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Prepared by an expert committee of the National
Council of Teachers of English, this book represents the
recommendations of scholars, teachers, librarians, and informed
students as to what is of prime value to teenage readers. Over 2,000
titles in 45 different categories and subcategories are covered,
together with brief commentaLy and annotation. Also included are two
indexes, by title and by author, and a list of publishers' addresses.
See ED 027 329 for original (1964) edition. (This document previously
announced as ED 057 329.) (Author/DB)
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A Reading List for Senior High School Students
JEAN A. WILSON
Editorial Chairman
and the Committee on the Senior High School
Book List of the
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
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Copyright, .:), 1964, 1971, by National Council of Teachers of
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JEAN A. WILSON
Oakland {California) Unified School District, Chairman
MAXINE DELMARE-
Texas A & I University, Associate Chairman
JOHN W. CONNER
University of Iowa
BARBARA KAY DAVIDSON
Pelham (New York) Memorial High School
ROZANNE KNUDSON
York College of the City University of New York
ELENA R. LE BLANC
Louisiana State University
GENEVA HANNA PILGRIM
University of Texas at Austin
ANDREW J. PORTER
Great Neck (New York) North Senior High School
BETTY HARRELSON PORTER
Arlington (Texas) High School
STUART L. SHEELEY
Indianapolis (Indiana) Public Schools
HELEN HAMILTON SMITH
Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
SISTER IMMACULATA, S.S.J.
Victory Academy, Lackawanna, New York
JOSEPHINE SWANSON
Astoria (Oregon) High School
MARION L. TRAHAN
Oakland (California) Public Library, representing the Ameri-
can Library Association
JOHN C. MAXWELL
Upper Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Minneap-
olis, Minnesota, ex officio
National Council of Teachers of English
Committee on Publications
ROBERT F. HOGAN
NCTE Executive Secretary, Chairman 1
CHARLOTTE S. HUCK
Ohio State University
HENRY W. SAMS
Pennsylvania State University
MILDRED E. WEBSTER
St. Joseph (Michigan) Senior High School
ENID M. OLSON
NCTE Director of Publications, 1960-1969
FOREWORD TO THE STUDENT
04hr4PO
G. ROBERT CARLSEN
Iowa City, Iowa
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS V
Aiken, Joan -
Nightbirds on Nantucket Doubleday, 1966 Novel
Three plots are interwoven: a ship's captain found the
pink whale, a young girl overcame her fears of the out-
side world, and criminals were apprehended.
Aibrand, Martha
A Door Fell Shut New American, 1966 P-Signet Novel
Divided Germany, East and West Berlin, provide the
background for this suspense novel revolving around the
defection and rescue of a high communist official. See
also A Call from. Austria Random, 1963 P-Pyramid Novel.
Antoncich, Betty
The Mystery of the Chinatown Pearls McKay, 1965 Novel
Marcey, visiting an aunt in San Francisco, found her
real self in a summertime charm school course and an-
other mysterious self in Chinatown.
Archibald, Joseph
The c' Make Eaters McKay, 1965-Novel
A probationary firefighter in New York City disc ,vered
that technical skill must combine with courage to combat
both the fire and the human firebug.
Armstrong, Chaiiotte
The Gift Shop Coward, 1967 Novel
A note in a vanished piggy bank triggered the chase
in the search for a missing 7-year-old girl. Getting-there
was more than half the fun. See also I See You Coward,
1966 Short. Stories.
Bagley, Desmond
Landslide' Doubleday, 1967 Navel
Amnesic Bob Boyd, a geologist who went to British Co-
lumbia, struggled to find out who he really was in a
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novel of mystery and suspense. See also Wyatt's Hurri-
cane Doubleday, 1966 P-Pocket Novel.
Balchen, Bemt
Come North with Me: An Autobiography Dutton, 1958 Bi-
ography
Balchen explored the Arctic by air and piloted Byrd over
Antarctica before returning to Norway fora dangerous
life as an underground agent during the Nazi occupation.
Ball, Zachary
Salvage Diver Holiday, 1961 Novel
Joe Panther and Tiger Tail, hired by a salvage master,
spent an exciting summer under the seafighting sharks,
helping a trapped diver, and finding an undersea cave.
See also Skin Diver Holiday, 1956 Novel..
Baughman, U. E., with Leonard Robinson
Secret Service Chief Harper, 1962 P-Popular Nonfiction
The author recounts his experiences, exciting and some-
times dangerous, in the Secret Service.
Bennett, George, editor
Great Tales of Action and Adventure P-Dell, 1959 Short
Stories
Action and adventure are presented by such master story-
tellers as London, Poe, Chesterton, Saki, and Conan
Doyle.
Blair, Clay, Jr.
Diving for Pleasure and Treasure World, 1960 Nonfiction
Skin diving enthusiasts will be interested in. this dra-
matic -account of the search for underwater treasure off
the coasts of America and Mexico.
Boucher, Anthony, editor
Best Detective Stories of the. Year Dutton, 1965 Short Stories
Twentieth annual collection is as good in the field of
mystery and suspense as are the others: writers both
new and established, in a wide scope of stories. See
also 21st annual, 1966; 22nd annual, 1967.
Buchan, John
Adventures of Richard Hannay Houghton, 1939 Novel
Three spy storiesThe 'Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle,
and Mr. Standfasthave been told by a master of in
and the sinister.
Cadet!, Elizabeth
TheFox from His Lair Morrow, 1966 Novel
Anabelle Baird, a young Englishwoman returning home
from a visit to Portugal, suddenly found herself in
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charge of a 5-year-old PortUguese boy and unexpectedly
involved in mystery and romance. See also Mrs. West-
erby Changes Course Morrow, 1968 Novel.
f*Cervantes, Miguel de
Adventurers of Don Quixote de la Mancha (1615) Dutton;
Knopf P-6 editions available Novel
A picaresque hero imagined himself a knight-errant,
rode through the world tilting at windmills, ''rescuing"
damsels, fighting "giants."
Christie, Agatha
The Clocks Dodd, 1964 P-Pocket Novel
Pretty Sheila Webb kept her appointment with a blind
woman and found an apartment empty except for a
dead body and five clocks, all set for 4:15. See also
And Then There Were None Edited by Harry Shefter,
et al. P-Washington Novel.
Clark, Ronald W.
The Day the Rope Broke Harcourt, 1965 Nonfiction
The moving drama, tragedy, and aftermath of the first
ascent of the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps are memo-
rably told.
Clifford, Francis
The Naked Runner Coward, 1966 P-Signet Novel
An English businessman's temperament, love for his
young son, war memories, and even marksmanship were
weighed in a calculated risk taken by British espionage.
See also The Third Side of the Coin Coward, 1965
P-Signet Novel.
Congdon, Michael and Don, editors
Alone by Night Introduction by Richard Tyre P-Ballantine,
1967 Short Stories
"Tales of unlimited horror."
Davies, Leslie
The Paper Dolls Doubleday, 1966 (American edition)
P-Signet Novel
Set in an English school, this is a novel of mysterious
death, four brothers. with sinister powers, man against
the unknown.
tDefoe, Daniel
Robinson Crusoe (1719) Scribner; Dodd P-6 editions avail-
able Novel
For over 200 years, readers have been absorbed by the
account of a man cast ashore on a desert island.
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tDoyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Harper, 1892 P-5 editions
available Short Stories
One of the greatest mystery writers of all times was
master of the classic detective story. He invariably
featured Holmes and his good right band, Doctor Watson.
See also tFamous Tales of Sherlock Holmes Dodd, 1958.
Dumas, Alexandre
The Three Musketeers (1844) Dodd; World P-3 editions
available Novel
In Renaissance France, three friends devoted themselves
to protecting the life and honor of their queen. See
also The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) Grosset
mont; Pyramid Novel.
Eckert, Allan W.
The Crossbreed Little, 1968 Novel
Factual information is smoothly interwoven into this
narrative of the adventures of the offspring of a feral
cat and a bobcat.
Ellsberg, Edward
Hell on Ice Dodd, 1938 Novel
An Arctic expeditioi met disaster in this horrible and
terrifying tale. The remaining" handful of men made
their way back to northern Siberia amid unbelievable
conditions.
Emery, Anne
Danger in a Smiling Mask Westminster, 1968 Novel
San Francisco provides the setting for a series of threat-
ening and weird events in the eerie plot for this thrill-
ing mystery.
Everts, Hal G.
Tieasure River Scribner, 1964 Novel
With a rubber raft, an old Chinese diary, determination
and ingenuity, two young men combatted danger to
discover and claim the hidden treasure of Thunder
River. See also The Secret of the Himalayas Scribner,
1962 NoveL
Fletcher, Colin
The Man Who Walked Through Time Knopf, 1967 Nonfiction
The author spent two solitary months hiking the entire
length of the Grand Canyon and in words and photo-
graphs shares his keen perceptions and awe.
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Forester, C. S.
The African Queen Modern, 1940 P-Bantam Novel
In their only hope of escape from the Germans, two
people took a broken-down boat down an African jungle
river.
Gilman, Dorothy
The Unexpected Mrs. Po llifax Doubleday, 1966 Novel
This novel narrates the adventures of the irrepressible
Mrs. Pollifax, volunteer courier for the CIA.
Graves, John
Goodbye to a River Knopf, 1960 Nonfiction
A solitary canoe trip down the Brazos River in Texas
introduces the folklore of Indians and settlers who
lived on its banks.
Greene, Graham
Our Man in Havana Viking, 1958 P-Bantam Novel
A suspense-filled yarn tells about a secret agent whose
not-so-honest spying techniques led to embarrassing
situations which even he found hard to believe.
Halley, Arthur
Airport Doubleday, 1968 Novel
This story of the events of one night at a large inter-
national airport captures the excitement, frustrations,
and achievements of believable characters.
f Herzog, Maurice
Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak. Trans-
lated by Nea Martin and Janet A. Smith Dutton, 1953
P-Popular Nonfiction
This day-by-day account of the French expedition that
first conquered a 26,493-foot peak in the Himalayas
presents the thrills and the dangers of such a 'venture.
Heyerdahl, Thor
Aku-All.u: The Secret of Easter Island Rand, 1958 P-Pocket
Nonfiction
"Mr. Kon-Till" attempted to prove that Easter Island's
giant statues were originally set up by a red-haired
race from Chile.
Hollander, John
The Quest of the Gore Atheneum, 1966 Novel
In this allegory, the youngest of three sons unveiled the
mystery in the secret of the Cole and became king of
the land that was once cursed.
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Holt, Victoria
Legend of the Seventh Virgin Doubleday, 1965 P-Crest Novel
Kerensa Car lee carefully laid plans that took her from
servant girl to mistress of a great estate. The secret
she hid to protect her son shadowed her own and other
lives. See also Mistress of Me Ilyn Doubleday, 1960
P-Crest; Fawcett Novel.
Hunter, Mollie
The Spanish Letters Funk, 1964 (London); 1967 (U.S.A.)
Novel
Scotch "caddies," a ragged brotherhood of Edinburgh
porters and messengers in 1589, helped an English agent
destroy a conspiracy between Sr otch nobles and Spain.
Innes, Hammond
The Strode Venturer Knopf, 1965 1 Signet Novel
Young- Peter Strode, a shipping ompany owner, helped
seafaring natives in the Indian Ocean establish inde-
pendence on a new island had erupted from the
sea. See also Harvest of Journeys Knopf, 1960 Nonfiction.
Jackson, Shirley --
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Viking, 1962 P- Popular
Novel
Mary Katherine Blackwood, who would rather have been
a werewolf than a girl, lived in seclusion with her sister
and aging uncle after the rest of her family succumbed
from poisoned sugar.
? *James, Henry
The Turn of the Screw (1898) Dutton; Modern P-4 editions
available Novel
Much of the horror remained unspoken when the ghosts
of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel returned to change Miles
and Flora from innocent children into evil beings.
Johnston, Ronald
The Stowaway Harcourt, 1966 Novel
A Russian scientist, after discovering a sterilizing agent
and its antidote, escaped from Russia and was sought
by the British Secret Service. Intriguing climax
Latham, Jean Lee
The Frightened Hero Chilton, 1965 'iovel
This historical novel centers on the conflict of the Round-
-heads and the Cavaliers and the courage a person must
show to overcome an obstacle of which he is intensely
afraid.
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Levine, David
Outposts of Adventure Doubleday, 1966 Nonfiction
This book is especially interesting for those who antic-
ipate entering the foreign service as a profession. The
information is simply yet comprehensively written_ . See
Peter Lisagor and Marguerite Higgins Overtime in Heav-
en: Adventures in the Foreign Service Doubleday, 1964
Nonfiction.
Lee, C. y.
The Land of the Golden. Mountain Meredith, 1967 Novel
A beautiful Chinese girl, disguised as a houseboy, romped
through danger and crisis during the California gold
rush and the founding of San Francisco's Chinatown.
