Foote's Civil War Narrative Moves Through 1864
Shelby Foote's Second Volume of The Civil War: A Narrative covers Fredericksburg to Gettysburg with vivid, graphic reporting. It evaluates Braxton Bragg and Fighting Joe Hooker, notes 1864 battles like Fredericksburg Chancellorville Vicksburg and Chickamauga, and frames three multi volume histories in progress.
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Chickamauga
Bruce Catton
Paperback Best Sellers and Notable Titles Listed
A list of paperback titles appears including The Thin Red Line Profiles in Courage The Horsey Set Moore Island Huxley Lyndon Johnson Man and President Zeiger The Cardinal Robinson Griffin's Way Yerky Tomorrow's Miracle Who Walk Alone Bar-Drum Onstott A Shade of Difference Drury Sow Not in Anger Hot- Doctor Strange Love George The Case of the Reluctant Model Gard Ter.
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Drury
Doctor Strangelove
George
Gardter
The Wapshot Scandal Excerpt With Satiric Ruthlessness
A fragmentary critical note mocks a novel about the Wapshot family using a typewriter ribbon dipped in black acid. Crusty Honora sails to escape, Melissa pursues a degrading liaison, and a crude grocery is drawn into a corrosive satire of contemporary social and intellectual absurdities.
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Honora
High Seas
Moses
Melissa
20 Years In Life Of Donne
A biographical novel by Elizabeth Gray Vining covers John Donne from youthful libertine to later respected churchman. It follows secret marriage to Anne More, jail, financial strains, and a shift to sober, spiritual studies over twenty years. Readers of historical fiction may find it compelling.
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Elizabeth Gray Vining
Lippincott
Anne
Sir George
Egerton
Jones Back On Bloody Guadalcanal
Book review notes James Jones and his novel The Thin Red Line, praising narrative power and character portrayal of young, poorly educated men. Mentions Signet edition and a cited quote about the thin red line.
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Bloody Guadalcanal
James Jones
Ireland to Build Kennedy Memorial in Dublin
Dublin officials announced a government plan to construct a concert and assembly hall as Ireland’s memorial to President John F. Kennedy. The project marks a national tribute with a prominent public venue in the capital.
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John F. Kennedy
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