Autumn Across America by Edwin Way Teale reviewed
A review of Nature Autumn Across America by Edwin Way Teale, detailing a cross country journey from Cape Cod to Monterey. It highlights Teale’s photography, wide range of autumn scenes across diverse landscapes, and the book’s planned four volume series with about forty illustrations.
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America
Edwin Way Teale
New York
Dodd, Mead and Co
Joliet
Iinois
Monterey
Mount Rainier
Utah
Olympic Peninsula
New England
Wyoming
Salt
Mr. Teale
Ameri
Nature
Teale
Monomoy
Mississippi
Gulf
Uinta Mountains
Pacific
Dinosaur National Park
Oregon
Elsie Mae Sink
The Fountain Overflows review by Rebecca West
Robert Marks admires The Fountain Overflows, praising its flowing 18th century style and deep exploration of family life. He notes Rose Aubrey as a concert pianist narrator and highlights themes of division, understanding, and life’s overflowing fountain.
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Rebecca West
New York
the Viking Press
Rose Aubrey
Miss West
Rose
Piers
Clara Aubrey
South
West
Robert Marks
Too Many Sisters and Other Tiny Tales for Kids
A compact catalog excerpt highlighting children books for grades 2 and 3. Jerrod Beim’s Too Many Sisters features Mike with four sisters and a happy ending. Julius Schwartz’s I Know a Magic House invites wonder at everyday home magic and home life. Bennie the Bear Who Grew Too Fast follows Bennie from violin to double bass and jazz fame, with colorful illustrations to attract young readers.
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Mike
Julius Schwartz
Marc Simont
New York
McGraw Hill
Bennie
Bear
Beatrice
Ferrin Fraser
Roger Duvoisin
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co
Bear Woods
Martha Montgomery
History WARM WIND WEST WIND by Anne Matthews
Ruth Vestal reviews a historical novel set in early 16th century Bristol and London. The narrative follows Crede Canynges and her ties to merchant shipowners as England expands trade westward amid humanist ideas and new learning. The plot hinges on love choices between Robin Thorne and Anthony with a few uneven stretches yet overall engaging historical fiction.
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Anne Matthews
New York
Crown Publishers Inc
John Cabot
New World
Bristol
Amerike
Erasmus
Thomas More
Crede
Philip Canynges
Anthony
Robin Thorne
London
Henry VII
England
Ruth Vestal
South Africa in Transition review by Juanita Cox
Alan Paton’s South Africa in Transition is praised for vivid scenes from mines to Kruger Park. The author challenges Afrikaner nationalism and envisions a common society, urging peaceful progress and global recognition of African equality.
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South Africa
Alan Paton
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Co
Paton
Africa
Kruger National Park
Juanita Cox
New York Teacher Wins Lamont Poetry Prize
Wellesley College English teacher Philip Booth wins the 1956 Lamont Poetry Selection for a volume titled Letter From a Distant Land.
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New York
Wellesley College
Philip Booth
Lamont
Reading tastes and best sellers in midcentury America
Anne S Burton defends popular reading trends against the critic Robert Marks. She cites Dr Spock and cookbooks as evidence of practical books guiding modern homemakers, parents, and Christians, noting the Bible’s enduring popularity and the rise of a broad, engaged reading public.
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Anne
Burton
the Enterprise
Robert Marks
Johnny
Jane
Spock
Dr. Spock
Anne S. Burton
Solve A Crime Solution
You suspect Fred Saunders of murdering his wife. The windshield wipers were on when the car started, implying prior use in the rain. If he drove to the summer home in clear weather, the wipers would be off, suggesting the night raid and murder occurred earlier with a morning call to you as a cover.
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Fred Saunders
Author Of The Week Joseph Wood Krutch Profile
Joseph Wood Krutch, author of The Great Chain of Life, hails from Knoxville Tennessee and now resides in Tucson Arizona. A University of Tennessee graduate, he taught at Columbia and wrote drama criticism for 30 years. His book The Measure of Man won the National Book Award for non fiction in 1954.
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Joseph Wood Krutch
Knoxville
Tenn
Tucson
Ariz
University of Tennessee
Columbia
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