L'Engle, Madeleine
The Arm of the Starfish Farrar, 1966 Novel
A young assistant to a brilliant marine biologist became
a pawn between good and. evil forces seeking to control
discoveries about the regeneration of life.
Lefton, Jennette
Cragsmoor Macrae, 1966 Novel
This psychological thriller involves Cathy, a young
bride, in a series of half-truths about a turreted Victo-
rian mansion, Cragsmoor, and its effect on Cathy's
family. See also Hilltop P-Paperback Novel.
London, Jack
The Call of the Wild (1903) Macmillan; Heritage P-5
editions available Novel
The main theme of London's work is that man instinc-
tively reverts to primitive behavior when pitted against
nature.
Lunt, Dudley Cammett
The Woods and the Sea Knopf, 1965 Nonfiction
A responsive naturalist gives his deft, nostalgic account
of canoe trips, pungent yarns, wilderness and seacoast
adventure in the state of Maine.
Lyall, Gavin
Shooting Script Scribner, 1966 P-Avon Novel
An ex-RAF pilot got into the exciting adventure of a
real war while flying on location for a movie company.
Macinnes, Helen
The Double Image Harcourt, 1966 P-Crest Novel
John Craig, an American traveling in Europe, helped
intelligence agents track dawn a Soviet spy ring headed by
a supposedly dead Nazi war criminal intent on kidnap-
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ping a U.S. electronics expert. See also The Venetian
Affair Harcourt, 1963 P-Creit Novel, and North from
Rome Harcourt, 1958 P-Crest NoveL
McKenna, Richard
The Sand Pebbles Harper, 1963 P-Fawcett Novel
Jake. Holman, American sailor on a Yangtze gunboat,
loved machinery more than people until a young mis-
sionary teacher gave real meaning to his life and death.
MacLean, Alistair
Ice Station Zebra Doubleday, 1963 P-Crest Novel
Unforeseen hazards imperiled a nuclear submarine on a
rescue mission to a secret Arctic weather station, where
agent Neil Carpenter discovered evidence of arson, sabo-
tage, and murder. See also Night Without End Double-
day, 1960 P-Fawcett Novel; When Eight Bells Toll
Doubleday, 1966 P-Crest Novel.
Maxwell, Gavin
Ring of Bright Water Dutton, 1961 P-Crest Nonfiction
Maxwell tells the remarkable story of his pet otters and
their life close to sea and mountain on the northwest
coast of Scotland.
Michaels, Barbara
The Master of Blacktower Meredith, 1966 Novel
Damaris Gordon accepted a position as antiquarian
secretary to Gavin Hamilton and found romance, excite-
ment, and terror.
Miller, Helen Markley
Ski the Mountain Doubleday, 1965 Novel
A family resolved its love and hate of the mountains of
Idaho when two of its members had to ski across the
mountains to file a claim on a rich mine.
Moorehead, Alan
The Fatal Impact: An Account of the Invasion of the South
Pacific Harper, 1966 P-Dell Nonfiction
Here is an exceptionally fine account of Captain James
Cook's voyages to Tahiti, Australia, and the Antarctic.
Mordhoff, Charles B., ind James Norman Hall.
The Bounty Trilogy Little, 1946 Novel
This great trilogy begins with the story of the men who
mutinied against the now famous Captain Bligh Mutiny
on the Bounty (Little, 1932 P-Pocket). In Men Against
the Sea (Little, 1934 P-Pocket), Bligh and his supporters,
set adrift in a small boat, made an incredible journey
to safety. Pitcairn's Island (Little, 1934 P-Pocket) is the
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story of the mutineers who found refuge on a remote
Pacific island.
O'Dell, Scott
The Black Pearl Illustrated by Milton Johnson Houghton,
1967 Novel
Striking pen-and-ink sketches enhance this moving nar-
rative about a young pearl diver's struggle with a giant
manta ray for possession of the great Pearl of Heaven.
Peters, Ellis
Black Is the Colour of My True-Love's Heart Morrow, 1967
Novel
A folksong festival in rural England went awry when
a thwarted romance erupted into violence and murder.
Pinto, Droste
Spy Catcher: World War II Harper, 1952 P-Berkley Biography
Seven clever spies fell into the net of Pinto, World War
II counterintelligence officer, who outlines the necessary
qualities for good spies as well as detailing. his exciting
hunts.
Poole, Josephine
Moon Eyes Little, 1967 Novel
Witchcraft, unlikely as it might seem in today's world,
nevertheless forced a brave English girl to battle for the
possession of her little brother.
Roberts, James Hall
The February Plan Morrow, 1967 P-Crest Novel
An American writer sought the truth about his lieutenant
son's death. Fast-paced adventure story. See also The
Q-Document Morrow, 1964 P-Crest Novel.
Robertson, Don
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread Putnam, 1965
P-Crest Novel
In a story that begins in hilarity and ends in heroism,
young Morris Bird III journeyed across town on the day
the Cleveland gas works blew up.
*Rosten, Leo Calvin . .
A Most PriVate Intrigue Atheneum, 1967 Novel
In this sophisticated, intriguing novel, a former espio-
nage agent attempted to bring three important scientists
out of Russia.
Sayre, Woodrow Wilson
Four Against Everest Prentice, 1964 Nonfiction
This book is the personal account of the near success
of four amateur mountaineers who attempted to eon;.
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quer Mt. Everest despite a minimum of supplies and
equipment.
Schaefer, Jack
Shane Houghton, 1954 P-Bantim Novel
In this tense story, Shane, the mysterious man of power,
drifted into an embattled Wyoming community, took
the side of the homesteaders, and succeeded in breaking
the power of the cattlemen.
Scoggin, Margaret C., editor
The Edge of Danger; True Stories of Adventure Knopf, 1951
Nonfiction
Sixteen true stories show men's reactions to moments
when they were suddenly_ exposed to great danger and
possible death. See also The Lure of Danger: True Ad-
venture Stories Knopf, 1947 Nonfiction; Escapes and
Rescues Knopf, 1960 Nonfiction.
Senje, Sigurd
Escape! Translated by Evelyn Ramsden Harcourt, 1964
P-Harcourt Novel
A resourceful Norwegian boy and girl helped a Russian
prisoner of war escape during the Nazi occupation of
Norway.
Smith, Linell
And Miles to Go: The Biography of a Great Arabian Horse,
Witez II Little, 1967 Nonfiction
This true story of the great Arabian stallion is also a
graphic chronicle of events in Poland during World
War IL
Stern, Philip Van Doren, editor
Great Ghost Stories P-Washington Short Stories
These stories have been chosen for their literary merit
as well as for the chills. Hugh Walpole, Edith Wharton,
Alexander Woollcott, and others here evoke gasps and
shivers.
tStevenson, Robert Louis
Kidnapped (1886) Scribner; Dodd P-9 editions available
Novel .
Allen, Elizabeth
The Loser Dutton, 1965 Novel
Deirdre became involved with an emotionally' disturbed
Harvard "flunk-out" and discovered that younger sisters
grow up, parents suffer with their children, that "be-
longing" is important after all.
t *Austen, Jane
Pride and 'Prejudice (1813) Dodd; World -P-15 editions
available Novel
In this early nineteenth century comedy of manners,
Mrs. Bennett's ambition was to find husbands, preferably
wealthy, for her five daughters; but there were many
crises before any of the girls reached the altar.
Borland, Hal
The Dog Who Came to Stay Lippincott, 1961 Nonfiction
A dignified hopnd dog became a legend in Connecticut.
His story is told with uncloying warmth and under-
standing.
Breck, Vivian
Maggie Doubleday, 1954 P-Tempo Novel
A young bride was pitched suddenly from modern San
Francisco into the primitive living conditions of Meldco,-
where her husband's work took them.
Capron, Jean F.
The Trouble with Lucy Dodd, 1967 Novel
Lucy's 16-year-old or1d was shattered when her father,
a widower, married again. Lucy tried to destroy the
'marriage, then learned to love her stepniother as well
as the boy next door.
Chase, Mary Ellen
Windswept Macmillan, 1941 P-Pyramid Novel
Set on the rugged coast of Maine, this novel is the story
of the Marston family through three generations.
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Colman, Hi la
Julie Builds Her Castle Morrow, 1959 P-Dell Novel
Julie came to realize the truth of her nonconformist
fataer's belief in not going along with the gang.
*Do lim, Mary N.
The Bishop Pattern Morrow, 1963 Novel
This appealing, sensitive, sometimes funny, always
moving account is the story of a homeless little girl's
attempt to adjust to the strange Bishop family.
Doss, Helen
The Family Nobody Wanted Little, 1954 P-Scholastic Bi-
ography
A minister and his wife adopted twelve children of
mixed racial parentage. Here Mrs. Doss recounts what
happened to them.
*Dykeman, Wilma
The Tall Woman Holt, 1962 P-Avon Novel
Lydia McQueen, a woman of courage and integrity, was
the source of great strength for her family when they
were faced with physical hardship and danger during
the days of the Civil War. -
Ferber, Edna
So Big (1924) Doubleday, 1951 P-Avon Novel
Selina had to manage all the problems of running a
large truck farm and rearing a family and did so
to her great credit.
Forbes, Kathryn
Mama's Bank Account Harcourt, 1943 P-Harcourt Novel
Resourceful and understanding Mama held her Nor-
wegian family together through hard times in San
Francisco in the first part of this century.
Godden, Rumor
China Court Viking, 1961 Novel
Five generations of Quins had lived at China Court,
and their lives were mingled threads which combine to
form a pattern of fascinating reading.
Gordon, Ethel Edison
Where Does the Summer Go? Cruwe 11, 1967 P-Archway
Novel
Fifteen-year-old Freddy learned that perfection exists
only in a child's view of the world as she spent her
vacation on Long Island with her complex family, their
relations, and her older friend David.
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Hamner, Earl
You Can't Get There from Here Random, 1965 Novel
The adventures of a 16-year-old boy in search of his
missing father brought a meaning to their relationship.
Head, Ann
Mrs. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones Putnam, 1967 Novel
When July, 16 and pregnant, rushed into marriage with
her high school steady, the two had to cope with parental
interference and personal problems.
*Hobson, Laura Z. i
tAltick, Richard D.
Lives and Letters: A History of Literary Biography in En-
gland and America Knopf, 1965 Nonfiction
This comprehensive book surveys the development of
writing about writers from the early glorifications (books
of inspiration and instruction) to the comparatively re-
cent examples of unsparing frankness.
Angelou, Maya
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Random, 1970 Biography
This is the moving autobiography of a sensitive black
woman with an extraordinary gift for language and an
ability to convey with dignity the pain of her childhood
and the endurance of black people in rural Southern
communities. See also Anne Moody Coming of Age in
Mississippi Dial, 1968 Biography.
Ashton-Wamer, Sylvia
Myself Simon, 1967 Biography
In hauntingly beautiful prose, the author recounts 50
years of trying to be strong enough to be true to herself.
Austing, Ronald
I Went to the Woods: The Autobiography of a Bird Photog-
rapher Coward, 1964 Nonfiction
A forest ranger describes his unusual experiences as a
naturalist and bird photographer and includes his
striking high-speed color photographs
Babel, Isaac
The Lonely Years 1925-1939 Edited by Nathalie Babel
Farrar, 1964 P-Noonday Nonfiction
The wit, charm, and courage of this prominent Russian
author are revealed in his private correspondence,
sketches, and stories.
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Baez, Joan
Daybreak Dial, 1968 Biography
This series of reminiscences and revelations succeed in
giving the reader a picture of a woman committed whole-
heartedly to the cause of nonviolence.
Bartlett, Irving H.
Wendell Phillips: Brahmin Radical Beacon, 1962 Biography
One of history's great dissenters is an influence on the
conscience of America even today.
Berri II, Jacquelyn
Albert Schweitzer: Man of Mercy Dodd, 1956 Biography
This biography includes the education and early back-
ground of Schweitzer-and details the life in his mission
at Lambarene.
Bocce, Geoffrey
The. Adventurous Life of Winston Churchill Simon, 1958
Biography
This record of Churchill's active and history-making
career is a tribute to England's great prime minister.
Bontemps, Ama
We Have Tomorrow Houghton, 1945 Nonfiction
These brief, inspiring biographies are of young Negroes
who have succeeded in breaking through the color bar-
rier to become successful army officers, lawyers, engi-
neers.
tBoswell, James
The Life, of Samuel Johnson (1791) Modern; Oxford P-7
editions available Biography
This is an interesting character analysis of the famous,
colorful Dr. Samuel Johnson by the man whose name
is inextricably linked with his.
Bourke-White, Margaret
Portrait of Myself Simon, 1963 Biography
The author-photographer traces in fascinating detail her
early experimental days, her experiences in combat
zones, other assignments with Life and Fortune, and
her gallant struggle against Parkinson's disease.
Braithwaite, E. R.
