Civil War Bookshelf launches on book page
The Civil War Bookshelf debuts as a review feature with writer Philip Van Doren Stern guiding readers through scholarly Civil War titles. It stresses the centennial context, aims to illuminate the war’s issues and personalities, and invites informed discussion rather than treating the flood of books as a blight.
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Philip van Doren Stern
America
Europe
Civil War Books Cast Wide Net in 1960 Preview
Philip van Doren Stern surveys Civil War publishing with multiple new works. Bruce Catton Lincoln finds a general against Grant, Vicksburg themes, and others cover Lincoln Jeff Davis Ripley and Sherman era pieces. Note cites 25 titles announced in early 1960.
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Bruce Catton
Grant
Lloyd Lewis
Belmont
Fort Donelson
Vicksburg
Little Brown
Kenneth P. Williams
Lincoln
Chickamauga
Macmillan
North
Peter F. Walker
University of North Carolina Press
Hudson Strode
Jefferson Davis
Harcourt Brace
Edward J. Stackpole
Cedar Mountain
Antietam
Virginia
Stackpole Company
Hirst Milhellen
Bell Wiley
Alpheus S. Williams
Detroit
Wayne State University Press
Appomattox
Nash R. Burger
John K. Betterworth
Vermont
Edward H. Ripley
Richmond
Otto Eisenschill
Devin-Adair
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Andrew A. Freeman
Putnam
Cooper Union
A. Lincoln
John J. Duff
Rinehart
John Brown
Louis Rudames
Abelard Schuman
Praise An Outline Of Man's Knowledge Of The Modern World
Review of Ly man Bryson edited volume Praise An Outline Of Man's Knowledge Of The Modern World McGraw Hill 7 50 praising the editors approach and noting the 33 essays on mind body society arts and science with introductions and notes by Bryson. Authors named include Mead Schlesinger Berle Kazin Seldes and Untermeyer.
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Lyman Bryson
McGraw - Hill
Hudson Hoagland
B. C. McVittie
Margaret Mead
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
Adolf A. Berle Jr
Louis Untermeyer
Alfred Kazin
Herbert Weinstock
Louis Kronenberger
John I. H. Baur
Gilbert Seldes
Bryson
Aimez-Vous Brahms by Françoise Sagan Reviewed
W G Rogers reviews Miss Sagan’s Mais Out Mais, noting the novel's clever opening with the question Aimez-vous Brahms and tracing a triangular plot among Paule Roger and Simon. The critic praises the first 100 pages as Sagan’s best prose yet and credits a warmer emotional arc despite an unsatisfactory ending.
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Brahms
Francoise Sagan
Peter Wiles
Dutton
Miss Sagan
Simon
van den Besch
Paule
Roger
Marc
Aimez-vous Sagan
W. G. Rogers
Lincoln Lord Forging a Second Act in a Shifting World
Cameron Hawley’s Lincoln Lord tracks a once top executive fallen on hard times. A fund drive speech rekindles opportunity as he navigates renewed interest from a financier and shifting loyalties. The tale ends with evolving perceptions of his purpose and influence.
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Lincoln Lords
Cameron Hawley
Little, Brown
Lincoln Lord
Maggie
Brick
Linc
Line
Memoirs Rivalry Over WWII Command Authority
British generals like Montgomery challenge Eisenhower and Bradley over leadership in Normandy. Alanbrooke criticizes Ike as a coordinator with limited strategic vision while Montgomery resents not being named commander of all land forces. The memoirs highlight British-American tensions, strategic control, and clashes on the Normandy campaign.
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Tom Henshaw
Associated Press
Montgomery
Eisenhower Creed
Omar Bradley
Eisenhower
Alanbrooke
France
Reims
Bradley
George Patton
Patton
Imperial General Staff
Normandy
Ike
Bedell Smith
SCAEF
George Marshall
Marshall
Italy
Gen. Marshall
Monty
Solve A Crime Solution Summary
Dick Mulligan is the killer, Riccardi must be innocent, since two of his statements say so and they cannot both be false. Slovensky is clearly innocent, because two of his statements say he is not the killer. Brady’s only false statement is that Riccardi was in Cleveland the night of March first, making Mulligan the man you want.
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Dick Mulligan
Riccardi
Slovensky
Bennington
Florida
Slovenski
Brady
Cleveland
Mulligan
Separate Peace Protagonists Gene and Finny at Devon
Gene Forrester recalls the fearsome sites of the riverbank and academy steps as he recounts the searing story of friendship rivalry with Finny at Devon Academy in 1942. The novel follows Brinker Lepier Quackenbush and others as a deadly misjudgment upends life, pride, and loyalties during wartime college prep.
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Academy
Gene Forrester
Phineas
John
Knowles
Macmillan
Finny
Gene
Brinker
Leper
Quackenbush
Devon
New England
Pipa Best Sellers Fiction and Nonfiction List
The listing shows top fiction and nonfiction titles with authors including Advise and Consent by Drury Hawaii Michener Dear and Glorious Physician Caldwell Poor No More Roark Two Weeks in Another Town Shaw Folk Medicine Jarvis May This House Be Safe from Tigers King My Wicked Wicked Ways Flynn Act One Hart The Longest Day Ryan.
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Drury
Hawaii
Michener
Caldwell
Roark
Shaw
Jarvis
King
Flynn
Hart
Ryan
Jane Withers Welcomes Second Child in Santa Monica
Former child star Jane Withers 33 has a second baby in Santa Monica California. She gave birth Friday to an 8 pound 15 ounce girl named Kendall. She and husband Kenneth Errair already have a son named Kenneth, age 2.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jane Withers
Kendall
Kenneth Errair
Kenneth
Uninteresting Yet Consistent Remark On Linc’s View
The author notes a steady lack of appeal from Linc despite overall steadiness, predicting popularity of the work while dismissing the small details Linc deems important. The closing line attributes the sentiment to W. G. Rogers.
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