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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
10
Mystery novelist George Gibbs produces a tale of revenge striking two generations of the Harvey family. Gail Harvey, wealthy and bold, pursues the killer through a mountainside trail after a poolside shooting and a cabin capture. Gibbs weaves clever plots familiar from The Yellow Diamond and The Road to Bagdad.
Kenneth Horan recommends We Were There By Twelve Foreign Correspondents Putnam. The book gathers first hand reports from journalists who covered the Munich crisis and surrounding events in China India Palestine Czechoslovakia Poland Germany Spain and more. It emphasizes the journalistic immediacy of events and offers vivid scenes such as Alfred Watson in Bengal and a broad cross section of perspectives.
Farrar and Rinehart follows The Great American Novel with Clyde Brion Davis new work Nebraska Coast. The humorous pioneer Jack Macdougall, a talker and hotel keeper, becomes a larger than life figure as he makes his way across the prairie frontier.
The passage profiles Australia as a highly democratic country with wage earner culture. It notes unions for most workers and public servants and industrial courts setting a basic wage around 12.50 a week to support a man, wife, and two children, reflecting on social development and a nostalgic tone.
Dorothy Whipple’s novel The Priory examines a middle aged widower who marries a 37 year old woman and brings a new wife into a tight household. The work explores social issues and contemporary life with lively characterization and numerous incidents.
Cecile Hulse Matschat describes following her surveying husband through Brazil and the Amazon, living in seven grass huts and facing hardship in Patagonia. She blends landscapes, flora, and perilous tales with travel memoir, noting orchids, exotic peoples, and dangers like boa constrictors.
Democracy by Thomas Jefferson edited by Saul K. Padover presents Jefferson as a political thinker. It compiles passages from address es state papers autobiographical writings and correspondence to show his full stature. The editor notes the book’s value amid heated discussions on democracy and praises its modern language and interpretive synthesis.
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