To Sir, with Love Prentice, 1960 P-Pyramid Biography
The author, a West Indian, accepted the challenge of
teaching in a London slum area and found a way to
meet the explosiveness and heartbreak. Though he him-
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self experienced prejudice and discrimination, he was
able to give dignity to troubled teenagers.
Brooks, Paul
Road less Area Knopf, 1964 Nonfiction
Travels in wilderness regions of America, England, and
Africa are delightfully described.
Brooks, Van Wyck
Helen Keller: Sketch for a Portrait Dutton, 1955 Biography
Brooks bases his brief story of Helen Keller on his 21-
year friendship with the outstanding woman who was
both deaf and blind.
Brown, David, and W. Richard Bruner, editors for Overseas
Press Club
How I Got That Story Dutton, 1967 Nonfiction
Members of the Overseas Press Club recount the details
of getting front-page scoops of world news as well as
some "too hot to handle" that didn't get into print.
Busoni, Rafe ello
The Man Who Was Don Quixote: The Story of Miguel
Cervantes Prentice, 1958 Biography 1
raphy
This inspirational biography of a great woman doctor
covers her lively youth in North Carolina and her 1
impressive career at Cornell Medical College and Belle-
vue Hospital.
Cantwell, Robert
Alexander Wilson, Naturalist and Pioneer Lippincott, 1961
Biography
The life of the colorful trailblazer for Audubon's bird
studies is entertainingly recorded.
Carr, Albert
Men of Power: A Book of Dictators Viking, 1956 Nonfiction
These nine men who seized power and became dictators
include Napoleon, Mussolini, Stalin, and Hitler.
Collier, Richard
The General Next to God: The Story of William Booth and
the Salvation Army Dutton, 1965 Biography
From the day when he was 15., until his death at 84,
26 INTERESTING PEOPLE
fiery William Booth struggled, prayed, and courageously
battled sin and violence to build the worldwide Salvation
Army.
Coolidge, Olivia
Tom Paine, Revolutionary Scribner, 1969 Biography
This is a history of the period as well as a readable,
well-balanced portrait of one of our great defenders of
man's liberties.
Country Beautiful, Editors of
Man of Honor, Man of Peace: The Life and Words of Adlai
Stevenson Putnam, 1965 Biography
With numerous photographs and generous extracts of
his writings, this memorial volume traces Stevenson's
life from his boyhood, through his distinguished political
career, to his outstanding role in the United Nations.
Daugherty, Sonia
Ten Brave Women Lippincott, 1953 Biography
Moments in the lives of American women from Anne
Hutchinson to Eleanor Roosevelt point up their courage
and fortitude in times of crisis. See also Ten Brave Men
Lippincott, 1951 Biography.
Derleth, August
Concord Rebel Chilton, 1962 Biography
This life of Henry David Thoreau gives the reader a bet-
ter understanding of the great literary figure who
marched "to a different drum."
Dooley, Agnes W.
Promises to Keep Farrar,_1962 P-Signet Biography
Dr. Tom Dooley's mother recounts the steps by which
. her son was catapulted into national prominence as a
young Navy doctor.
Douglas, William 0.
Muir of the Mountain Houghton, 1961 Biography
Douglas, himself a lover of the outdoors, tells the story
of the famous naturalist and explorer. See also Of Men
and Mountains Harper, 1950 P-Atheneum Biography.
(Drew, Elizabeth
The Literature of Gossip: Nine English Letter-Writers Nor.
ton, 1964 Nonfiction -
This readable.book discusses the personalities and quotes
generously from the letters of nine diverse literary
figures, such as Lon} Byron and Jane Carlyle.
27 COOLIDGE.GOLLOMB
Durrell, Gerald
The New Noah Viking, 1964 Nonfiction
The problems of feeding and caring for the animals col-
lected for zoos are interestingly recounted by a master
of writing about animals. See also Three Tickets to Ad.
venture Viking, 1955 P-Berkley Nonfiction.
Farmer, Laurence
Master Surgeon: A Biography of Joseph Lister Harper, 1962
Biography
The brilliant Joseph Lister developed antiseptic surgery.
This fascinating biography focuses on his career as a
surgeon and researcher.
Franchere, Ruth
Jack London: The Pursuit of a Dream Crowell, 1962 Bi-
ography
As well as describing the rise of an author, the writer
gives a picture of the times in which London lived. See
also Stephen Crane: The Story of an American Writer
Crowell, 1961 Biography.
1.Franklin, Benjamin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1788) Houghton;
Harper P-11 editions available Biography
This remarkable man was inventor, diplomat, statesman,
writer, and bon vivant.
Freedman, Russell
Scouting with Badeu-Powell Holiday, 1967 Biography
The two lives of Baden-Powellthat of a scout and spy
for the British Army and head of the world's Boy Scouts
are filled with incident, courage, and sturdy British
perseverance.
*Gory, Romain
Promise at Dawn Translated by John Markham Beach,
Harper, 1961 P-Pocket Biography
Romain Garymuch decorated aviator, prizewinning
writer, and now French Consul-General in Los Angeles
pays tribute in his memoirs to the strange and remark-
able woman who was his mother.
Go Bomb, Joseph
Albert Schweitzer: Genius in the Jungle Vanguard, 1949
Biography
Schweitzer became successfully and successively profes-
sor,-author, organist, and minister. At 30 he began his
medical training and then went to West Africa to spend
28 INTERESTING PEOPLE
his energies helping the natives to a better life physically
and spiritually.
Graham, Shirley
Booker T. Washington: Educator of Hand, Head and Heart
Messner, 1955 Biography
Booker T. Washington rose front slavery to become a
great teacher and to found Tuskegee Institute. His aim
was to teach individuals to become self-sufficient.
Green, Margaret
Defender of the Constitution: Andrew Johnson Messner,
1962 Biography
This perceptive biography traces this President's .early
life as well as his courageous political career.
Grey, Ian
Catherine the Great: Autocrat and Empress of AU Russia
Lippincott, 1962 Biography
A German princess became one of the most significant
figures in Russian history, a woman important to the
rest of Europe as well.
Grunwald, Henry A., editor
Salinger: A Critical and Personal Portrait Harper, 1962
P-Harper; Pocket Essays
This candid and personal portrait of J. D. Salinger dis-
cusses the development of his extraordinary style and
the creation of his characters.
Guareschl, Giovanni
My Home, Sweet Home Translated by Joseph Green, Farrar,
1966 P-Pocket Biography
The home life of Giovanni Guareschlthe Don Camillo
creatorgives insight into the popularity and humor of
his novels.
Gunther, John
A Fragment of Autobiography Harper, 1962 Biography
The author explains how he gathered material and did
the actual writing of the seven "Insfde" books he has
written about different countries.
Guthrie, A. B., Jr. .
*Bodsworth, 'Fred
The Sparrow's Fall DOubleday, 1967 Novel
Banished from their tribe when they defied society to
marry for love, two young Ojibway Indians struggled to
survive the winter and to resolve their confusion about
their gods and the white man's god.
Brontii, Charlotte
Jane Eyre (1847) Dodd; World P-13 editions available Novel
Jane obtained the position of governess at gloomy Thorn-
field Hall where she fell in love with the mysterious Mr.
Rochester, the owner.
t Brontii, Emily
Wuthering Heights (1847) World; Dodd P-16 editions avail-
able Novel
This strange love affair between two brooding people
who seemed bent on hurting each other continues to
fascinate each new generation of readers.
Byrne, Donn
Messer Marco Polo (Appleton, 1937) P-Washington Novel
The reader finds here a chirming and imaginative tale
of the love affair between Mirco Polo and the daughter
of Kubla Khan.
Cayenne, Betty
A Touch of Magic Westminster,' 1961 Novel
Although the Revolution did not mean gay parties and
dashing beaux to Hannah Trent as it did to Peggy Ship-
pen, it was Hannah whose dreams came true. See also
Paintbox Summer Westminster, 1949 Novel; Country
Cousins Morrow, 1967 Novel.
Cole, William
A Book of Love Poems Viking, 1965 Poetry
This collection of love poems old and new will be popular
with romantic girls.
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37 BODSWORTH HARDY
Du Maurier, Daphne
Rebecca Doubleday, 1948; Modern P-Pocket; Washington
Novel
Rebecca, once the mistress of Manderley, was dead; but
she was obviously the center of the mystery in this novel
of suspense.
Ferber, Edna
Show Boat (Doubleday, 1926) Doubleday, 1951; Grosset P-
Pocket Novel
This story glamorizes the romances and everyday life of
the actors who, on a show boat, put on plays for the
people living along the rivers of midwestern America.
*Field, Rachel
All This and Heaven Too Macmillan, 1943 Novel
Henriette De limy found her name coupled with that of
her employer. When his wife was mysteriously murdered,
Henriette fled to America.
Freedman, Benedict and Nancy
Mrs. Mike Coward, 1947 Novel
A 16-year-old Bostonian married a Royal Canadian
Mounted Policeman and shared with her husband the
rugged, often heartbreaking frontier life.
Goudge, Elizabeth
Green Dolphin Street (Coward,.1944) P-Popular; Lancer
Novel
Two sisters took different roads in their search 'for hap-
piness. Marianne found love in a new untamed land;
Marguerite found fulfillment in the service of God. See
also The Dean's Watch Coward, 1960 P-Pocket Novel,
and A City of Bells Coward, 1937 Novel.
Griffiths, Helen
The Dark Swallows Knopf, 1967 Novel
Set in the midst of the Spanish Civil War, this Is a
RomeO and Juliet tragedy of the doomed love between
two young people from neighboring but hostile Spanish
villages.
f*Hardy, Thomas
Far from the Madding Crowd Harper, 1895 P-8 editions
available Novel
This early novel develops the complex relationship of
Bathsheba to the three men in her life. See also *The
Mayor of Casterbridge P-10 editions available; *The Re-
turn of the Native P-14 editions available; *Jude the 1
Obscure P-8 editions available.
38 LOVE AND ROMANCE
Hawes, Evelyn
A Madras-Type Jacket Harcourt, 1967 Novel
College freshman Margo emerges as a real person in this
novel which is saved from being just another lightweight
story by the lively style. See also The Happy Land Har-
court, 1965 NoveL
t *Hemingway, Ernest
A Farewell to Arms (1929) Scribner, 1953 P-Scribner Novel
One of Hemingway's best-known novels, this tragic love
story is set against the backdrop of World ,War I. See
also For Whom the Bell Tolls Scribner, 1940 P-Scribner
Novel.
Hill, Pati
One Thing I Know Houghton, 1962 Novel
Written in a style reminiscent of The Catcher in the
Rye, this short novel breathes life and meaning into a
' much-used theme: a young girl's growing up, yet trying
to hold on to a child's clear vision of love.
Hunt, Irene
Up a Road Slowly Follett, 1966 Novel
Julie Trelling matured under the guidance of her Aunt
Cordelia and the influence of her classmates in a small
country school and a city high school.
Jackson,' Helen Hunt
Ramona (1884) Little, 1939 Novel
Racial ,.rejudice in old Mexico almost parted two lovers
an Indian, Allesstmdro, and a Spanish girl, Ramona.
Jackson, Jacqueline
The Taste of Spruce Gum Little, 1966 Novel
A teenaged girl needed to adjust to a new father, the
Vermont woods, and life among lumberjacks in this
rapidly paced story.
Johnson, Annabel and Edgar
Wilderness Bride Harper, 1962 Novel
Carey Tremaine, a Mormon girl of 15, was betrothed to
strange young Ethan Turner when her father went off
to fight in the Mexican War of 1848.
Lawrence, Mildred
Drums in My Heart Harcourt, 1964 Novel
In the unusual setting of a New England drum factory,
two young people found that responsibility may lead to
love. See also Good Morning My Heart Harcourt, 1957 II-
Berkley NoveL
39 HAWES ROSTAND
!'Engle, Madeleine
The Love. Letters Farrar, 1966 P-Dell Novel
A mature, sensitive novel of a modern woman's marriage
and the insight gained through her almost mystical
identification with a semilegendary Portuguese nun of
the seventeenth century who forsook her religious vows
for a French soldier of fortune. See also And Both Were
Young Lathrop, 1949 Novel.
MacKenzie, Christine B.
A Year Is Forever Bethany, 1964 Novel
The story of two high school seniors in lovetheir prob-
lems with studies, parental pressures, their feelings, their
desire to go to college, and the decision they make.
Marshall, Catherine W.
A Man Called Peter McGraw, 1951 P-Crest; Revell Biography
Mrs. Marshall writes of a happy and rewarding life with
Peter Marshall, a well-known minister and, until his
death, chaplain of the United States Senate.
Medearis, Mary
Big Doc's Girl Lippincott, 1950 P-Pyramid Novel
Because of family tragedy, Big Doe's girl took over the
responsibilities of running her home. Her life was com-
plicated by having to decide whether she loved Mr. Mac-
Creighton or Dr. Bill.
