Three Roads to Valhalla review highlights Progress after Civil War
Catherine Stewart's Three Roads to Valhalla depicts Reconstruction through a moving, unbiased lens. The novel blends fact and fiction to show social, economic, and political adjustment, with a hopeful view on gradual civil rights and personal growth amid conflict.
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Charles Scribner's Sons
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The Burnished Blade review and historical notes
Lawrence Schoonover's The Burnished Blade is praised as a knightly tale with high morals and exciting action. Pierre, a French youth framed for murder, rises as a knight and ally to Claire de la Tour Claremont, with a blend of adventure and romance.
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MacMillan
Pierre
Ban
Couer
France
Trebiond
Namby-Pamby
Claire-de-la Tour-Claremont
Trebizond
B.C
Christmas Books For Young Readers And Civil War Tale
The page reviews upcoming gifts for Christmas highlighting high point area interest. It recommends Henry Castor's The Spanglers a Civil War novel from the Northern viewpoint for older readers and an adventure novel for early teens, noting future feature My Diary by Margaret O’Brien.
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Czenzi Ormonde
Sitwell
Paul Hardin, Jr
Wesley Memorial
Margaret O'Brien
Henry Castor
Presenting Complete Etiquette by Lillian Eichler Watson
A new etiquette reference by Lillian Eichler Watson merges formal social guidelines with everyday civility. The book covers entertaining across incomes, table manners, and public behavior, aiming to modernize manners for today’s busy life with practical guidance and cross references.
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Lillian Eichler Watson
Garden City Publishing Company
Lillian Watson
America
J.B
High Trail by Vivian Breck
A teenage adventure novel set on Mt. Whitney follows Joe Cassidy a fearless girl seeking aid after her father is injured in a fishing accident. Hunger fatigue and a violent snowstorm test her endurance while two young climbers spark a budding romance.
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Vivian Breck
Mt. Whitney
Joe Cassidy
Planet explosion likely source of meteor shower scientists say
Geologists H. H. Hess of Princeton and E. P. Henderson report at the Geological Society meeting that a planet the size of Earth exploded, leaving a meteorite found in Kansas. The meteorite shows layering from deep underground magma, suggesting a catastrophic planetary explosion and a parent body about Earth's size.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
Earth
Geological Society of America
H. H. Hess
Princeton
E. P. Henderson
United States National Museum
Washington
Moore County
Kansas
Canada
Stassen Analyzes GOP Loss And 1952 Outlook
Harold E. Stassen contends the Republican defeat stemmed from not presenting a liberal image. On Mutual’s Meet the Press he urged rebuilding from the ground up and adopting a loyal opposition role. He warned against excessive government controls and called for strong substitutes and focus on 1959 elections.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
Mutual
Truman
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
North Carolina Voters Reject Three Of Four Proposed Amendments
North Carolina voters rejected three of four proposed constitutional amendments in the November 2 election, according to figures released by the State Board of Elections. The results reflect a mixed voter verdict on the ballot measures amid statewide tabulation.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Elections
State Amendments Routed in Election Result
Raymond Maxwell said amendments for a majority vote in special elections and a tax rate increase were carried or defeated with wide margins. He reported the debt limit removal and county authorization amendments were defeated overwhelmingly. The piece also notes New York’s telephone abundance and the US lead in iron ore mining.
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Elections Board
Bounty General Fund
Maxwell
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