Life of the Osage by John Joseph Mathews, a Colorful History
Maurice Dolbier hails John Joseph Mathews The Life of the Osage as a vigorous panoramic study blending anthropology history and poetry. It traces Osage origins in central North America their enduring identity through colonization pressure westward and the 1840s reservation shift ending with an oil era and Peyote religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Waters
Annals of America
Marquette
Ouazhaghi
Orange
Osage
Mississippi
Missouri
Osages
America
Oklahoma
John Joseph Mathews
University of Oklahoma
Maurice Dolbier
Recognition of Communist China and May Man Prevail?
Book reviews examine the China question in Robert P. Newman's Recognition of Communist China and Erich Fromm's May Man Prevail. Newman questions recognition and its impact on disarmament and public will, while Fromm uses psychoanalytic theory to probe Cold War tensions and leadership beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Robert P. Newman
Macmillan
University of Pittsburgh
Newman
Erich Fromm
Doubleday
Fromm
Khrushchev
Adenauer
United States
Russia
Red China
U.S
Soviet Union
Germany
National University of Mexico
Bookman's Holiday Hope For The Future
The High Point Public Library marks 35 years of serving the community by acquiring and providing books and ideas. It recalls early efforts, growth through expansions, and a future focus on meeting changing needs with broader access, diverse formats, and programs beyond books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Public Library
City Hall
S. Main Street
Simlar
Washington Street
Another Carolinian Debuts at Carnegie Hall in New York
Education week notes praise Alva Tripp tenor of Pro Musica Motet Choir for his Carnegie Hall debut. The article discusses small versus large ensembles, High Point events, and upcoming school music open houses and Van Cliburn appearance in Greensboro on November 18.
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Carnegie Hall
New York City
Alva Tripp
Pro Musica Motet Choir
High Point
Barry Ruth
Strauss
Anderson
Kirk
van Cliburn
High Point College Memorial Auditorium
Moscow
Greensboro
Z. Melnikov
Belle Tells Everything LITTLE ME parody book review
A spoof memoir by Patrick Dennis about Belle Poitrine mocks show business biographies. The bawdy, frothy satire, rich in celebrity photos by Cris Alexander, aims for laughs but may feel excessive by the final page.
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Patrick Dennis
Dutton
Belle Poitrine
Cris Alexander
Hollywood
Civil War Books Highlight Broad Seasonal List
A fall batch of Civil War books features Bruce Catton’s THE COMING FURY, THE WARTIME PAPERS OF MR. E. LEE edited by Dowdy and Ho Manarin, and Dwight L. Dumond’s ANTI SLAVERY THE CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM IN AMERICA. Also noted are Thomas by McKinney, A VIRGINIA YANKEE IN THE CIVIL WAR diaries from Strother, and works on Virginia Railroads, D. H. Hill in South Carolina, and Morgan's Raid among others. Fourteen titles cover battles, memoirs, diaries, and regional histories, with Lincoln volumes by Mearns and Segal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assa
Bruce Catton
Charleston
Bull Run
E. B. Long
Doubleday
E. Lee
Clifford Dowdy
Louis Ho Manarin
Little Brown
Dwight L. Dumond
America
University of Michigan Press
George H. Thomas
Frani F. McKinney
Wayne
Thomas
David Hunter Strother
Cecil Daby Jr
Chapel Hill
Virginia
Angus J. Johnston
South Carolina
D. H. Hill
Lee
Hal Bridges
McGraw- Hill
Vorin L. Whan
Fredericksburg
Chicago Univ. Press
Lincoln
David C. Mearns
St. Martin's
Charles M. Segal
Putnam
Bookmobile Schedule High Point Public Library Week Nov Six to Ten
The High Point Public Library announces bookmobile stops for the week of November 6 through 10 with daily routes at locations including College Village Shopping Center Pine Valley Marywood Oakview Woodview Bridges Futrell Ingleside Westover Oak View Parkside Clover Tabor Dayton E Lexington E College Hedrick Ashe Oakwood Ridgecrest Dane Wynnewood Rockford Thissell Clara Cox Homes Clara Cox Circle Willard Gordon Ellwood Wendell and Daniel Brooks Homes on multiple time slots each day.