Nathan, Robert
Portrait of Jennie Knopf, 1940 P-Popular Novel
In this strange, haunting story, the artist Adams fell in
love with Jennie, who appeared at infrequent intervals,
always cloaked in some mystery.
Pilgrim, Anne
The First Time I Saw Parii Abe lard, 1961 Novel
Roberta, after the death of her father, left London to
work in her aunt's small Parisian boarding school. There
she forgot her own problems in helping the students and
in discovering Paris and Philippe.
Remarque, Erich Maria
Three Comrades Little, 1946 P-Popular Novel
This tender, penetrating story describes the first, beauti-
ful, and deep love of two young people.
tRostand, Edmond .
Archibald, Joe
Jet Flier McKay, 1960 Novel
Circling Idlewild at the controls of a crippled jet pas-
senger liner, Ham Burnell relived another emergency
in which people had trusted him to bring them in.
Bach, Richard
Stranger to the Ground Harper, 1963 Nonfiction
In this vivid and memorable recreation of a peacetime
Jet flight from England to France, an American fighter
pilot conveys his love for his plane and Job and shares
his challenging and often mystical world of the skies.
Bonney, Walter T.
The Heritage of Kitty Hawk Norton, 1962 NOnfiction
This absorbing story centers in the men and the
machines that have conquered the air.
Briant, Paul L, Jr.
Daughter of the Sky Duel, 1960 Biography
This story of Amelia Earhart, noted American flyer,
includes an explanation of the mystery of her disap-
pearance and death. See Shannon Garst Amelia Earhart,
Heroine of the Skies Messner, 1946 Biography; Fred G.
Goerner The Search for Amelia Earhart Doubleday, 1966
Nonfiction.
Backlit% Paul
Reach for the Sky: True Story of Douglas Bader, Legendary
Fighter Pilot of World War II Norton, 1954 P-Ballantine
Biography
When Douglas Bader was shot down by the Germans,
they were astonished to find he had no legsa fact
that didn't prevent his being one of the most daring,
adventurous aces of the RAF.
51
52 THE SKY
Bridgeman, William, and Jacqueline Hazard
The Lonely Sky Holt, 1955 Biography
This account is a tense, exciting, minute-to-minute drama
of test flying.
Caidin, Martin
Rendezvous in Space: The Story of Projects Mercury, Gemini,
Dyna-Soar, and Apollo Dutton, 1962 Nonfiction
The facts about America's space program are presented,
with detailed descriptions of the flights of various astro-
nauts. See also Thunderbirds Dutton, 1961 Nonfiction.
Carpenter, Scott, and others
We Seven Simon, 1962 Nonfiction
The seven astronauts who haveas a teamlaunched
so many successful orbital flights tell their personal
experiences in the strenuous preparations and in the
actual flights and their reactions to a new kind of
pioneering.
Dunlap, Orrin E., Jr.
Communications in Space, rev. ed. Harper, 1964 Nonfiction
This story of space technology relates the Innovations
responsible for the advance of astro-electronics and
astronautics of the Spage Age.
Floherty, John Joseph, and Mike Mc Grady
Whirling Wings Lippincott, 1961 Nonfiction
Each chapter in this book is devoted to a different use
of helicoptersin rescue work, in agriculture, in photog-
raphy, in industry.
Fonck, Rene
Ace of Aces Edited by S. M. Ulanoff, Doubleday, 1967 Biog-
raphy
Here is the memoir of the World War I pilot who scored
75 official victories and was never touched by a shot.
Fuller, John G.
Incident at Exeter; Unidentified Fying Objects over America
Now Putnam, 1966 P-Berkley Nonfiction
An inquiry on UFO's reveals what sixty average citizens
heard and saw that so far has not been satisfactorily
explained by experts or amateur". See also Interrupted
Journey Dial, 1966 P-Dell Nonfiction.
tGann, Ernest K.
Fate Is the Hunter Simon, 1961 P-Crest Nonfiction
Gann, in recounting many breathtaking experiences as
a pilot, considers the role fate plays in man's life. See
Guy Murchie Song of the Sky Houghton, 1954 Nonfiction.
53 BRIDGEMANSAINT-EXUPERY
Gann, Ernest K.
The High and the Mighty Sloane, 1953 P-Harper Novel
Twenty people aboard a Honolulu-San Francisco flight
were for many tense hours in danger of crashing into
the Pacific.
Gordon, Donald
The Star-Raker Morrow, 1962 Novel
In the middle of the final test flights of a new supersonic
airliner, two of the pilots died. The aircraft designer's
daughter and another test pilot joined forces to solve
the mystery.
Hunter, Mel
Strategic Air Command Doubleday, 1961 Nonfiction
In this well-illustrated, informative book are described
the bombers and missiles of the SAC and the men who
fly and maintain them.
Ley, Willy
Rockets, Missiles, and Men in Space, rev. ed. Viking, 1967
Nonfiction
This history extends from man's first attempts to fly
to the launching of "Sputnik" and predicts incredible
speeds in the future.
Lindbergh, Charles A.
The Spirit of St. Louis Scribner, 1957 P-Scribner Nonfiction
In an exciting, moving, hour-by-hour account, Lindbergh
describes his flight to Paris in 1927.
Lovell, Sir Bernard
The Exploration of Outer Space Harper, 1962 Nonfiction.
The author explains the various cosmological theories
and gives a survey of today's developments in space.
Mason, Herbert
The New Tigers McKay, 1967 Nonfiction
What it takes to be a pilot in today's Mr Force is
shown through the preparation and training necessary
to meet the needs of supersonic combat.
Rankin, William H.
The Man Who Rode the Thunder Prentice, 1960 Biography
A Marine pilot tells the astounding real-life tale of being.
forced to bail out nine miles above the earth without
special pressure equipment.
tSalnt-Exupery, Antoine de
Wind, Sand and Stars Translated by Lewis Galantiere, Har-
court, 1940 Nonfiction
In this incredibly beautiful book, Saint-Exupery has
54 THE SKY
written about not only his flying experiences but also
his philosophical observations about his flights as he
considers what has really been significant in his life.
See also Night Flight Translated by Stuart Gilbert
P-Signet Nonfiction.
Sellick, Bud
Skydiving: The Art and Science of Sport Parachuting Pren-
tice, 1961 Nonfiction
Skydiving what it is, who does it, how to do it &flick
answers these questions and describes, too, the vital
roles of the paratrooper, the smoke-jumper, the para-
medic, and the parachuting frcgman.
Sims, Edward H.
Greatest Fighter Missions Harper, 1962 P-Ballantine Non-
fiction
The author, a fighter pilot himself, writes an adventur-
ous, thrilling book about the men who have helped to
keep America free. See also American Aces in Great
Fighter Battles of World War II Harper, 1958 P-Ballan-
tine Nonfiction.
Tregaskis, Richard
X-15 Diary: The Story of America's First Space Ship Dutton,
1961 Nonfiction
This journal gives a thrilling account of the operations
involved in attempting to put a man into a controlled
orbit around the earth.
Waterman, Sherry
From At/other Island: Adventures and Misadventures of an
Air litre Wu artless Chilton, 1962 Nonfiction
With a good sense of humor, the author deserN'S her
training as an airline stewardess and her many cxpe-
rik.neys in the air.
Whitehouse, Arch
Svutiar(w Forty-Fors: Doubleday, 1965 Novel
Fig tional Ittry of Lieutenant Paterson, an American
pilot with the RAF in 1918, gives an authentic picture
of 'milt:11'Y aviation during World War Sec ako Action
err the Sky Meredith, 1962 Short Storks.
SPORTS
Allen, Lee
The National League Story, rev. ed. Hill, 1965 Nonfiction
The history of the National League is recounted in this
informative, entertaining book. See also The American
League Story, rev. ed. Hill, 1965 Nonfiction.
Beard, Gordon
Birds on the Wing Doubleday, 1987 Nonfiction
Amusing anecdotes are interlaced with statistics in this
story of the Baltimore Orioles' triumphant 1966 baseball
season.
Berra, Yogi, and Ed Fitzgerald
Yogi: The Autobiography of a Professional Baseball Player-
Doubleday, 1961 Biography
A catcher for the New York Yankeesone of the most
colorful of recent baseball playerscollaborates with a
sportswriter in telling his life story. See Yogi Berra and
111 Ferdenzi Behind the Plate P-Pratt Nonfiction.
Carson, John F.
The Coach Nobody Liked Ariel, 1960 P-Dell Novel
Between his father, who could not forget he had played
on a former state championship basketball team, and his
coach, who did not believe in "victory at any price,"
Sid Hawkes had many tense and exciting moments both
off and on the basketball court. See also Floorburns
Ariel, 1957 P- Dell. Novel.
Daley, Arthur
Pro Football's Hall of Fame: The Official Book Quadrangle,
1963 Nonfiction
These interesting short biographies of the seventeen
original members of the pro football Hall of Fame also
55
56 SPORTS
present a history of the game. See also Kings of the
Home Run Putnam, 1962 Biography.
Daley, Robert
Cars at Speed: The Grand Prix Circuit Lippincott, 1961
P-Collier Nonfiction
In this compelling book about automobile racing, the
author describes the cars, the drivers, and the great
driving arenas in the world.
Day, Dick, and the editors of Kart Magazine
The Complete Book of Rarting Prentice, 1961 Nonfiction
Karting, a sport which first became popular in 1957,
is here detailed with rules, models, building instructions,
and names of drivers and parts suppliers.
Dixon, Peter L
Men and Waves: A Treasury of Surfing Coward, 1966
P-Ballantine Short Stories
From James Michener to Gidget, here is an adventurous
collection of both fiction and fact about one of America's
newest popular sports. See also The Complete Book of
Surfing Coward, 1965 P-Ballantine Nonfiction.
Durant, John
The Heavyweight Champions, 3rd ed. Hastings, 1967 Non-
fiction
This collection of stories about the champions of the
ring records fights from the earliest bareknuckle bouts
to the latest heavyweight matches.
Durso, Joseph
Casey: The Life and Legend of Charles Dillon Stengel Pren-
tice, 1967 Biography
Teenage baseball fans will be delighted with this often
humorous account of Casey's dizzying career by sports-
writer Durso.
Edwards, Phil, and Bob Ottum
You Should Have Been Here an :''.our Ago Harper, 1967
Biography
This is the life story, in and out of the water, of one of
the best surfers there is.
Felsen, Henry Gregor
Crash Club Random, 1958 P-Bantam Novel
This frightening story of drag racing and reckless
driving by irresponsible high school students echoes the
author's earlier books on the same subjects: Hot Rod
57 DALEYNEUMAN
Dutton, 1950 P-Bantam el; Street' Rod Random,
1953 P-Bantam Novel.
Frick, C. H.
The Comeback Guy Harcourt, 1961 P-Harcourt Novel
Jeff Stanley, not reelected cheerleader, turned to practic-
ing pole vaulting in a secret spot in the woods. His
dramatic comeback makes an exciting story. See also
Patch Harcourt, 1957 Novel.
Friendlich, Dick
All-Pro Quarterback Westminster, 1963 Novel
A first-string quarterback is traded and must start his
career all over ag,in. See also Gridiron Crusader West-
ininster, 2958 Novel; Backstop Ace Westminster, 1961
Novel; Full Court Press Westminster, 1962 Novel.
Garagiola, Joe
Baseball Is a Funny Game Lippincott, 1960 P-Bantam Non-
fiction
A major league ballplayer for many years, the author
gives the inside story of every aspect of baseball in count-
less anecdotes, amusing and informative.
Gault, William Campbell
The Lonely Mound Dutton," 1967 Novel
Joe struggles to central his pitches and tries to accept
the lonely responsibility of the pitcher's mound with
humor. See also The Long Green Dutton, 1965 Novel;
Dirt Track Summer Dutton, 1961 Novel.
*Gibson, Althea, and Ed Fitzgerald
I Always Wanted to Be Somebody Harer, 1958 Biography
Althea Gibson tells of traveling the rough, tough road
from the back streets of Harlem to the royal courts of
Wimbledon and Forest Hills.
Harkins, Philip
No Head for Soccer Morrow, 1964 Novel
Tony must make many adjustments as be moves to a
new country and to soccer from football. See also
Argentina Road Race Morrow, 1962 P-Berkley Novel;
The Day of the Drag Race Morrow, 1960 P-Berkley
Novel; Road Race Crowell, 1953 P-Scholastic Novel.
Neuman, William
Powerhouse Five Dodd, 1963 Novel
A young college graduate, hired to coach an industrial
basketball team, must win his place in the face of their
resentment.
58 SPORTS
Hirshberg, Al
From Sandlots to League President: The Story of Joe Cronin
Messner, 1962 Biography
Member of baseball's Hall of Fame, °net winner of the
Most Valuable Player Award, Cronin capped his 35-year
career in baseball by becoming president of the American
League in 1960.
Holovak, Mike
Violence Every Sunday: The Story of a Professional Football
Coach Coward, 1967 Nonfiction
From the early days of pro football through the 1966
season, the action-filled, bone-crushing story proves Mike
Holovak's assertion that this sport is always violent.
