First Modern Stephen Crane Edited Short Stories Volume
Robert Mares reviews The Complete Short Stories and Sketches of Stephen Crane edited by Thomas A Gullason. The collection gathers all 112 stories in chronological order, highlighting Crane's realism and influence on modern American writing through war dispatches and social sketches.
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Stephen Crane
America
Crane
Doubleday
Thomas A. Gullason
Gullason
Tolstoy
Zola
Flaubert
Poe
Robert Mares
Best Sellers List Highlights Political and Literary Titles
The Best Sellers show a mix of fiction and nonfiction. Notable entries include The Group by McCarthy, The Shoes of the Fisherman by West, Caravans by Michener, Elizabeth Appleton by O Hara, On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Flaming, The American Way of Death by Milford, JFK The Man and the Myth by Lasky, The Fire Next Time by Baldwin, My Darling Clementine by Fishman, and I Owe Russia $1,200 by Hope.
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McCarthy the
Shoes OF the Fisherman
West Caravans
Michener
Elizabeth Appleton
O'Hara
HER Majestys Secret Service
Flaming
Milford Jfk
Lasky
Baldwin
Darling
Clementine, Fishman
Russia
Hope
Second Time Honeymoon Diary by Jim Bishop
Jim Bishop relates a world tour honeymoon tale of Lon Michaels and Kay as they navigate love age gaps parental issues and the pull of past marriages. The book’s strength lies in the engaging portraits of the couple, while tourist data occasionally slows the narrative.
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Lon Michaels
Kay
Len
Kay Ar
Bishop
Christ
Lincoln
Date changes not the Almanac in Indy profile
Ray Geiger, editor of Farmers Almanac for 19 years, recalls a wartime near death in the South Pacific and his rise to guiding a publication that forecasts weather with a long-stated accuracy. He claims the Almanac has long predicted cold winters and remains a staple of recipes and aphorisms.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ray Geiger
Geiger
Indiana
Lewiston
Maine
University of Notre Dame
Almanac
Harry K. Bule
University of Florida
Bule
Pacific Ocean
Verdi Requiem Carried Through a WWII Ghetto
A Czech writer borrows fact to tell of a last year wartime ghetto where Jewish musicians perform Verdi's Requiem amid doom. The tale contrasts Hebrew and Catholic faiths and portrays artists defying captors through sacred music, a moving testament to human aspiration.
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Czechoslovakia
Bor
Fitzgerald In New Light The Letters of F Scott Fitzgerald
Book review of Fitzgerald letters edited by Andrew Turnbull. Highlights Fitzgeralds career and the Hollywood era with emphasis on his struggles, relationships, and literary impact. Notes arranged by correspondent, praising Turnbulls biographical framing and Dolbier’s closing commentary.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Andrew Turnboll
Scribners
Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Wall St
Hollywood
Andrew Turnbull
Hemingway
Scottie
Maxwell Perkins
John Peale Bishop
Edmund Wilson
Frances Scott Fitzgerald
Maurice Dolbier
Missionary Life of David Wells Herring Chronicled in Book
Susan Herring Jefferies profiles four decades of missionary service by David Herring in China. The narrative covers his early dress, village outreach, calls for church-based support, field autonomy, and disagreements with the Southern Baptist Mission Board leading to resignation and later reconciliation. Biographical details span his clashes with Boxers to 1927, and the author’s own path from Meredith College to a genetics analyst role at NC State.
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David Wells Herring
China
Susan Herring Jefferies
Papa
John F. Blair
David Herring
Herring
Bap
Tist Mission Board
Gospel
Board
Tai Shan
Confucius
Best Musical Acts Headline High Point Arts
Pulitzer winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Try ing moves to Greens boro Auditorium for four nights and a matinee. Max Shoaf, a versatile musician, returns to High Point with Schola Cantorum Nov. 7. Winston-Salem Singers Guild Chorale to perform Dido and Aeneas Nov. 5 at the Summit. Wake Forest hosts Moscow Chamber Orchestra in 1963-64 series. Folk music grows in concert halls with a Greensboro Coliseum hootenanny this Thursday. Fred Waring Bring Magic Music to Greensboro November 2.
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Greensboro Auditorium
N. Y
High Point
Max Shoaf
Mae Kirkman
Virginia Frank
University of North Carolina
Max
Eastman School of Music
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Shoaf
Schola Cantorum
Hugh Ross
Midwest
New York
Singers Guild Choral
Winston-Salem
Dido and Aeneas
Purcell
Summit School
Twin City
Singers Guild
Richard Bloesch
Winston Symphony Orchestra
High Point College
Wesley Memorial Church
High Point Junior League
Fine Arts
Winstor- Salem Symphony Orchestra
John Sue
Wake Forest College
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
United States
Wake Forest
Greensboro Colisuum
Speedie
Fred Waring
Mad Uncles In One Man's Family The Violent World Of Hugh Greene
Alan Pryce-Jones reviews Colin Wilson biography of Hugh Greene noting Wilson’s rise from Hampstead Heath laborer to acclaimed novelist. Greene’s violent themes, heavy allusion to Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, and Wilson’s dense literary influence create a portrait of a writer praised for intellect but critiqued for ponderous style and overreliance on external ideas.
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Hugh Greene
Colin Wilson
Houghton Miffin
Hampstead Heath
Literary London
Cyril Connolly
Philip Toynbee
Wilson
Edith Sitwell
Jack the Ripper
Greene
Arnold Bennett
Alan Pryce-Jones
Trends THE HORIZON BOOK OF THE AGE OF NAPOLEON
A detailed review of J Christopher Herolds Horizon volume. It blends accessible narrative with scholarly depth, covering biography conquests and ideas from 1793 to 1815 Britain Spain Russia and America with 330 illustrations including color plates. The book suits serious readers seeking a panoramic perspective on Napoleonic era politics culture and society.
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Herold
Napoleon
Britain
Spain
Russia
America
High Point Bookmobile Schedule For Week Of Oct 28
The High Point Public Library Bookmobile schedule lists service on Monday at College Village Shopping Center 9:30 to 11:45 and 1:15 to 2:15 at Council at Gatewood 2:30 to 3:30 Emery Road at Hillcrest 3:45 to 4:45 Overbrook at Emerywood. Friday repeats with College Village 9:30 to 11:45 and 1:15 to 2:15 at Brentwood Lowe 2:30 to 3:30 Fragile Street at Austin Street 3:45 to 4:45 Wesley Place at E Russell Street. Tuesday to Thursday show No Service during Fifth Week.
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High Point Public Library
College Village
Council
Gatewood
Emery Road
Hillcrest
Overbrook
Emerywood
Brentwood
Lowe
Fragile Street
Austin Street
Wesley Place
E. Russell Street
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Jim Bishop
Harper
Marty Anderson
Susan H. Jefferies
Fair Lady
J. Christopher Herold
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