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ri-tet.lie,heusthehisSeaFightingPlayedRoleCivilWarad-THE RAIDERS by Willard M, (naval attache to the U.S. em-Wallace. Little, Brown and Co., bassy in London.His iob: toans Boston. $6.95.en-ho-2 a inieu- Navy, found himself assigned asCar! Carmer Takes Look At Joseph SmithTHE FARM BOY AND THE o a ANGEL by Carl Carmer. Dou-cal ved I, a les, anysm-itly'di-/ar-*er.eltyare d a ’ate ofteseyednis-APjob: to keep an eye on “Number 290.” the sleek, fast Early in the Civil War, young auxiliary steamer which was be-Scott Pettigrew, State-of-Main-i ing built in an English ship-er and a lieutenant in the U.S.j yard and which was suspectedof being destined for Confederate service. 1When the “290” was completed and put to sea. Scott took hisorders into his own hands and joined her crew under an assumed ientity.He found out what he wanted to know in the Azores, when a certain Capt. Raphael Semmes took command of the vessel and she became the CSS Alabama.Scott managed to jump ship in Jamaica. But “The Raiders still focuses largely on the destructive career of the Alabamauntil, nearly two years later, she was finally sunk off Cherbourg by the USS Kearsarge.Meanwhile, Scott moves in naval and diplomatic circles in Washington, London and New York, and manages to keep in touch with events at home and abroad, at sea and on land and on the home front, too.Draft riots in Newbleday. $5.95.Historian, poet, novelist andanthologist Carmer offers in this book a review for the general reader of the whole story of the Mormon church (formally known as the Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints).Carmer, as an experienced chronicler, is careful to remain as objective as possible. A non-Mormon (or Gentile, as the Mormons would say), he uses much of his material from Mormon sources, in order to be historically correct: he documents his narrative from recorded statements of the period.York.blockade running in the night off the coast of North Carolina Scott covers a lot of territory and has plenty of adventures.There's even a lovely ladyQuite naturally, the main Rebel agent, who keeps turning thrust of the story deals with Jo- Up to complicate things.seph Smith, the farm boy ofe to 3ub-how don.thebestrinki 18-is af its Cen-hallnentme-ldonlax-r pa-Thiswestern New York state who said he was visited by the angel Moroni and eventually was given a set of golden plates which he translated into the Book of Mormon. Carmer has explored carefully the evangelistic background of the period and place.There also is a documented account of the Mormons’ migration to Nauvoo, 111., the bitter opposition of nearby residents, and the murder of Joseph Smith by a mob. followed by the story of the Mormons’ long trek to Utah under the leadership of Brigham Young. The author examines the Mormon principle of plural wives, later abandoned; the economic nower of theFrom the point of view of fiction, “The Raiders’* misses firerather badly. The writing is stiff and the characters more so.W. L. KnickmeyerandDookeconomic church and forts.Carmer'spower its missionary ef-account is much1 more illuminating about prophetJoseph Smith than it is about , an Brigham Young, for many longyears the Mormon leader, or the church’s later years.Of course this is not, nor is it intendedit ) lift atCURRENT BEST SELLERSCurrent Best Sellers Compiled by Publishers’WeeklyFICTION “The French Lieutenant’s Woman,” Fowles “Love Story,” Segal“Deliverance,” Dickey“Travels With MyAunt,” Greene “Mr. Sammler’s Planet,” BellowNONFICTION“Everything WantedYou Alto Knownotiblic'etcrfirsttheto be, a definitive study of the Mormon story. It isa summary for the general reader, prepared by an experienced writer who communicates well.Miles A. Smith, APwaysAbout Sex,” Reuben “Up the Organization,”Townsend“Mary Queen of Scots, Fraser “The New E n g I i s IE Bib,e” E5 “Love and Will,” May =. —' ■ W ■ --Elllllllllllllllllllllllllilllillllllllll'llr
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Ada Sunday News
Ada, Oklahoma, US
Sun, May 10, 1970
Page 19
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