Hough, Richard, editor
Great Auto Races Harper, 1961 Nonfiction
A British journalist describes the great auto races of
the world: the Saucer, Le Mans, Tripoli, and Indianap-
olis.
Hutto, Nelson A.
Breakway Bach Harper, 1963 Novel
Scotty transfers to a larger high school for the vocational
courses he wants, and is suspected of having been il-
legally recruited. See also Goal Line Bomber Harper,
1964 Novel.
Kieran, John, and Arthur Daley
The Story of the Olympic Games: 77e B.C. to 1964 A.D.,
rev. ed. Lippincott, 1965 Nonfiction
Two leading sportswriters trace the Olympics from
ancient Greece to the 1964 events in Tokyo, along with
statistics for all categories.
Klein, H. Arthur
S.trfing Lippincott, 1965 Nonfiction
Beautiful photographs and excellent drawings describe
the history of and instruction in surfing.
lipsyte, Robert
The Contender Harper, 1967 Novel
School dropout Alfred decided to train as a boxer and
learned of the need to be a contender in life. The Harlem
setting is well drawn.
Mantle, Mickey
Quality of Courage Doubleday, 1964 P-Bantam Biography
Casey Stengel, Jimmy Pierson, and Roy Campanella are
among those included in this collection of stories of
59 HIRSHBERGOLSON
baseball players viho did not give way to defeat when
adversity struck.
Marichal, Juan, with Charles Einstein
A Pitcher's Story Doubleday, 1967 Nonfiction
The personality of the baseball star emerges as games
and stratagems, locker room plays and feuds are de-
scribed.
Maris, Roger, and Jim Ogle
Roger Maris at Bat Duell, 1962 Biography
' Maris tells the story of his great season in baseball:
sixty-one home runs.
Mau le, Tex
The Shortstop McKay, 1962 Novel
Forced back to the minors by a batting slump, Jim
Beatty, Yankee rookie, made a determined effort to win
back his coveted Yankee berth. See also The Quarter-
back McKay, 1962 Novel; The Linebacker McKay, 1965
Novel; The Running Back McKay, 1966 Novel.
Mays, Willie, and Charles Einstein
Willie Mays, My Life In and Out of Baseball Dutton, 1966
Biography
A frightened kid from Birmingham who became one of
the "super stars" in baseball tells how it's been along
the way. See also Born to Play Ball: Willie Mays' Own
Story Putnam, 1955 Biography.
Mullins, Richard
Swimmer Funk, 1957 Novel
Harry Williams, holder of national records, was good;
and he knew it. He resented being asked by Coach
Barnes to perform not as a star but as a team member.
Nelson, Cordner
The Jim Ryun Story Tafnews, 1967 Biography
Boys will enjoy this account of the efforts of the first
high school four-minute miler.
Olson, Gene
The Tall One Dodd, 1956 Novel
More than seven feet tall and painfully shy, the "tall
one" was the butt of the crowd's jeers; but his coach
helped him to overcome his qualms and to become a
championship player. See also The Ballhawks West-
minster, 1960 Novel; Three Men on Third Westminster,
1965 P-Tempo Novel.
60 SPORTS
Paige, Satchel, as told to David Lipman
Maybe I'll Pitch Forever Doubleday, 19t2 Biography
This autobiography of a legendary figure in baseball is
spiced with anecdotes and hilarious incidents.
Patterson, Floyd, with Milton Gross
Victcry over Myself Geis, 1962 Biography
Floyd Patterson, who rose from juvenile delinquent to
world's champion, gives credit to these positive forces
in his life: P.S. 614 in New York, the Wiltwyck School
for Boys, his wife, and his religion.
Plimpton, George
Paper Lion Harper, 1965 P- Pocket. Nonfiction
An entertaining inside view of pro football. See also Out
of My League Harper, 1961 P- Pocket Nonfiction; The
Bogey Man Harper, 1968 Nonfiction.
Quigley, Martin
Today's Game Viking, 1965 Novel
A crucial game for the Blue Jays was created when
the manager, Barney Mann, replaced many aging ball
players with younger players.
Robinson, Ray
Ted Williams Putnam, 1962 Biography
Controversial Ted Williams is portrayed here through
accounts of the games he has played and the crises he
has faced. See. also Stan Musial Putnam, 1963 Biography.
Rosenburg, John M.
The Story of Baseball, rev. ed. Random, 1964 Nonfiction
America's national pastime, major league baseball, is
here highlighted with stories and photographs.
Russell, Bill, as told to William Mc Sweeny
Go Up for Glory Coward, 1966 P-Berkley Biography
Superstar Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics fought hard
against prejudice as well as his competitors to hit the
top in tough, exciting pro basketball.
Scholz, Jackson
Halfback on His Own Morrow, 1962 Novel
Was he good enough to play college football? Andy
found the answer to his question in this compelling
story of gridiron action and scuba diving. See also Back-
field Buckaroo Morrow, 1967 Novel.
Schoor, Gene
The Jim Thorpe Story: America's Greatest Athlete Messner,
1951 P-Archway Biography -
tAnnixter, Paul
Swiftwater Hill, 1950 P-Scholastic; Riverside Novel
When his father broke a leg, Bucky took over the trap-
lines. Here a reader may find many parallels to his own
feelings and problems. See Jane and Paul Annixter The
Runner Holiday, 1956 NoveL
Ball, Zachary
Kep Holiday, 1961 Novel
After his father's tragic death, young Kep went to live
with the Maskews, whose son had died. Only his friend-
ship with ostracized Link Wybel and the closeness of the
woods made his life possible. See also Bristle Face
Holiday, 1962 P-Scholastic Novel.
Baner, Skulda Vanadis
First Parting McKay, 1960 Novel
In her first year of teaching on the Dakota prairies,
Anna Magnuson found that she learned as much as the
children did or even more.
Bell, Margaret E.
Love Is Forever Morrow, 1954 Novel
In this Alaskan story of young love and marriage, the
husband believed that he and his wife should follow
the customs of their new home. In clinging to her Vic-
torian background, the wife almost provoked tragedy.
See also Watch for a Tall White Sail Morrow, 1948
P-Tempo Novel, and Totem Casts a Shadow Morrow,
1949 Novel, for earlier adventures of the heroine.
Bennett, Jack
Mr. Fisherman Little, 1965 P-Bantam Novel
Conflicts in values which separated a white boy and a
Malay man paled when both characters faced death
aboard a swamped boat off the coast of South Africa.
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065 BONHAMCARSON
Bonham, Frank
Durango Street Dutton, 1965 P-Scholastic Novel
Rufus Henry, 17 years old and on probation, faced the
problem "of the gangs in his old neighborhood.
Bradford, Richard
Red Sky at Morning Lippincott, 1968 P-Pocket Novel
A small town in New Mexico, chosen by 17-year-old Josh
Arnold's father to relocate his family during his time in
the Navy, provides an excellent setting for this warm,
humorous, and at times biting account of his own ex-
periences.
Bretton, Helen
The Amber Flask McKay, 1964 Novel
A summertime visit to colonial Williamsburg cured Ann
of acrophobia, plunged her into mystery, and brought
her Walt.
Bro, Margueritte Harmon
Sarah Doubleday, 1949 P-Tempo Novel
A conflict between two possible careersmusic and art
bothered Sarah. Later she faced difficult problems
resulting from the death of her fiancé. See also Stub:
A College Romance Doubleday, 1959 Novel.
Burch, Robert
Queenis Peavie Vildng, 1966 Novel
A teenage girl in a small southern town suffered tor-
ment from other students because her father was in
prison. See also Skinny Viking, 1964 Novel.
Burnett, Halite
Sometimes Magic: A Collection of Outstanding Stories for
the Teen-Age Girl Introduction with an afterword by Jean
Crabtree, Pratt, 1968 Short Stories
This anthology includes outstanding ssicctions by such
distinguished authors as Willa Cather, Edna St. Vincent
Milky, Dorothy Parker, Carson McCullers, and Shirley
Jackson.
Burt, Katharine ,Newlin
Girl tri a Broomstick Funk, 1967 Novel
Ca.nilla Devon, clergyman's daughter, convinced that
she was already a witch at age 13, had to be hilariously
disenchanted before finding out the truth about herself.
Carson, John F.
The Twenty-Third Street Crusaders Ariel, 1958 Novel
A group of boys who had been placed on probation for
assault found themselves learning the meaning of re-
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sponsibility and adult living in this honest and un-
sentimental story. See also Court Clown Ariel, 1963
P-Dell Novel.
Catto, Max
I Have Friends in Heaven Little, 1965 Novel
In this delightfully funny account, an Italian teenager
led a young girl, two aging nuns, and a troop of Italian
soldiers to safety from an earthqu,ake-ravaged mountain
village.
Cavanna, Betty
Jenny Kimura Morrow, 1964 Novel
Jenny, who was half Japanese, came to visit her grand-
mother in the U.S. The reader sees her reception and
treatment through her eyes.
Cleary, Beverly
Fifteen Morrow, 1956 P-ScLalastic Novel
When Jane Purdy, fifteen, met Stan Crandall, her sopho-
more year became one of anxiety, excitement, and hap-
piness. See also Jean and Johnny Morrow, 1959 Novel;
Sister of the Bride Morrow, 1963 Novel.
Cocoran, Barbara
Sam Atheneum, 1967 Novel
Sam, a girl brought up in seclusion by a romantic mother
and a pessimistic father, encountered the complexity
of human relationships when she entered school as a
junior. A dog helped her to answer some questions.
Cohen, Florence Chanock
Portrait of Deborah Messner, 1961 P-Tempo Novel
Deborah Rose, a happy Jewish girl, moved from Chicago's
South Side to a suburb and discovered that prejudice
can kill love.
Coleman, Pauline H.
The Different One Dodd, 195:.; Novel
In a biology class, Ella Dillon sleepil:,' learned some-
thing about heredity and came to the mistaken con
elusion that she was adopted.
Cronin, A. J.
A F7nr, of Sixpence Little, 1964 Novel
The story recounts the despairs and joys of a Catholic
boy coming to manhood in a Protestant community in
Scotland at the turn of the century.
t Daly, M.T.ireen
Set,enteentli Summer Dodd, 1942 P-Archway Novel
One summer in a girl's life and her first love affair are
67 CATTOEYERLY
related here with deep perception. See also Siateen and
Other Stories Dodd, 1961 Short Stories.
De Fore, Penny
With All My Love Prentice, 1965 Nonfiction
A personal narrative of an 18-year-old American who,
when Faced with disappointments, achieves satisfaction
in helping crippled orphans in a Korean hospital.
De Jong, Do la
Between Home and Horizon Knopf, 1962 Novel
At the piano, Tobi found satisfaction which was not
r hared by her identical Dutch twin., Mieke. How they
both found happiness is tha subject of this story. See
alto By Marvelous Agreement Knopf, 1960 P-Berkley
Novel.
*Donovan, John
I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip Harper, 1969
Novel
This account of Davy's difficult growth toward manhood
tells with sensitivity and simplicity of his relationship
with his schoolboy friend.
Douglas, Gilbert
Hardnose Crowell, 1957 Novel
Dean Canady had to work out his feelings of inferiority
which were caused by his being compared constantly
with his brilliant, athlet.; z.,'Ider brother.
Du Jardin, Rosamond and Judy
Junior Year Abroad Lippincott, 1960 Nonfiction
Two American college girls spent a year in Europe
studying at Aix-en-Provence and traveling. For the girls,
this year meant not only studying but also romance.
Emery, Anne
First Lore, True Love Westminster, 1956 P-Berkley Novel
Pat, a high school junior, lelt left out of things because
her former boy friend was away at college. Sue also
A Drekl In to Touch Macrae, 1958 P-Berkley Novel; First
LOU(' Farewell Westminster, 1958 P-Berkley Novel; Dinuy
Gordon, Sophomore Macrae, 1961 F-Berkley Novel.
Eyerly, Jeannette
Drop-Oat Lippincott, 1963 Novel
Wanting to be marred, a teenage boy and girl dropped
out of school and left home. They learned that financial
independence is extremely difficult to achieve and with-
out it happiness is unlikely.
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Falk, Ann Mari
A Place of Her Own Translated by Anabelle MacMillan,
Harcourt, i964 Novel
Fifteen-year-old Stina Sandblom adjusted to the death
of her beloved parents and to a new home in the crowded
Stockholm apartment of her married sister.
Farrell, Michael
Thy Tears Might Cease Knopf, 1964 P-Signet Novel
Martin Reilly grew up in an Ireland beset by war and
political upheaval.
Fox, Paula
How Many Miles to Babylon? White, 1967 P-Archway Novel
A poignant story about a lonely Negro boy who was
kidnapped by a gang of older boys and forced to partic-
ipate in a dog-stealing racket. A realistic portrayal of
ghetto life in Brooklyn.
