Book notes and reviews from The Literary Guidepost
A round of short critiques covers Morgenthau on postwar Germany, railroad lore in Freeman Hubbard’s Railroad Avenue, Henry Morton Robinson’s The Perfect Round, and other works. Highlights include Morgenthau arguing against harsh punishment for Germany, a vivid Railway legends collection with Casey Jones, and Ellison Wilcox’s Elsie Singer contrasted with Gertrude Stein’s praise.
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Germany
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Harper
Morgenthau
Britain
Europe
Saar
France
Rhine
Moselle
Ruhr
Kiel Canal
Reich
Rairoad Avenue
Freeman H. Hubbard
Whittlesey House
Hubbard
Casey Jones
Sim Webb
Casey
Webb
Latham Street
Memphis
Sim
Hinckley
Minn
Lucius Beebe
United States Naval Academy The First Hundred Years
A study by Crane and Kieley surveys Annapolis history from its 1945 founding on army land to a 100th anniversary noted at 11 o'clock. It blends text and photographs, includes paintings by noted artists, and foreword by President Truman.
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United States Naval Academy
John Crane
James F. Kieley
Whittlesey House
Crane
Kieley
Annapolis
Navy
Truman
Academy
Army
George Bancroft
Franklin Buchanan
Gilbert Stuart
Gustave Richter
Edward Moran
Cecilia Beaux
Houdon
John Paul Jones
A Fellow of Infinite Jest A Sterne Biography Review
Thomas Woseloff’s A Fellow of Infinite Jest argues for Laurence Sterne as a major English writer whose playful genius survived Victorian prudishness. The biography defends Sterne against charges of borrowing others’ words and praises Tristram Shandy and the Sentimental Journey. Sterne might borrow a wife but never a word.
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Thomas Woseloff
Prentiss- Hall
Laurence Sterne
Tristram Shandy
Sterne
Rabelius
York
Tristram
Wadman
Toby
Tristrams
Walter Shandy
Yoseloff
The Manatee debut by Nancy Bruff on Nantucket
Jabez Folger, a sea captain of Nantucket in whaling days, dominates this tale of love and hate. The plot contains much action but feels contrived with wooden characters and a single-breasted crew.
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Nancy Bruff
Dutton
Jabez Folger
Nantucket
Folger
Everything Is Quite All Right by Wendell Wilcox
A first novel explores four ordinary lives Elsie Singer and her aunt Mrs Master the house painter Henry Korg and his wife Gertrude whose intertwined paths form a quiet moving portrait of everyday resilience and social intimacy.
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Elsie
Ilcox
Gertrude Stein
Miss Stein
Elsie Singer
Gertrude Korg
Wendell Wilcox
Ackerman
Mrs. Master
Henry Korg
Gertrude
France by Florence Gilliam review
Florence Gilliam’s France is a timely tribute from an American living in France. The compact volume blends history and culture, noting France’s paradox of tradition and new ideas, leadership in discoveries yet slow adoption, and the idea that France’s fate mirrors civilization.
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France
Florence Gilliam
Dutton
de Gaulle
Miss Gilliam
Petain
Paris
Iles
Theatrical Dancing In America Book Review
A 1900s to early 1960s ballet survey by Winthrop Palmer Ackerman covers Isadore Duncan Ted Shawn Ruth St Denis Martha Graham Doris Humphrey and others with 20 photos. The reviewer praises Robbins Fancy Free while faulting the portrayal of Graham.
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America
Winthrop Palmer Ackerman
Isadore Duncan
Ted Shawn
Ruth St. Denis
Martha Graham
Doris Humphrey
Charles Weldman
Nijinsky
Pavlova
Mordkin
Fokine
Kirstein
Colin
Tudor
Massine Balanchine
Mental Therapy Reduces Neuropsychiatric Cases at Bushnell General
In Brigham City Utah Col Olin B Chamberlain reports 95 percent of neurotic and psychiatric patients treated in Bushnell General Hospital neuropsychiatric section return to civilian life. Electric and insulin shock treatments aid in rousing psychotics from dreamlike states.
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Brigham City
Utah
INS
Bushnell General Hospital
Olin B. Chamberlain
Sir Christopher Wren and the Mary College in Virginia
Contested notes recall Sir Christopher Wren, famed architect of St Pauls, linked with Wren Hall and the Mary College in Virginia. The fragmentary text hints at historic associations and institutional naming.
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Sir Christopher Wren
St. Paul's
Desi Wren
By and Mary College
Virnia
Hospitals For Veterans Move Hospitals To Doctors In Cities
Veterans Administration officials say doctors will visit veterans hospitals less often as facilities expand in big cities to hire specialists. A 250 bed hospital could bring up to 1 million dollars annually, but doctor shortages loom. Bradley and Hawley warn 2,327 doctors available now need thousands more. 400 psychiatrists are especially needed. Dentists and discharges from the army complicate recruitment as hospitals shift to urban centers.
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Congress
Capitol
Veterans Hospital
Omar N. Bradley
Paul R. Hawley
Veterans Administration
Army
Bradley and
Hawley
Luxurious Foxhole Tale From Ithaca
Ithaca sergeant Robert E Laubengauer of the 38th Evacuation Hospital describes a foxhole in Italy that had two beds a radio electric lights and comforts including water when it rained.
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Ithica
N. Y
INS
Robert E. Laubengauer
Italy
Colorado Legion seeks Hilliard for national commander
The Colorado department of the American Legion opened a campaign for Benjamin C. Hilliard Jr. of Denver as national commander. Hilliard, a World War I veteran, has led the state department in 1941-42 and joined the national executive committee in 1943.
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Denver
INS
Colorado Department of the American Legion
Benjamin C. Hilliard, Jr
Hilliard
Legion
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