New England's Strong Voice edited by Van Wyck Brooks
A New England Reader edited and introduced by Van Wyck Brooks gathers essays and pieces showcasing regional intellect. The volume highlights prominent voices, literary tendencies, and cultural themes shaping New England letters and public discourse.
The Face of North Carolina book review
A critical appraisal of McNally and Loftin photographic volume The Face of North Carolina edited by Bruce Roberts with text by Dick Gorrell and a foreword by Paul Green. The review praises its wide portrait of Tar Heel life from coast to mountains, notes strong imagery and modern scenes, while faulting some touristy shots and lack of furniture industry coverage. It concludes the work is well chosen and any North Carolinian should own it.
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North Carolina
McNally and Loftin
Tar Heel
Bruce Roberts
Dick Gorrell
Paul Green
Asheville
Piedmont
Research Triangle
Charlotte
Roberts
High Point
The First World War and The New England Reader reviews
Dos Passos portrays the World War I era and Wilson’s complex leadership in a broad study that blends biography and history. The New England Reader curated by Van Wyck Brooks surveys writings by New Englanders about New England, tracing a literary lineage from Longfellow to Frost and Melville.
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MR. Wilson
John Dos Passos
Doubleday
Los Passos
United States
South
Dos Passos
America
Plainfield
N. J
Providence
Rhode Island
New
Maine Barr
Goalie
Mr. Brooks
Henry James
Sarah Orne Jewitt
J. P. Marquand
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Amy Lowell
Robert Frost
Edna Millay
E. E. Cummings
Robert Lowell
James Russell Lowell
William James
Henry Beston
Brooks Atkinson
Prescott and Motley
S. E. Morison
New England
Brooks
John K. Hutchens
Holiday and concert notes from Greensboro and High Point
Holiday season music events fill Greensboro and High Point stages with Verdi La Traviata at Aycock Auditorium and a by Wes ley Memorial youth choirs carol service. Isaac Stern violin recital at Memorial Auditorium High Point College Dec 11. Helen Hayes Maurice Evans in A Program for Two Players at Greensboro Auditorium Dec 15. Mozart Brahms Khachaturian pieces by Jacobowsky and Wurtele at Salem College Memorial Hall. Amahl and the Night Visitors at High Point College Dec 18. Impresario Sal Hurok memoir highlights famed artists and backstage life.
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Greensboro Civic Music Series
Goldovsky Opera Co
Aycock
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Howard Coble
High Point
Isaac Stern
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
Stern
Helen Hayes
Maurice Evans
Greensboro Auditorium
New York World Telegram
Eugene Jacobowsky
Nancy Wurtele
Memorial Hall
Salem College School of Music
Saint-Saens
Weimar
Germany
Amahl
Menotti
High Point College Memorial Auditorium
Robin Lowe
Virginia Person
Wise Men
Ron Dreyer
Irving Silver
John Kratels
the Page
Tom Paige
College
College Community Orchestra
J. Frohover
Fine Arts
The Other Side of His Run Red China Today Policy
Article examines U S policy over the past seventeen years focusing on China. It analyzes economic and diplomatic strategies and compares official rhetoric with actions. It discusses shifts in engagement under different administrations and the implications for global relations.
River: Red China Today review
William L. Ryan summarizes Edgar Snow's River Red China Today, praising the extensive background on Mao Zedong's China while critiquing the final chapter. Snow argues China surpassed early Soviet progress in some areas, examines Moscow Pekin tensions, and predicts China’s nuclear timeline and stance on international control.
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Red China
Edgar Snow
Random House
Mao
Khrushchev
China
State Department
Snow
Thurber Credos and Curios a Thurber collection review
James Thurber’s Credos and Curios from Harper & Row weighs in with strong pieces on Scott Fitzgerald Elliott Nugent and Benchley. It highlights essays on E B White John A McNulty and a moving story Menaces in May with The Other Room as a standout. Thurber’s wit and rueful tone persist throughout.
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Thurber
Scott Fitzgerald
Elliott Nugent
Robert Benchley
George S. Kaufman
New Yorker
E. B. White
John A. McNulty
Wescott Talks Of 17 Years Before New Book Images of Truth
Glenway Wescott, 61, lives on a Stockton-area farm in New Jersey. He discusses a 17-year gap before his latest work Images of Truth, reviews, and his role in copyright, literary groups, and as president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He describes writing as constant but unfocused, and notes his family keeps him grounded.
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Wilson
Grover Cleveland
Dos Passos
William Bradford
New England
Plymouth
Southampton
Trenton
N. J
Glenway Wescott
Stockton
Athens
Harper’s Prize
Authors’ League and Guild Councils
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Wescott
Lloyd
Best Sellers List Includes Classics and Nonfiction
A digest of titles featuring A Shade of Difference by Drury and Silent Spring by Carson. Also listed are Seven Days in May by Knebel and Bailey, Fail-Safe by Burdick and Wheeler, Ship of Fools by Porter, Travels with Charley by Steinbeck, Oye Jigs and Juleps by Hudson, The Rothschilds by Morton, and The Blue Nile by Moorehead.
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Drury
Knebel and Bailey
Burdick and Wheeler
Porter
Carson
Charley
Steinbeck
Hudson
Morton
Blue Nile
Moorehead
Adams Biography by Page Smith reviewed as comprehensive yet lengthy
A critical look at Adams Biography by Page Smith from Doubleday, 1 138 pages with notes and index. The work blends detailed letters, colonial background, and Abigail Adams’s strong personality, offering insights while risking excess length and digressions. It profiles Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, and his Paris missions, and notes the book’s appeal to lay readers yet scholarly heft.
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Willam McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Charles Evans Hughes
William G. McAdoo
Charles G. Dawes
John J. Pershing
Robert LaFollete
Col
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Wilson
Dos Passos
Doubleday
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Page Smith
Adams
Smith
Franklin
Jefferson
Continental Congress
Paris
Amsterdam
London
Abigail
America
Bookmobile Schedule for High Point Public Library Week
The High Point Public Library announces its bookmobile routes for the week of December 3 to 7. Daily stops include College Village Shopping Center, Pine Valley Road at Marywood, Oak View Road at Woodview, and Bridges Street at Futrelle, with additional venues across Ingleside Westover Parkside Clover Tabor Dayton E Lexington Lindale Locust Gordon Kimrey Cedrow Arlington Barbee Fifth Street W College N Drive Woodrow Farriss Terrell Drive Brentwood Friddle Street Austin Street and Wesley Place.
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College Village
Pine Valley Road
Marywood
Oak View Road
Woodview
Bridges Street
Futrelle
Ingleside
Westover
Old Winston Road
Parkside
Clover
Tabor
Dayton
E. Lexington
E. College
Lindale
Locust
Gordon
Kimrey
Cedrow Avenue
Arlington
Brentwood
Lowe
Friddle Street
Austin Street
Wesley Place
E. Russell Street
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