Frank, Anne
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Doubleday, 1952
P-Pocket Nonfiction
Anne lived in hiding in the attic if a warehouse in Hol-
land during the Nazi invasion .nd occupation of the
c: miry. Dangerous as was her plight, she kept a diary
which reveals the story of her growing up. See also
Tales from the House Behind P-Bantam. See Frances
Goodrich and Albert Hackett The Diary of Anne Frank
Random, 1956 Play; Ernst Schnabel Anne Frank: A Por-
trait of Courage Translated by Richard and Clara Win-
ston, Harcourt, 1958 P-Harcourt Biography.
Freeman, Barbara C.
Lucinda Norton, 1967 Novel
A tyrannical uncle in mid-Victorian times failed to break
Lucinda's spirit, although his authority and selfishness
were both complete.
Friermood, Elizabeth H.
Ballad of Calamity Creek Doubleday, 1962 Novel
After just one year at college, Ann found a job at a
mission school in the Kentucky mountains. There she
became deeply dedicated to the school and to the people
and their folk music.
Glyn, Caroline
The Unicorn Girl Coward, 1967 Novel
To al .d the anguish of adolescence, Fullie, a physically
unprepossessing teenager, created a safe and secure
world of fantasy. This is a sensitive, imaginative, and
69 FALKKJELGAARG
often amusing portrayal of a young girl's bewildered
steps into womanhood.
Havrevold, Finn
Undertow Translated by Cathy Babcock Curry Atheneum,
1968 Novel
Two Norwegian boys spent a summer on the coast,
embarked on a long sailing trip, and found their relation-
ship changing in this action-packed story.
Hoffmann, Peggy
Shift to High Westminster, 1965 Novel
"Crate the Great," king of customized cars, carried three
boys on an adventurous summer journey. Rufus, the
youngest, proved himself in the eyes of his brother.
Holland, Isabelle
Cecily Lippincott, 1967 Novel
A beautiful young teacher at an English girls' boarding
school learned the measure of her own failure in com-
passion.
Horgan, Paul
Things as They Are Farrar, 1964 13-Crest Novel
This novel is presented as the autobiography of Richard
as he struggled with growing up.
Hunter, Kristin
The Soul Brothers and Sister Lqu Scribner, 1968 P-Avon
Novel
Trying to gain a place in the world is a battle. Lou
perceived her position as one of moderation as she be-
came able to realize that "black is beautiful."
Johnson, Annabel and Edgar
Pickpocket Run Harper, 1961 Novel
In this forceful, suspenseful story, Dix rejected his
father's business philosophy, refused to become involved
in his friends' hijacking plans, and found a good friend
in the suspicious, strange-acting newcomer to town.
Jones, Glyn
The Island of Apples Day, 1965 Novel
A gleaming young stranger confronted the comic gro-
tesques of a Welsh village and boys' school, but his
beauty and bravery seemed cursed.
-Kjeigaard, Jim
Hidden Trail Holiday, 1962 Novel
To film the migration of the elk from their summer to
winter grounds and to try to discover why so many of
them mysteriously disappeared were Jase Mason's as-
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signments from the Conservation Department. See also
Wildlife Cameraman Holiday, 1957 Novel; Wolf Brother
Holiday, 1957 Novel; Fire Hunter Holiday, 1951 P-Scho-
lastic Novel.
Lewiton, Mina
Elizabeth and the Young Stranger McKay, 1961 P-Tempo
Novel
Her family and classmates looked upon Andre and his
family as foreigners, but Elizabeth helped to bridge the
gap of hostility with sympathy and understanding. See
also The Divided Heart McKay, 1957 P-Berkley Novel;
A Cup of Courage-McKay, 1948 P-Dell Novel.
Marshall, James Vance
My Boy John That Went to Sea Morrow, 1967 Novel
Although longing to be a concert pianist. teenaged John
joined his father's whaling ship on its annual voyage
to Antarctica. See alst, A River Ran Out of Eden Morrow,
1963 P-Ballantine Novel.
Murphy, Robert
A Certain Island Evans, 1967 Novel
Georgie struggled to follow his own values and dreams
which were very different from those his father had had
for him. Will appeal to teenagers who are interested
in the out-of-doors. See also The Pond Dutton, 1964
P-Avon Novel; The Peregrine Falcon Houghton, 1963
P-Avon Novel.
*Nichols, John
The Wizard of Loneliness Putnam-1966 P-Signet Novel
A rebellious, precocious boy visited his grandparents in
a small Vermont town toward the end of World War II
and participated in drama.
tO'Dell, Scott
Island of the Blue Dolphins Houghton, 1960 Novel
Moving and unforgettable is the story of the courage
and endurance of an Indian girl, alone for 18 years on
an isolated rocky island, off the coast of Southern
California.
Ogilvie, Elisabeth
Turn Around Twice McGraw, 1962 Novel
When 17-year-old Bun took the island off the Maine
coast as her prize in a contest, she little knew what
adventure lay ahead. See also Blueberry Summer Mc-
Graw, 1956 P-Scholastic Novel; How Wide the Heart
71 LEWITONSTOLZ
McGraw, 1959 Novel; Ceiling of Amber McGraw, 1964
Novel; Masquerade at Sea House McGraw, 1965 Novel.
O'Hara, Mary
Green Grass of Wyoming Lippincott, 1946 P-Dell Novel
On a stock ranch in Wyoming, Ken found himself
increasingly interested in girls and troubled by what he
wanted from life. See also Mary O'Hara's earlier novel
My Friend Flicks Lippincott, 1941 P-Dell Novel, and a
sequel Thunderhead Lippincott, 1943 P-Dell Novel.
Richardson, Grace
Doug/as Harper, 1968 Novel
A boy's attempts to let by on charm and wit prevented
his coming to terms with maturity and discipline.
Riter, Doris
Edge of Violence McKay, 1964 Novel
You are inside a juvenile delinquent's mind as, for a
long year of probation, he walked the fine edge between
violence and victory.
Sherburne, Zoa
Evening Star Morrow, 1960 Novel
After meeting Paul during a summer vacation, 16-year-
old Nancy bad some anxious moments about his re-
actions to her Indian ancestry. See also Girl in the
Mirror Morrow, 1966 Novel.
Smith, Irian
Tall and Proud Doubleday, 1966 P-Archway Novel
Gail Fleming, an English girl of poor family and a
victim of polio, learned to walk again after she received
the gift of a horse and helped capture an escaped con-
vict.
Starbird, Kaye
Watch Out for the Mules Harcourt, 1968 Novel
"Army brat" Carol Andrews recalled the vicissitudes and
adventures of life on various army posts between the
two world wars. Hilarity and heartache are skillfully
bound together in this entertaining account.
Stolz, Mary
Who Wants Music on Monday? Harper, 1963 P-Dell Novel
Cassie Dunne was an individualist with a clear sense
of values. Her flighty, boy-crazy older sister was only
on^ of her problems. See also In a Mirror Harper, 1953
P-Dell Novel; The Sea Gulls Woke Me Harper, 1951
Novel.
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Stoutenburg, Adrian
Window on the Sea Westminster, 1962 Novel
When Molly Let out to be kind to Kingsley Reynal be-
cause he was lonely, she did not know much he would
change her ideas and her ambitions. See also A Time for
Dreaming Westminster, 1963 Novel.
Summers, James L
The Long Ride Home Westminster, 1966 Novel
Their father's alcoholism brought loneliness to Todd and
Ann Blair. In shame, they hid from friends and rejected
help; but a crisis forced Todd to make a serious decision...
See also Gift Horse Westminster, 1961 Novel; The Iron
Door Between Westminster, 1968 Novel.
Weber, Lenora Mattingly
I Met a Boy I Used to Know Crowell, 1,045 I Novel
A warmhearted, extroverted 16-year-old girl from a large
family met a new pupil, Gil, an only child who was
introverted and lonely.
Wibberley, Leonard
The Hands of Corrnac Joyce (1960) Morrow, 1967 Novel
In a wild storm off the Irish coast, a boy learned- that
true strength is in character rather than in shoulders
and hands.
Wier, Ester
The Loner McKay, 1963 Novel
An itinerant, orphan crop picker without a name earned
the shepherd's name David through courage and faith-
fulness among sheepherders in Montana. See also The
Weird Chasers McKay, 1967 Novel.
HUMOR
Armour, Richard
The Classics Reclassified McGraw, 1960 P-McGraw; Bantam
Essays
This satiric retelling of seven literary classics, including
Moby Dick, Silas Marner, and Julius Caesar, is parody at
its zaniest. See also It All Started with Columbus Mc-
Graw, 1953 P-Bantam; Twisted Tales from Shakespeare
McGraw, 1957 P-McGraw, Signet; Through Darkest Ado-
lescence McGraw, 1963 P-McGraw; Punctured Poems
P-Prentice, 1966.
Becker, May Lamberton, editor
The Home Book of Laughter Dodd, 1949 Miscellany
The authors who have made Mrs. Becker laugh will
probably amuse the reader, too. Represented in this col-
lection are such modern standbys as Day, Bench ley, and
Thurber.
tBenchley, Robert
Chips Off the Old Rcnchley Harper, 1949 Essays
Bench ley writesnonsense at its funniestsomething
about almost everything, including the income tax, Turk-
ish baths, dictation of letters, travel, hay fever, the
theater, and time. See also Bench ley Roundup Harper,
1954 P-Dell.
Benet, Laura
Famous American Humorists Dodd, 1958 Biography
Biographical sketches of seventeen American humorists
include a sample of the wit and light touch of each.
Cole, William
The Fireside Booh of Humorous Poetry Simon, 1959 Poetry
This is a good resource for humorous verse through the
ages.
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74 HUMOR
*Crews, Frederick C.
The Pooh Perplex: A Freshman Casebook P-Dutton, 1963
Nonfiction
Admittedly not for everyone; but young adults brought
up on Pooh, who are critical enough to question the
pretensions of characteristic schools of literary criticism,
will find this tongue-in-cheek series of parodies just their
cup of tea.
Day, Clarence
The Best of Clarence Day Knopf, 1948 Miscellany
Stormy, lovable Mr. Day, a banker of the eighties, be-
came bewildered and outraged when he tried to explain
figures to his wife or read his son's mail by mistake.
Dotson, Hildegarde
We Shook the Family Tree Random, 1941 Biography
Yearning to change her awkward, adolescent self into
the dazzling, sophisticated girl of a magazine ad, Hi lde-
garde saved her money for a deluxe beauty preparation.
All the reminiscences in this book are charming.
Durrell, Gerald
My Family and Other Animals Viking, 1957 P-Compass Non-
fiction
The wacky Durrells and their queer friends and assorted
animals left their mark on the Isle of Corfu when they
lived there for a while. See also A Zoo in My Luggage
Viking, 1960 P-Berkley Nonfiction; Is lard Zoo Macrae,
1963 Nonfiction; Menagerie Manor Viking, 1965 P-Avon
Nonfiction.
Gallico, Paul
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris Doubleday, 1958 P-Pocket Novel
A London charwoman finally saved money to buy a
Paris gown, little dreaming that an extra dividend of
love and happiness would be added. See also Too Many
Ghosts Doubleday, 1961 P-Pocket Novel.
Gilbreth, Frank B., and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Cheaper by the Dozen, rev. ed. (Crowell, 1948) Crowell,
1963 Grosset P-Bantam Biography
The father of the twelve Gilbreth children did not antic-
ipate the hilarious results of his many attempts to
organize his family into a working team to test his
studies of motion. See also Belles on Their Toes Crowell,
1950 Biography.
75 CREWSHYMAN
Glashan, John
Speak. Up You Tiny Fool! Dial, 1966 Cartoons
A bitingly funny commentary on modern times is offered
in these pen and ink cartoons by a British artist.
Goodin, Peggy
Clementine (Dutton, 1946) P-Grosset Novel
At 10, Clementine Kelly was the best football player and
fighter in the neighborhoodnext to Hank Matthews,
that is. At 16, Clem was the blushing wearer of Hank's
Hi-Y pin.
Gordon, Mildred and Gordon
The Undercover Cat Doubleday, 1963 Novel
A twenty-five pound cat is the protagonist in this tale of
mystery and humor. See also Undercover Cat Prowls
Again Doutleday, 1966 P-Bantam Novel.
Hall, Roger
You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger Norton, 1957 Non-
fiction
Though Roger Hall trained rigorously for the O.S.S. by
meeting strange cars and attempting to infiltrate war
plants, his big overseas assignment backfired in an amus-
ing way.
Hart, Moss, and George S. Kaufman
You Can't Tahe It with You in Six Plays by Kaufman and
Hart Random, 1942 P-Washington (in Three Comedies of
American Family Life Edited by Joseph E. Mersand) Play
Life in the Sycamore household was happy though some-
what frantic. Everyone did as he wished: Penelope, the
mother, wrote plays because, eight years before, a type-
writer had been delivered to her by mistake. Her husband
Paul experimented in the basement with skyrockets.