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High Point Public Library
College Village
Pine Valley
Marywood
Oakview
Woodview
Bridges
Futrell
Ingleside
Westover
Old Winston Road
Oak View
Parkside
Clover
Tabor
Dayton
E. Lexington
E. College
W. Springfield
Dane
Wynnewood
Rockford
Ragan
Thissell
Clara Cox
Willard
Gordon
Ellwood
Wendell
Daniel Brooks
The Great Imposter Sequel The Rascal and the Road
Robert Crichton follows Ferdinand W Demara on a tour of his past exploits. The book analyzes Demaras techniques to fool colleagues by presenting convenient beliefs and a talent for quick study in education medicine and even prison work.
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Ferdinand W. Demara
Crichton
Demara
Mississippi
Slick the Judas Tree review by A J Cronin
Cronin’s novel traces David Moray’s arc from philandering medical student to wealthy man entangled with Kathy and Frida. The ending hinges on expediency as Moray seeks Africa but falls to Frida’s worldly lure, with Kathy’s fate deemed more credible than Moray’s. Kathy emerges as the strongest character amid moral decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Cronin
Little, Brown
Cronin
David Moray
Mary Douglas
Scotland
Kathy
Africa
David
Frida von Altishofer
Moray
Frida
Fragmentary crime testimony hints at victim's killer
A damaged excerpt describes a crime scene where a shooter fired as the victim walked, a phone receiver lay on its cradle, and a deep voice spoke before the groan and silence. The text notes the victim's later revealed condition and the suspect's situation.
List of Fiction and Nonfiction Titles in Current BSL
A reader’s catalog highlights fiction from Franny and Zooey to To Kill a Mockingbird and The Carpetbaggers, with nonfiction including The Making of the President, 1960 and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, among others.
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Franny and
Zooey
Salinger
Stone
Lee
Skirer
Citizen Hearst
Swanberg
Europe
Gunther
Skillful A Feast of Friends review
Rosser Evans novel set in 1930s New York follows Igor Conrad a ruthless money mad figure whose rise ends by wrecking rivals and shaping his own path to maturity narrator Jack flobbs and others among a dramatic cast endure crises while Evans delivers suspense flair and credibility.
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New York
Igor Conrad
Igor
Jack Flobbs
Jack
Caroline
Sara
Evans
Cartoons by Hirschfeld and Dedini Offered as Art and Satire
A review praises Hirschfeld’s four decades of American theater cartoons as lively art and notes museum acquisitions. Dedini’s gallery of wry modern life cartoons is lauded for witty touches and connections to Old and Modern Masters, with playful sections on lost portraits and humorous historical vignettes.
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Hirschfeld
Toulouse-Lautrec
Dedini
Modiglianni
Brigitte Bardot
Hoblein
Henry VIII
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Life of
University of Oklahoma Press
Earth
Waters
Henrique Galvao
Santa Maria
Portugal
World
Dr. Fromm
Robert Marks
North East Junior High School
Belle
By P. van Doren Stern
Texas Infantry
Mary Lasswell
Coward-McCann
Allan Keller
Morgan
Middle West
Bobbs-Merrill
Willard Webb
Fountainhead
William B. Hesseltine
Hazel C. Wolf
Hedrick
Ashe
Oakwood
Rotary
Ridgecrest
the Rascal and the Road
Robert Crichton
Random House
Robbins
Rosser Evans
Appleton-Century - Crofts
Hirschfld
Braziller
Eldon Dedini
Holt, Rinehart
Winston
Jarrett
N. Wrenn
N. Main ST
Borden
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