Powder Dynasty The Du Ponts of Delaware
William H. A Carr chronicles the du Pont family from 1739 birth of Pierre Samuel to 1954 life of Pierre Samuel and business expansion into chemicals and textiles. Notable members include Eleuthere Irenee, Samuel Francis, and Alfred I. du Pont, whose eccentricities and legacy shaped American industry.
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Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
George Washington
France
America
Eleuthere Irenee du Pont
Wilmington
Delaware
Eleuthere
Port Royal
S.C
Charleston
Pierre Samuel du Pont
Carr
Alfred I. du Pont
du Pont
N.H
Pain and Anger by Jan Myrdal a stark self portrait
Pain and Anger by Jan Myrdal blends autobiographical fragments and dream sequences with a harsh critique of European Western society. He conveys guilt over a girl’s death he believes he could have prevented and accuses Sweden of being a petty peasant nation.
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Jan Myrdal
Gunnar Myrdal
Sweden
Notable Books for Summer Readers 1968
Lawrence Clark Powell argues that librarianship can spark adventure in And Try Not to Miss Fortune and Friendship. Nhat Hanh presents Vietnam Poems translated from Vietnamese, praised for merit. Alberto Ongaro’s Excelsior follows Mario’s obsession with Venice’s Lido hotel world. Molly Costain Haycraft writes lordly medieval adventures of Joan, daughter of Henry II. Sunday, August 11, 1968.
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Lawrence Clark Powell
R. R. Bowker Co
UCLA
Vietnam
Nhat Hanh
Unicorn Press
Santa el Paseo
Santa Barbara
Excelsior
Alberto Ongaro
Gilles Cremonesi
Regnery
Mario
Excelsior Hotel
Venice
Lido
Lord Brother the Lion Heart
Molly Costain Haycraft
Lippincott
Joan
England
Henry II
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Alliluyeva and Alliluyev Memoirs of Svetlana Kinfolk
Personal memoirs by Anna Alliluyeva and Sergei Alliluyev, translated by David Tutaev, recount the Revolution years and reveal intimate sidelights on Stalin and Lenin. They were banned in 1948 for permissible familiarity and are published in English for the first time.
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Alliluyev
Anna Alliluyeva
Serge Alliluyev
David Tutaev
Putnam
Sevtlana Stalina
Sergei Alliluyev
Anna
Nadezhda
Stalin
Svetlana
Siberian
Alliluyevas
Lenin
St. Petersburg
Finland
Intellectual origins of American radicalism explored
Staughton Lynd argues that the Declaration of Independence anchors American radical thought from Jefferson and Lincoln to Debs and the New Left. He traces a continuous thread linking revolutionary ideals to modern reform movements, noting how diverse groups claimed the Declaration as their source.
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Staughton Lynd
Pantheon
Jefferson
Lynch
South Carolina
William Lloyd Garrison
Lincoln
Henry George
Eugene V. Debs
Patrick Henry
Tom Paine
Jackson
New Left
Lyndh
Southland Magazine Debuts Sunday Crossword Puzzle
Southland Magazine presents a fresh Sunday crossword puzzle titled automatic with a self checking feature on another page. Readers can verify answers after solving but should not peek.
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Southland Magazine
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Powder Dynasty
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William H. A Carr
Dodd, Mead
Myrdal
By Nat Honig
Adda
Long Beach
Orange CO
R. W. Horton General Building Contractor
Market ST
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