Steichen as Photographer and Man of Many Talents
Carl Sandburg hails Edward J. Steichen as the world’s greatest photographer and traces his wide range from naturalist and painter to silk designer and wartime photographer. The book features forty Knudsen-reproduced plates and a portrait-filled biographical scope of Steichen and his Northwest ties.
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Legion of Fower
Rodin
Shaw
Isadora Duncan
J. Fb. Morgan
Eleanora Luse
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Travels in the Congo and other book reviews
Grace Flandrau’s Congo journey is praised for its vivid Africa travel narrative with images from a cameraman. The review counters dark Africa stereotypes, highlighting Mangbetu culture and Belgian rule, and notes the book’s engaging writing and adventurous scope.
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Congo
Grace Flandrau
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Grace Flandraunombines
Africa
Equator
Belgian Congo
Tanganyika
Indian Ocean
East Africa
Adolescent Ruth Bowman Faces Lessons of Life
In a carefully crafted tale the young Ruth Bowman transitions from naive youth to a broader outlook shaped by experience. The narrative traces her growth through interactions with family and community as she encounters complex social realities.
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Marjorie Youth
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Miss Bouth
Ruth Bowman
Naomi Mitchison
Awith
Mrson
The
New Statesman
London
Constantinople
Britain
Ravenna
Cisalpine Gaul
Rome
Shepherd OF
Israel
Lenora Eyles
Harcourt. Brace and Company
Moses
Rameses
Sun
Cush
Egypt
Ing
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Lirdir
Uwmain Square
Evanston
Wilmette
Juanita Tanner
Bobbs-Merrill
Mrs. Greenes
Lorna Rea
Harper & Brothers
Paris
Helen Josephy
Mary Margaret McBride
Coward-McCann
Hunky
Thames Williamson
Christopher Morley
Coward McCann
Freeman Wills Crofts
Jim the Conqueror
Peter B. Kyne
Cosmopolitan
Ludwig Renn Dodd. Mead ® Company
R. Austin Freeman
Dodd. Mead &® Company
Evelyn Scott Jonathan Cape
Harrison Smith
the Laughing Queen
E. Barrington
Dodd. Mead. & Company
Satan As
Lightning Basil King
Wolf Solent
John Cowper Powys
Simon and Schuster
Lindbergh
Der
Francis Trevelyan Miller
Lord's Books
West Davis St
Kittie
Bruna
Argyll
Tide House
Matthew
Northwest
Maud Caldwell Perry
Harcourt, Brace, and Company
Matthew Gulick
Pacific Northwest
Langer
Mrs. Mallory
R. Levy
Macmillan
France
Gordon St. Maxwell
Dutton
Old
Henry Prince
Andre Gide
Knopf
Nswer
North Short
Clark and
Lake Street
Adams and Wabash
Madison and Wabash
Randolph and
Wabash
Chicago Loop
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