newspaper Alliance
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William Shakespeare
Man Without
Edward Everett Hale
the Master of
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Clifford Odets
the Woman In White
Wilkie Collins
the Wandering Jew
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the Vicar of
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Oliver Goldsmith
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Booth Tarkington
Man
Hadleybury
Mark Twain
Thomas Hardy
Quasimodo
Natty Bumppo
Antonia
Philip Nolan
James Currie
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Samuel
Dr. Primrose
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Howard L. Stephenson
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