The Making of a Quagmire and War Books
Book notices on Viet Nam coverage and the antiwar debate. Halberstam Browne and Weaver offer differing views on the Vietnam conflict and policy. The pieces discuss public understanding, potential for victory or loss, and government portrayal.
The Years Of War The Memoirs Of Anthony Eden
A review of Anthony Eden’s memoirs in The Years Of War, noting 716 pages published by Houghton Mifflin at $8.50. The analysis highlights Eden’s portrayal of British leadership, Mussolini’s era, and a factual, journal style filled with precise details and modest literary flourish.
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Anthony Eden
Houghton Mifflin
The Japanese Mind The Kimono Mind Review
Bernard Rudofsky’s The Japanese Mind surveys a culture defined by paradoxes. The critic notes the author’s engaging detail and the book’s broad historical scope, though some passages drift with wartime judgments. Alan Pryce Jones lauds the work as a solid field study and perspective on Japan.
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Bernard Rudofsky
Doubleday
Japan
Books Review Traces Klan's Rise and Revivals Across U S
The piece surveys the Ku Klux Klan history from its post Civil War origins in Pulaski Tennessee to its 1920s national growth, wartime decline, and 1950s revival. It discusses key books Hooded Americanism by David M Chalmers and Ku Klux Klan in the Southwest by Charles C Alexander, noting local Klaverns power and excesses. It cites ongoing Alabama trials linked to a Selma to Montgomery march voter activity.
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Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Pulaski
Tenn
South
Russia
Oregon
al Smith
Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Selma
Montgomery
David M. Chalmers
Doubleday
Chalmers
Charles C. Alexander
Southwest
University of Kentucky Press
Alexander
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Violauzzo
Encores On Moscow Conservatory With Szell Conducting
The Giaied Gees under George Szell played at Moscow Conservatory but stayed onstage for a half hour after the program, as New York Philharmonic plans and summer concerts unfold with Bernstein and the Met staging operatic and orchestral works.
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Giaied Gees Iedtra
George Szell
Moscow Conservatory
Poseeen Atain
NEW York Philharmonic
Metropolitan Opera
Lewisohn Stadium
Met R
Met
New York
Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein
Philof
World renowned violinist Ricci headlines season lineup
High Point lists stage star Ruggiero Ricci as feature artist for the season. Winston-Salem Symphony, led by John Luele, performs under CHARLES LYNAM who gives a recital at UNCG May 11 and repeats May 18 at High Point auditorium. Program includes Verdi Faure and Duparc works.
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Ruggiero Ricci
High Point
Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra
John Luele
Charles Lynam
Music Building
UNCG
High Pointe
Verdi
Faure
Duparc
Feudin Roots and Lost Lands in East Tennessee
A 1930s portrait views East Tennessee plantation culture and lingering feuds from the Civil War era. A 10-year-old boy and 8-year-old girl meet and grow six years older as land and people wither, painting a harsh picture of decay and tradition.
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East
Tennessee
Avalon as a Misty Afterlife Allegory in Verse
A reflective piece imagines an Avalon beyond life where legendary figures retire from worldly concerns and seek quiet solace with a widow. The description blends mythic retreat with modern decay, hinting at peaceful oblivion as a poetic escape from mortal troubles.
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Avalon
Best Sellers Bulk List Fiction and Nonfiction Titles
A catalog of best selling books includes Herzog by Saul Bellow Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman Harry Sundown by Donald Gilden Funeral in Berlin by Christopher Deighton Hotel by Harley Nonfiction Markings by Dag Hammarskjold Queen Victoria by Longford The Founding Father by Carl Whalen My Shadow Ran Fast by James Sands The Italians by Giuseppe Barzini.
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Hammarskjold
Queen Victoria
Longford
Whalen
Sands
Barzini
Other NOT ALL OUR PRIDE. By Vokes Richardson
Brazilian writer Vokes Richardson presents a brief column from Brazil, likely a literary or cultural note reflecting on local themes. The fragment hints at observation rather than a full feature, with an emphasis on regional perspectives.
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Vokes Richardson
Brazil
Flight of the Falcon a 1960s Ruffano tale revived
A fragment notes Daphnne du Mauier and a 1960s Ruffano setting. The tale recalls Duke Claudio who once terrorized Ruf fano five centuries ago and met a violent end, with the town now in a new era.
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Flight OF the Falcon
Daphnne du Mauier
Sayana Pehentathe
Claudio
Ruffano
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