Forgotten Pioneer of the Peddler and the Building of America
In a new book Harry Golden recounts the peddler as a civilizing connector in rural America and frontier towns. It profiles two prototype peddlers in the Carolinas and Connecticut frontier, and Levi Strauss, who began as a peddler before crafting canvas work pants. The peddler earned respect from Indians and freed African Americans and linked old world immigrants to a new American identity. Prominent merchants such as Altman, Gimbel, Field, and Guggenheim are cited as early peddlers who became major figures in American commerce.
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America
Florida
Southwest
Semanalchik
Klapper
Harry Golden
Golden
North Carolina
Virginia
Connecticut
Levi Strauss
Germany
California
Levis
Benjamin Altman
Adam Gimbel
Marshal Field
Meyer Guggenheim
Robert Marks
Notebooks 1935-1942 by Albert Camus a nervy study
Review notes Camus notebooks reveal germinal ideas behind his novels and essays. Translator Thody provides preface and footnotes. The piece calls Camus a feverish tubercular who wrote grandiose musings on death with polished diction.
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Albert Camus
Knopf
Philip Thody
Camus
Fleming on Bond Fame and Writing Routine in Istanbul
Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond thrillers, discusses his career and writing habits during a visit near Yarimburgaz in Istanbul where a Bond film is shot. He recalls meeting President Kennedy, explains his writing process, and notes his life in Jamaica and England.
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Istanbul
President Kennedy
Ian Fleming
James Bond
Fleming
Yarimburgaz
Russia
London
Kennedy
Washington
Mr. Kennedy
Jackie
Iron Curtain
Sunday Times
England
Bond
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. novel review
A compact review of Cat's Cradle detailing Kurt Vonnegut's narrative voice and the book's plot elements. It notes Dr. Felix Hoenikker, his children, the island San Lorenzo, Bokononism, and the novel's satirical examination of science and faith culminating in a devastating climax.
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Kurt Vonmegut Jr
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Cat's Cradle
Felix Hoenikker
Frank
Angela
Newt
Hoenikker
Hiroshima
San Lorenzo
Papa” Monzano
Holy Land
Vonnegut
England's Past THE CONCUBINE review
Norah Lofts presents Anne Boleyn as a central, steadfast figure in a tragic Tudor drama. Henry VII dominates as a flawed king whose pursuit of an heir and love leads to betrayal, with Wolsey, Catherine, and Jane Seymour shaping a politics driven by reform and power.
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Norah Lofts
Doubleday
Anne Boleyn
Henry VII
Henry
Catherine of Aragon
Mary
Anne
Jane Seymour
Cardinal Wolsey
Catherine
Miss Lofts
Elizabeth
Artist THE ARTIST by Jan de Hartog review
An Atheneum edition review summarizes de Hartog’s tale as a compact, magical span from a Dutch boy cadet to a harbor pilot in Paris. The narrative threads realism and expressionism, ends with a tragic yet liberating ascent of the spirit, highlighting sharp writing and human emotion. Miles A. Smith praises its intimate, classic craft.
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Jan de Hartog
Atheneum
de Hartog
Joost Jansen
Naval Academy
de Neef
Bangma
Jansen
Paris
Seine
Miles A. Smith
Explorer in Quintana Roo by Michel Peissel
A youthful one man trek along 250 miles of jungle on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula reveals Mayan ruins and primitive jungle life. The author records encounters with natives pirates and smugglers in a diary like account.
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Quintana Roo
Michel Peissel
Dutton
Tan Peninsula
Mexico
Peissel
Music Notes On Arts Popularity In Lenox Massachusetts
In Lenox Massachusetts the public shows strong interest in concerts theatre and performing arts with locals from doctors bakers candle makers service staff and farmers all able to describe the thriving arts scene. The piece notes widespread awareness and curiosity about why the performing arts are so popular in the area.
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Lenox
Mass
Johnsons Diction ary revival highlights personal tastes
The article reviews a new sampling of Johnsons Dictionary, praising its personal voice and enduring definitions. It notes Johnsons candid self portraits in entries, including sharp quips about patrons and writers, and recalls Boswell and Mrs Thrale anecdotes.
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Dr. Johnson
Becky Sharp
Miss Pinkerton
Academy
Vanity Fair
Boswell
E. L. McAdam Jr
New York University
George Milne
Johnson
One Day in the Life of a Collective Farm Manager
Fyodor Abramov’s Collective Life reviews a Soviet collective farm manager's struggle under a bureaucratic system that squeezes output from a exhausted peasantry. The book offers a peephole view of rural life under collectivization and ends with a spark when incentives are revived.
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Fyodor Abramov
Praeger
Sailor's Diary Pacific War Diary 1942
A seaman first class on the light cruiser Montpelier recounts Pacific campaigns from the Solomons to Japan. Fahey's diary reflects fear pride boredom and relief, with simple sincere observations of food weather work sleep and gun action. Now a truck driver in Waltham Mass his unedited account offers a personal, valuable wartime document.
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Montpelier
Solomons
Mariannas
Philippines
Japan
Fahey
Pacific
Europe
Waltham
Mass
Bookmobile Schedule for High Point Public Library
The High Point Public Library announces its bookmobile routes for July 15 to 19. Each day lists multiple stops with specific times and locations including College Village Shopping Center Pine Valley Road Marywood Oak View Road Bridges Street Futrelle and other streets.
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High Point Public Library
College Village
Pine Valley Road
Marywood
Oak View Road
Woodview
Bridges Street
Futrelle
Tabor
Dayton
E. Lexington
E. College
Lindale
Locust
Gordon
Kimrey
Cedrow Avenue
Arlington
Barbee
Fifth Street
W. College
North Drive
Woodrow
Forrest
Blain
Farriss
Terrell
E. Russell Street
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JFK
Sunday Times of London
Jamaica
Yuca
West
du Maurier
Elizabeth Appleton
O'Hara
Caldwell
Carpenters
Seymour
Salinger
Baldwin
Hopper and
Brough
Charley
Steinbeck
Schulz
Hope
Doctor
Mitre
Jonathan Swith
Lord Chesterfield
Sara Johnson
John K. Hutchens
Massachusetts
Berkshire
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Washington, D. C
Tanglewood
South Mountain
Schoenberg
de Fala
Ravel
Villa - Lobos
Martins
Hindemith
Baby Doe
Douglas Moore
Haydn
the Apothecary
Thomas Sherman
Little Orchestra Society
Metropolitan Opera Studio
Mozart
Ivan Denisovich
Abramov
Sailor's Diary
James J. Fahey
Houghton Mifflin
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