Puritan Village and Guerrilla Warfare in Cold War Context
Review notes Sumner Chilton Powell's Puritan Village detailing Sudbury 1638 to 1656 and Marlborough's 1656 split. James Eliot Cross analyzes guerrilla warfare dynamics in CONFLICT IN THE SHADOWS, outlining opportunities and measures to curb Communist campaigns and ease tensions in the Free World.
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University Press
Ee Cs
Maine
New England
Sumner Chilton Powell
Wesleyan University Press of
Middletown
Conn
Sudbury
John Ruddock
Marlborough
Powell
James Eliot Cross
Doubleday
Artos the Heroic Leader in Sutcliff’s Arthurian Return
Miss Sutcliff reimagines Arthurian myth with Artos a rugged war leader. He leads Companions in ceaseless battles, a half Roman half British hero amid dramatic incidents and vivid, sensuous prose. The novel is vast and memorable, a serious read to dwell upon and reread.
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Miss Sutcliff
Artos
Mallory
Arthur
Best Sellers List Highlights 1960s Fiction and Nonfiction
A mixed top sellers list features novels such as Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction by Salinger The Glassblowers by Du Maurier Seven Days in May by Knebel and Bailey The Sand Pebbles by McKenna Grandmother and the Priests by Caldwell Travels with Charley by Steinbeck The Whole Truth and Nothing But by Hopper The Fire Next Time by Baldwin The Ordeal of Power by Hughes Happiness Is a Warm Puppy by Schulz.
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Carpenters
Seymour
Salinger
du Maurier
Knebel and Bailey
McKenna Grandmother
Caldwell
Charley
Steinbeck
Hopper
Baldwin
Hughes
Schulz
Two Ocean War survey by Morison on U S Navy WWII
Harvard historian Samuel Eliot Morison writes a comprehensive single volume on the U S Navy in World War II detailing Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay and the two ocean campaigns. He judges leaders Halsey King and Nimitz while noting the book’s dense factual portrayal and human glimpses.
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Navy
Harvard
Samuel Eliot Morison
Trumbull
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Tokyo Bay
Morison
Roosevelt
U. S
Oceans
Rennell Island
Sandlace
Bonins
Omaha Beach
Halsey
Nelson
Ernest J. King
Chester Nimitz
King
Morrison
Surigao Strait
Trial at Bannock Provides a Courtroom Drama
A Jesse Bier novel crafts a Bannock Wyoming murder trial with an ex convict defendant Earle Stacy and a witty defense lawyer Julius Grubbs. Narrator Ira Hart, a law professor, guides readers through courtroom strategy, fairness, and the hinge of premeditation versus self defense. The tale moves at a steady pace, testing truth and justice.
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Bannock
Jesse Bier
Harcourt, Brace & World
Picasso
Coincidence
Earle Stacy
Earle Stacey
Denver
Wyo
Julius Grubbs
Grubbs
Ira Hart
Ira
Western University
Juris
Prudence Bier
Bier
Ordeal They Survived by Wil Fred Noyce
Book review discusses Noyce’s exploration of human behavior under stress in varied cases from being buried alive to facing cancer and Nazi camps. The author, a mountaineer and writer, provides engaging anecdotes though not strong conclusions, noting Byrd and Shackleton among subjects.
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Wilfred Noyce
Dutton
Noyce
Soviet
Russia
Richard E. Byrd
Ernest Shackleton
Joseph L. Benham
Royalty and Reform in 1962 Paperback Picks
Maurice Dolbier reviews biographies and novels, including Roger Fulford's George the Fourth, Taper's Gomillion versus Lightfoot, and classic works by Serge Cary Steinbeck Abbott and more. The pieces span royal portraiture, civil rights battles, and enduring literary classics with renewed paperback editions.
Young Beatnik Coronet Among the Weeds
Charlotte Bingham writes of a titled English teenager seeking a “superman” in dates and love. The tale follows her crushes on older men, Paris with a friend, and beatnik scenes, ending as a friend Herb vanishes after a crash.
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Coronet
Charlotte Bingham
Random House
Rabbi's Life In Air Force The Conversion Of Chaplain Cohen
Bernard Geis prints a humorous memoir by Rabbi Tarr detailing David Cohen a Brooklyn rabbi who becomes an Air Force chaplain. He endures Chaplains School in Texas flights fears base life Mississippi racial questions and a posting at an Arctic station while remaining true to his ethics and meeting a concentration camp survivor.
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Chaplain Cohen
Herbert Tarr
Bernard Geis
Rabbi Tarr
Brooklyn
David Cohen
Chaplains School
Texas
Mississippi
Israel
The Demands Of Art and Carnegie Hall Extravaganza
A critique of modern art culture contrasts with a forthcoming One Day Music Extravaganza at Carnegie Hall New York City three performances for Music for the Blind. The column notes young artists chase fame over sacred art and questions the festival format debuting jazz pop and concert opera acts.
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Carnegie Hall
New York City
High Point Library Bookmobile Schedule Week May 13 17
The High Point Public Library lists daily bookmobile routes for Monday through Friday with times and stops. Locations include College Village Shopping Center Gatewood Emery Road Hillcrest Overbrook Lindale Gordon Cedrow Avenue Ardmore and several neighborhood stops.
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High Point Public Library
College Village
Council
Gatewood
Emery Road
Hillcrest
Overbrook
Emerywood
Lindale
Locust
Gordon
Kimrey
Cedrow Avenue
Arlington
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