Hudson, Virginia C.
0 le Jigs and Juleps Macmillan, 1962 P-Macfadden Essays
Life in small-town America it 1904, as seen by a 10-
year -old girl, is the subject of this funny, irreverent
book.
Hyman, Mac
No Time for Sergeants Random, 1954 P-Signet Novel
When he was drafted, Will Stockdale, tall and lanky
Georgian, was assigned to the Air Force. His advc...tures
and misadventures in barracks life, gunnery school, and
a mock battle brought a sergeant, lieutenants, captains,
and two major generals close to nervous breakdowns
an,' almost wrecked the Air Force.
76 HUMOR
Ish-Kishor, Judith
Tales from the Wise Men of Israel Lippincott, 1962 Short
Stories
Miss Ish-Kishor has collected a group of wise, humorous
folktales in which good usually triumphs to the delight
of the reader.
Juster, Norton
The Dot and the Line Random, 1963 Fable
A humorous mathematical fable.
Kerr, Jean
The Snake Has All the Lines Doubleday, 1960 P-Crest Essays
Looking at life about her, the author of Please Don't
Eat the Daisies (Doubleday, 1957 P-Crest) finds much
to comment on and laugh atsuburban life, air travel,
family problems. See also Poor Richard Doubleday, 1965
Play.
Kilmer, Pat
Dough, Ray and Me: The Adventures of a Family Who Gave
Up Social Security for Home on the Range Sloane, 1957
Nonfiction
En route to the West to set up a bakery, the Miners'
car broke down in Cabeza, New Mexico. They stayed and
began baking bread.
Kinross, Lord
The Innocents at Home: A Visit to the U.S.A. Morrow,
1960 Nonfiction
/aspects of American social and intellectual life are
sharply observed by an entertaining English travel
writer.
Kishon, Ephraim
Noah's Ark, Tourist Class Translated by Yohanan Goldman,
Atheneum, 1962 Miscellany
In these satirical sketches, Israel's humorist, Ephraim
Kishon, pinpoints the foibles of the people of his country.
Kitman, Marvin
The Number One Best Seller Dial, 1966 Miscellany
A timely message underlies these humorous collected
pieces by a noted writer-humorist.
Lardner, Ring
You Know Me, Al (1916) Scribner, 1960 Miscellany
In this classic baseball story are some of the most
humorous letters ever written in the world of sports.
See also Ring Lardner 'leader Edited by Maxwell Geis-
mar Scribner, 1963 P-Scribner.
77 ISH-KISHORROSS
Linscott, Robert N., editor
The Best American Humorous Short Stories (Random, 1945)
Modern Short Stories
Forty-three stories include some by such favorite authors
as Thurber, Perelman, and :lc Kenney.
MacDonald, Betty
The Egg and I Lippincott, 1945 P-Avon Nonfiction
With zest and a saving sense of humor, a determined
young woman faced the rigors of life on a chicken ranch
in the wilderness of the Olympic Peninsula.
McGinley, Phyllis
Sixpence in Her Shoe Macmillan; 1964 P-Dell Nonfiction
The Pulitzer Prize poet writes a refreshing ode on modern
housewifery which girls will appreciate for its witty
advice. See also Times Three Viking, 1960 Poetry.
McKenney, Ruth
All about Eileen Harcourt, 1952 Nonfiction
Included in this volume are selections from four earlier
books about the author's family, among them the best
of the stories about the incomparable Eileen.
Mowat, Farley
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Little, 1957 P-Pyramid Nonfiction
An eccentric pooch named Mutt dominates these rem-
iniscences of the Canadian author and naturalist.
Nash, Ogden, editor
Everybody Ought to Know Lippincott, 1961 Poems
This anthology contains poems ranging from Shake-
speare's to those of the editor and John Ciardi. See also
I Couldn't Help Laughing Lippincott. 1957 Miscellany;
A Pocket Book of Ogden Nash P-Pocket, 1962.
Papashvily, George and Helen
Anything Can Happen Harper, 1945 P-Pocket Biography
Anything could happen and most things did when
George arrived in America. His great desire to stay and
be--in all things American was a touching tribute by
an immigrant; but his attitude allowed him to be bam-
boozled as well as loved by his new countrymen.
Ross, Leonard Q., pseudonym (Leo Rosten)
The Education of Hyman. Kaplan Harcourt, 1937 P-Harcourt
Short Stories
Gary Baldy, Julius Scissor, and Jawdge Vashington are
heroes to HYtran Kaplan as he joins battle with the English
language in night school for adults. See Leo Rosten The Re-
turn of Hyman Kaplan Harper, 1959 P-Harper Short Stories.
78 HUMOR
Scoggin, Margaret C., editor
More Chucklebait: Funny Stories for Everyone! Knopf, 1949
Misca-
These stories are incidents from novels and biographies
of William Saroyan, Hildegarde Dolson, Kathryn Forbes,
Hartzell Spence, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and
others. See also Chuchlebatt Knopf, 1945 P-Dell Miscel-
lany.
Shapiro, Milton J.
Laughs from the Dugout Messner, 1966 Nonfiction
The funniest baseball stories and most colorful baseball
characters of all time.
Shulman, Max
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Doubleday, 1953 Short
Stories
These are the humorous campus stories from which the
TV series was derived.
Skinner, Cornelia Otis, and Emily Kimbro,,gh
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Dodd, 1952 P -Bantam Bi-
ography
Two 19-year-old girls earned the money for their first
trip to Europe where their inexperience, beneath their
pretense as women of the world, provided much humor.
See Emily Kimbrough Pleasure by the Busload Harper,
1961 Nonfiction.
Sneider, Vern J.
The King from Ashtabula Putnam, 1960 Novel
To the consternation of the American general governing
them, the Nakashima Islanders rejected democracy and
recalled their king, a college student in America. See
also The Teahouse of the August Moon Putnam, 1951
P-Signet Novel.
Summers, James L.
The Shelter Trap Westminster, 1962 P-Pflauna Novel
Locked in an underground fallout &liter, steely-eyed
Miss Barrett and her gifted students subsisted on as-
paragus soup and dog biscuits.
Thurber, James
Alarms and Diversions Harper, 1957 P-Harper Miscellany
"The Figgerin' of Aunt Wilma," "There's Something Out
There" (the Loch Ness sea serpent), and "The Last
Flower" are characteristic of Thurber's satiric, thought-
ful humor. See also Yenterns and Lances Harcourt, 1961
Miscellany.
79 SCOGGINWILLIAMS
Thurber, James
Credos and Curios Harper, 1962 Essays
These humorous pieces include profiles of many of
Thurt,er's contemporaries including E. B. White, Elliot
Nugent, and Robert Bench ley.
trhurber, James
My Life and Hard Times. Harper, 1933 P-Bantam Biography
A collection of inclients from James Thurber's lifeil-
lustrated by his own whimsical drawingssatirizes the
silly notions people sometimes have when they think
they are using good sense. See also Fables for Our Time
Harper, 1952; Further Fables for Our Time Simon, 1956.
Trahey, Jane
Life with Mother Superior Farrar, 1962
Matching wits with the Mother Superior is the greatest
delight for the girls at. St. Mark's.
f Twain, Mark, pseudonym (Samuel L. Clemens)
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain Edited by Charles
Neider, Hanover, 1957 P-Bantam Miscellany
Sixty stories, thirteen of them nonfiction, cover the span
of this great humorist's life. See also Innocents Abroad
(1869) Harper P-3 editions available.
Vidal, Gore
Visit to a Small Planet and Other Television Plays Little,
1957 Play
The fun comes fast and furicusly in this frolic about a
visiting spaceman who lands his flying saucer on earth
and almost wrecks several lives.
West, Jessamyn
The Chilekings P-Ballantine Tale
An old army man tells the recent history of the earth
since that day when all children were "added" and
adults were "subtracted." A utopia tale of irony and
humor in which the children solve the world's problems.
Wibberley, Leonard
The Mouse on the Moon Morrow, 1962 P-Bantam Novel
In this successor to The Mouse That soared (Little, 1955
P-Bantam), Grand Fenwicl: beat the United States and
Russia to the moon.
*Williams, Oscar, editor
The Silver Treasury of Light Verse P-Mentor, 1957
These 700 poems of wit, ribaldry, and fun include some
whicl' are highly sophisticated.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT?
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tAgee, James
A Death in the Family. (Obolensky, 1957) Grosset P-Avon
Novel
Jay Follet died instantly in an automobile accident; his
family slowly learned to accept life without him.
Bach, Marcus
The Power of Perception. Doubleday, 1965 Nonfiction
By asking the reader what he "sees" when he "looks,"
the author leads the reader to seek a richer life.
Barrett, William E.
The Lilies of the Field Doubleday, 1962 P-Doubleday Novel
A young Negro ex-G.I. helped a group of determined
German Catholic nuns to build a chapel in the desert
country of filo Southwest.
Beifrage, Sally
Freedom Summer Viking, 1965 P-Fawcett Nonfiction
The author reports her experiences as a librarian and
participant in demonstrations in Greenwood, Mississippi,
during the summer of 1964.
llodsworth, Fred
The Sparrow's Fall Doubleday, 1967 Novel
The conflict in this novel is between man and the sub-
zero cold of the Arctic; between the hero's faith in the
native ways of the Indian and his belief in Christianity.
"Borland, Hal
When the Legends Die Lippincott, 1963 P-Bantam Novel
Tom Black Bull, a Ute Indian rejected by both his own
people and the whites, found that he lived in an empty
dream, a :world which he finally rejected because he had
become a man.
Brack, Vivian
The Two Worlds o.;". Norika Doubleday, 1966 Novel
An American-born Japanese girl visited her father's vil-
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lage in Japan and discovered the gap between her con-
temporary American world and the tradition-bound Ori-
ental world of her parents.
Brown, Marion Marsh, and Ruth Crone
The Silent Storm Abingdon, 1963 P-Archway Novel
Annie Sullivan, young, sensitive, intelligent, almost lost
her own eyesight as she lived through the ordeal and
challenge of being companion and tutor to the blind
child, Helen Keller.
Buck, Pearl S.
The Hidden Flower Day, 1952 P-Pocket Novel
A fragile, lovely Japanese girl married an American G.I.
and discovered that his aristocratic, prejudiced mother
would tot accept an Oriental daughter-in-law.
Buck, Pearl S.
To My Daughters with Love Day, 1967 Essays
Thoughts addressed to her seven daughters by this Nobel
novelist who is a strong, compassionate woman include
those on youth, love, marriage, and eternal truths which
are not invalidated by -new moralities."
Bo- ford, Sheila
The Fields of Noon Little, 1964 Essays
Simple pleasures, such as mushroom hunting, Canadian
springlime, walks in the Pyrenees, and observations of
an absurd canary, are the subjects of these charming
essays.
Call, Hughie
The Little Kingdom Houghton, 1964 Biography
Zest for a short life live& abundantly on a Montana
ranch by the author's young daughter, fondly called
Wezie, makes this biography unusual and touching.
*Camus, Albert
The Stranger Knopf, 1946 P-Vintage Novel
To the strangs.r, dead. provided an opportunity for a
new life unfettered by present reality. A classic con-
frontation in values by a ,Imeer existentialist wetter.
See also *The Plague 1948 P-Modern Novel;
*The Possessed Translate& by Justin O'Brien Knopf, 1960
P-Vintage Play.
Canning, John, editor
100 Great Events That Changed the World Hawthorn, 1965
Nonfiction
This anthology describes enthralling epoch-making events
Pit
82 WHAT IS IMPORTANT?
that have had major influence, in one form or another,
on man's history from Babylonia to the Space Age.
Chukovskaya, Lydia
The Deserted House Translated by Aline B. Werth, Dutton,
1967 Novel
A loyal communist widow's son was falsely accused
and arrested during the widespread purges of 193940 in
Stalinist Russia, and his mother finally had to choose
between him and life itself.
Cleaver, Eldridge
Soul on Ice McGraw, 1968 Nonfiction
The author wrote most of the essays and open letters
while in prison where he made a spiritual and intel-
lectual discovery of his own blackness.
Conrad, Joseph
The Secret Sharer in Shadow-Line and Other Tales (191'0
P-Anchor Novel
This short novel explores man's recognition of self in a
suspenseful narrative in which a young ship captain
protected a confessed murdererconvinced he was a
good man. See also Lord Jim (1899) Docii; Doubleday
P-11 editions available.
Cronin, A. .1.
The Citadel Little, 1937 P-Bantam; Universal (with The
Keys of the Kingdom) Novel
What does one strive for in the modern world? A doctor
was ton). between his desire for uuccess and mon( 7 and
his earlier zeal for social service. See also A Thisg of
Beauty Little, 1956 Novel.
Dooley, Thomas A.
