Coffin Poems Showcases a People's Poet's Simple Craft
Neal Austin reviews Tristam Coffin posthumous Selected Poems, a 105-piece volume of brief quatrains. The critic praises Coffin's plain, direct style echoing Robert Frost, notes his belief poetry is a people's craft, and highlights standout pieces Stop One Instant Still and There Will Be Bread and Love. Coffin's death in January is noted as a loss to American poetry.
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Tristam Coffin
Coffin
Robert Frost
New England
Frost
Neal Austin
Window Washing Goes Awry In Suburban Feud
Miss Minnie Mortgage sues Harry Harried after he leapt through a window pane while washing a front window. The stumble left Harried with a bleeding elbow and both sides now face a small claims court action over the damage.
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Miss Minnie Mortgage
Harry Harried
Small Claims Court
Miss Minnie
Harried
Kotly
Miss Mortgage
Harry
Man and wife feud ends in tragedy after courthouse clash
In a bizarre dispute over a near property line and a damaged elbow, Harry sues Miss Minnie for medical bills and damages. The courtroom exchanges devolved into loud accusations until the judge ordered payment for a repair bill and expelled the pair. Two days later Harry was found hanged, leaving a note blaming conformity and a broken life.
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Harry
Miss Minnie
Harried
Flying Horseshoe Ranch by Stella Sanders
Stella Sanders writes about her first book Flying Horseshoe Ranch inspired by a winter ranch experience. She describes cowboys, horses, and the Southwest, noting a blend of old Western atmosphere with a touch of magic for readers aged 7 to 11. Barbara Latham illustrated the work priced at $2.75.
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Stella Sanders
Barbara Latham
Louis Adamic
Southwest
Old Southwest
Flying Horseshoe Ranch
Away From Longhand The Wonderful Writing Machine Review
Bruce Bliven Jr. surveys the rise of the typewriter, from early inventors to the modern office tool. The book blends brief history, public publicity, and vivid anecdotes about the women in offices, the evolution of models, and the shift from longhand to machine writing.
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Bruce Bliven Jr
New York
Random House
Scholes
A Actio Iers
Mark Twain
Mr. Bliven
YWCA
Olive Pratt Rayner
Yesteryear
Romance of Casanova- Styled Young Rogue Tale
Rosamond Marshall crafts a romance about Toni Brando, an illegitimate son of Casanova, who at 18 begins a Grand Tour and encounters intrigue and love in a vivid historical fiction set in Garden City publishing.
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Rosa Marshall
Garden City
Phuheda
Y and Company
Rosamond Marshall
Casanova
Toni Brando
Conqueror of Everest in a New Biography
This volume by Ullman with Tenzing Norgay is a vivid life story of the mountaineer famed for the 1953 Everest summit. It reveals his seven failed attempts, lifelong dream, and enduring spirit that would have driven him to success in any field.
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Msee Tenzing
Everest
Dames
Ramsey Ullman
New York
G. P. Putnam’'s Sons
Tenzing
Agaost
Uilman
Mt. Everest
Annapurna
Caieten
Bob Horne
Columbia
James
Wally Russell
Jane Russell
Jane
Cornel Wilde
Nicholas Ray
Howard Welsch
Helen Westcott
Wilde
Miss Russell
Mikhail Rasumny
Joseph Calleia
Nick Dennis
Nina Koshetz
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North Wrenn Street
Joseph F. Snider
Civil Service Commission
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R. D. Penny
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