The Lonely Steeple and Other Books Reviews
Review notes Victor Wolfson's The Lonely Steeple set on Cape Cod with Addie as central figure and explores guilt and memory. Includes H. C. Bailey’s Wrong Man and The Portable Murder Book selections, plus Burckhardt and Cheney critiques, and war era nonfiction surveys.
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Victor Wolfson
Simon & Schuster
Eldredges Hose Daugh
Addie
Cape Cod
Ageate
Billingsgate Island
Ed Purdy
Halsey Fowler
Halsey
Station Hill
Wolfson
Cape
H. C. Bailey
Doran
Fortune
United States
Bailey
Joshua Clunk
London
Clunk
England
Clank
Forecasters Prove Twain Was Wrong at Scott Field
At Scott Field Illinois forecasters constantly monitor weather. The base weather station issues maps every six hours from North American reports. Ten map types are produced, some hourly or bi hourly, with staff on constant duty day and night.
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Switzerland
Ducp Tage A
Burckhardt
Michelangelo
Goldscheider
G. Cc. Middlemore
Scott Field
Ill
Mark Twain
North America
West Point Entrance Rules Once Proved Too Simple
In the early days at West Point entrance requirements were so low that professors could not conduct their courses until they had taught the basic elements needed for comprehension.
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West Point
Old Indian Bones Cause Murder Scare
Durango Colorado police dismissed a skeleton find beneath a home as Indian burial remains after workmen uncovered bones and pottery fragments. Mrs. Nina Strasser reported the discovery, fearing a past Durango murder. The police chief called it a historical burying ground rather than a crime.
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Durango
Colo. (Is
Nina Strasser
Strasser
Nice Durango
Douglas firs stand as Canada’s tallest trees
The Douglas fir is described as the largest tree in Canada, typically reaching heights from 150 to 200 feet and a diameter of three to six feet.
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Rome
Jane Scrivener
Macmillan
Italy
Norway
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Solveir Skorsié
Oslo
New York
Canada
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