Benny Goodman Returns to New York in Swing Reprise
Benny Goodman, age 62, headlines a three week run at the Rainbow Grill in New York after a British tour. He performs mostly 1930s standards, keeping his Big Band era sound while critics note his evasive personality and lasting influence.
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Ornette Coleman
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Columbia Records
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East 66Th Street
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Monet
Louis Armstrong
Gene Krupa
Teddy Wilson
Harry James
Wilson
New Jersey
Gordon
Chris’’ Griffin
Teaneck
N. J
Tommy Dorsey
Pee Wee Erwin
This Week's Best Sellers Fiction Highlights
The list features popular novels including The Day of the Jackal by Forsyth The Exorcist by Blatty Wheels by Hailey Message from Malaga by Mac Innes The Other by Tryon Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Brown Without Marx or Jesus by Revel Any Woman Can then Beyond Freedom and Dignity by Sinner The Gift Horse by Knef.
Fire Sermon and the past and present in Wright Morris tale
A compact study of memory and change in Fire Sermon follows Floyd Warner an octogenarian crossing country with boy relative Kermit in a Maxwell trailer The journey from Nebraska to California exposes the past and alters the boy and Floyd as hitchhikers reflect on life faith and renewal concluding with the cryptic note Fire purifies.
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Wright Morris
Morris
Nebraska
California
Floyd Warner
Kermit
Chapman
Viola
Floyd
Maxwell
Uncle Floyd
Mafia And Its Origins
Gay Talese surveys the Sicilian roots of the Mafia and its U S segments, focusing on Joseph Bonanno and his son Bill. He argues the Mafia was a minor force at its peak and has since decayed, detailing the family saga and the broader context with thorough reporting.
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Gay Talese
World Publishing
Talese
United States
Mario
Joseph Bonanno
Salvatore
Bill
Joseph
New York
An Evocative Book THE NIGHT COUNTRY
Loren Eiseley blends science and humanism in a reflective collection. A rare archeologist and anthropologist, he questions scientific authority while presenting intimate memories and professional adventures. The work includes childhood scenes and essays on education and educators.
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Eiseley
Emerson and Thoreau
South Carolina Bluegrass Festival Returns This Thanksgiving
Myrtle Beach hosts the second annual South Carolina State Bluegrass Music Festival at the Convention Center November 25 to 28 with over 40 hours of family entertainment. Acts include Bill Monroe Jim and Jesse Lester Flatt Ralph Stanley and more. Friday features a Bluegrass Parade at 11 a.m. a band contest at 4 p.m. a beauty pageant at 8 p.m. and a square dance at 10 p.m.
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
Convention Center
Bill Monroe
Jim & Jesse
Lester Flatt
Ralph Stanley
Don Reno
Bill Harrell
Red Smiley
Mac Wiseman
Osborne Bros
J Martin
James Monroe
Lewis Family
Country Gentlemen
Clyde Moody
A Thorough Report On Ecology by Barry Commoner
Barry Commoner’s book argues ecology must steer economic and political choices. He links pollution to rapid postwar tech change and notes limited reversibility in industrial regions.
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Commoner
Pleasant Reading Of Letters Pleasant Reading Of Letters
Henry Beetle Hough collects letters to friends that read as short essays. At 75, the Martha’s Vineyard editor reflects with Thoreauvian clarity on weather daily walks and nature. His gentle humor and graceful prose offer philosophical, low key insights.
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Henry Beetle Hough
Dial Press
Hough
Martha’s Vineyard
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