The Edge of Tomorrow Farrar, 1958 P-Signet Nonfiction
Six young Americans traveled without pay to a remote
part of the worldLaosto combat two great foes:
disease and communism. See also Deliver Us from Evil
Farrar, 1956 P-Signet; Doctor Tom Dooley: My Story
Ariel, 1962 P-Signet; The Night They Burned the Moun-
tain Farrar, 1960 P-Signet Nonfiction.
fDostoevsky, ryodor
Crime and Punishment (1866) Macmillan; Modern P-11
editions available Novel
After Raskolnikov killed an old woman moneylender
because he thought that he had-a right to live outside
the moral code, he suffered the tortures of the damned.
83 CHUKOVSKAYA--GIBRAN
*Dreiser, Theodore
Sister Carrie (1900) World P-7 editions available Novel
This powerful novel tells of a country girl's attempt to
find love and security in late nineteenth-century 'hicago.
The realism was shocking to the reader of the Ir. See
also *An American Tragedy (1925) World; Mo. Irn
Signet; *Jennie Gerhardt (1911) World P-Dell.
fEiseley, Loren
The Firmament of Time Atheneum, 1960 P-Atheneum Es-
says
Six lectures by the author discuss such subjects as "How
the World Became Natural," "How Death Became Nat-
ural," "How Life Became Natural," and "How Man Be-
came Natural"
Eyerly, Jeannette
A Girl like Me Lippincott, 1968 Novel
The author writes perceptively of the problems facing
a high school girl with an illegitimate child. See also
Drop-Out f...:pincott, 1963 Novel.
T*Fitzgeraid, F. Scott
The Great Gatsby Scribner, 1925 P-Scribner Novel
Against the backdrop of the roaring twenties, Gatsby
ruthless and without scruplesought Daisy, the wom-
an he had loved and lost. See also f*Tender Is the Night
Scribner, 1934 P-Scribner Novel.
Forman, James
Horses of Anger Farrar, 1967 Novel
A German boy, serving as a Nazi gunned close to the
end of the war, witnessed the loss of illusion and the
growth of truth in his family, himself, and most of his
friends.
Frank, Pat
Alas, Babylon Lippincott, 1959 P-Bantam Novel
'When an accident triggered World War HI, the In
habitants of a small survival area in Florida faced
desperate conditions with courage and ingenuity. See
George Stewart Earth Abides (Random, 1949) P-Ace
Novel.
Gibran, Kahtil
The Prophet Knopf', 1923 Essays
The Lebanese author writes in poetic prose of some of
an's deep concerns: love, friendship, teaching, beauty,
etc.
84 WHAT 16 IMPORTANT?
t*Golding, William
Lord of the Flies Coward, 1955 P-Capricorn Novel
Shipwrecked on a tropical island, these English school-
boys attempted to set up a civilization of their own;
but savagery lurked close beneath the surface and final-
ly emerged. See also tFree Fall Harcourt, 1959 P-Har
court Novel; tThe Inheritors Harcourt, 1982 P-Harcourt;
Pocket Novel. See Richard Armstrong The Mutineers
McKay, 1968 Novel. (This story Las some of the same
impact of Lord of the Flies.)
tHammarskfold, Dag
M.irhings ICncipf, 1964 Nonfiction -
The late U.N. Secretary General reveals a spiritual self-
profile that is poignant and profound. See T. S. Settel,
editor The Light and the Rock: The Vision of Dag Ham-
marskjokl Dutton, 1966 Nonfiction.
1-Hemingway, Ernest
The Old Man and the Sea Scribner, 1952 P-Scribner Novel
In this beautiful, symbolic story, the old and broken
fisherman, Santiago, landed the biggest atch of his life,
only to have the giant marlin stripped e. a skeleton by
sharks.
Hemingway, Ernest
The Sun Also Rises Scribner, 1926 P-Scribner Novel.
Jaye Barnes, vacillating between cynicism and remem-
brance of what is good and decent, oitomizes the lives
beset by falsehood and depravity in the restless years
following World War I.
Hersey, John
Too Far to Walk Knopf, 1966 P-Bantam Novel
The author probes the rebellious behavior of a group of
undergraduates in a New England college with some
perce,tiveness and appreciation of the problem.
Hesse, Hermann
Siddhartha Translated by Hilda Rosner New Directions,
1951 P-New Directions Novel
The search for communion and contentment within the
framework of 'Indian mysticism is the subject of this
moving, human statement first published in 1922
f Hicks, Granville
Part of the Truth Harcourt, 1965 Biography
In his honest autobiography, the writer - critic- teacher
tells of his disillusionment during the misunderstood
thirties.
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GOLDINGKIM
Hilton, James
Lost Horizon Morrow, 1933 P-3 editions available
Novel
In the mountains of Tibet, a small group found a uto-
piaShangri-Laand encountered strange customs and
beliefs.
Hoffman, Paul G.
World Without Want Harper, 1962 Nonfiction
This stirring book emphasizes the need of helping under-
developed nations. The author describes undernourished
people, deplorable housing conditions, and disease-in-
fested countries and uggests ways to alleviate these
problems.
Karp, David
The Last BeUevers Harcourt, 1964 Novel
A successful Broadway playwright tried to stop his 19-
year -old son from denying U.S. citizenship by telling the
young man the story of his life as an American com-
munist Jew in the 1930's.
Kaufman, Bei
Up the Down Staircase Prentice," 1964 P-Avon Novel
Sylvia Barrens first year of teaching in a large New
York high school was filled with frustration, fury, and
for the most part futility.
Kayira, Legson
I Will Try Doubleday, 1965 P-Bantam Biography
A young African, determined to go to college
in America,
spent many months on foot before finding help for his
dream, which was realized in Washington.
Kennedy, John F.
Profiles in Courage Harper, 1956 P-Hf.sper
Biography
John F. Kennedy highlighted eight men who,
of overwhelming opposition, demonstrated in the face
great moral
courage. In fighting for his principles, each man helped
to maintain American democracy.
Kennedy, Robert F.
Just Friends and Brave Enemies Harper,
Nonfiction .962 P-Popular
This account of the observations and
impressions of
Robert F. Fennedy is based on a trip around
tKim, Richard E. the world.
The Martyred Br:L.111er, 1964 P-Pocket
Novel
The capture of Christian ministers and
during the Korean War posed questionstheir martyrdom
of man's -rela-
tionship to man, his maker, and his world.
86 WHAT IS IMPORTANT?
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Why We Can't Wait Harper, 1964 P-Signet Nonfiction
An eloquent plea for the Negroes with a statement of
Dr. King's philosophy of nonviolent action and a report
on the 1963 Birmingham demonstrations. See also Stride
Toward Freedom Harper, 1958 P-Harper Nonfiction.
t*Knowles, John
A Separate Peace Macmillan, 1959 P-Dell; Delta Novel
Gene and Finny were roommates at boarding school. By
an almost subconscious action, Gene crippled Finny;
and in the aftermath they came to understand each
other and themselves.
Krumgold, Joseph
Henry 3 Atheneum, 1967 P-Archway Novel
A brilliant young boy learned that the struggle for
material things is only one aspect of life and that other
values are the lasting ones.
t *Lee, Harper
To Kill a Mockingbird Lippincott, 1960 P-Popular Novel
Atticus Finch, Alabama lawyer, reared his two mother-
less children uneventfully until the summer he defended
a Negro unjustly accused of a crime. See Mary Dutton
Thorpe World, 1967 Novel.
f Levine, Lawrence W.
Defender of the Faith: William Jennings Bryan: The Last
Decade 1915-1925 Oxford, 1965 Biography
The final years e a great American crusader are revealed
as full of courage, action, and dilemma.
Lewis, Sinclair
Arrommith (1925) Harcourt, 1949 P-Signet Novel
A doctor's adventurous search for the truth of pure
science was met at every hand by meanness, misunder-
standing, and jealousy. See also Babbitt (1922) Harcourt
P-Signet Novel.
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
Gift from the Sea Pantheon, 1955 P-Vintage Essays
Alone at the shore, the author reilects on the complexities
of modern living.
Lowery, Bruce
Scarred Vanguard, 1961 Novel
In this moving story, Jeff, who had a harelip sea; was
exposed to adolcscent cruelty and became confused psy-
chologically and spiritually.
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Luce, Iris, editor
Letters from the. Peace Corps Luce, 1964 Nonfiction
Selected letters about the training, work, hardships, and
achievements of Peace Corps volunteers.
*Malamud, Bernard
The Fixer Farrar, 1966 Novel
Throughout his imprisonment and torture, a Jewish
handyman falsely accused of the murder of a Gentile
boy held fast to his innocence in this powerful novel
which answers the question, "What is it to b...! 1: man?"
See also *The Assistant Farrar, 1957 P-Signet Novel; The
Natural Farrar, 1952 P-Noonday, Dell Novel.
Manfred, Frederick
Conquering Horse (Obolensky, 1959) P-Signet Novel
No Name, a young Sioux, searched for his vision of life
in order to achieve a name, a wife, and recognition in
the tribe.
Mather, Melissa, pseudonym (Mrs. Longin Ambros)
One Summer in Between Harper, 1967 Novel
Harriet Brown, a Negro college student working tem-
porarily for a white family in Vermont, was shocked
when she recognized her own prejudices.
fMaugham, W. Somerset
Of Human Bondage Doubleday, 1936 P-3 editions available
Novel
A man found his identity and a realization of what was
important in life through suffering, defeat, and a tragic
love.
Meltzer, Milton
"Thaddeus Stevens and the Fight for Negro Rights Crowell,
1967 Nonfiction
One of the most hated men in American history, complex
Thad Stevens tasted both victory and defeat in the bitter
fight for the abolition of slavery and establishment of
Negro rights.
*Miller, Arthur
Death of a Salesman Viking, 1949 P-Compass Play
Willy Loman, who reared his sons on platitudes to his
and their undoing, has become the literary symbol of
men who substitute words for real feeling.
Moorehead, Alan
The Traitors Harper, 1963 Nonfiction
This story of treason by a self-styled idealist is a pene-
88 WHAT IS IMPORTANT?
trating examination of the kind of traitor who is not a
professional spy.
Morris, Marjorie, and Don Sauers
And/ Or: Antonyms for Our Age Harper, 1967 Nonfiction
Plea for peace through paired photographs which juxta-
pose philosophical antonyms to hold the mirror up to
our double life. Similar to The Family of Man, this book
will be meaningful and thought-provoking to today's
teenagers.
Murphy, Robert
The Golden Eagle Dutton, 1965 Novel
Kira, a golden eagle, is the leading "character" in this
story which includes accurate ecology with exciting nar-
ration.
Nathan, Robert
The Mallot Diaries Knopf, 1965 Novel
The author's answer to existentialism: in a conflict be-
tween youth and age, youth emerges victorious but is
ironically imprisoned by its own set of questionable
values.
Nolan, Liam
Small Man of Nanatalti Dutton, 1966 Novel
A Christian Japanese risked his life to help prisoners
during World War II because he placed his obedience to
Gott above all danger.
*O'Connor, Edwin
The Last Hurrah Little, 1956 P-Bantam Novel
The operations of a big-city political machine were
dominated by one of the last of the big-time political
bosses. See also All in the Family Little, 1966 P-Bantam
Novel.
tO'Faolain, Sean
Vive Moil Little, 1964 Biography
The Irish writer recalls, in an honest, uninhibited style,
how he became a rebel and an artist.
*Potok, Chaim
The Chosen Simon, 1967 Novel
Two Jewish boys growing to manhood in Brooklyn dis-
covered that differences in the way their fathers viewed
life could strengthen friendship and understanding.
Richter, Conrad
The Sea of Grass Knopf, 1937 Novel
In a setting that involves the warfare between cattleman
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and homesteader, Richter gives a picture of the fierce
power of a mature man who had all the instincts of a
dictator.
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Tomorrow Is Now Harper, 1963 P- Harper Nonfiction
An unpretentious but highly informed presentation of
Mrs. Roosevelt's beliefs in the great principles of the
American-heritage, which emphasizes the need to adapt
to the changing forces shaping tomorrow's world with-
out relinquishing the goal of liberty for all.
Russell, Robert
To Catch, an Angel Vanguard, 1962 P-Popular Biography
The author, blinded when he was five, tells what his
world of night has been like. Independent, adventurous,
this curious, intelligent boy refused to be 1:idetracked
from doing the things that interested him.
Sabatini, Rafael
Scaramouche Houghton, 1921 P-Bantam Novel
This colorful, romantic tale of the French Revolution
features a hero of revolutionary ideas and an eloquent
tongue.
(Saint -Exupery, Antoine de
A Sense of Life Translated by Adrienne Foulke, Funk, 1965
Nonfiction
This posthumous collection of the famous French pilot-
poet's essays is thoughtful and probing. The human
spirit's innate desire to develop is his overriding theme.
t*Salinger, J. 'D.
The Catcher in the Rye Little, 1945 P-Bantam Novel
In a moving, sometimes shocking story, 16;year-old
Holden Caulfield was overwhelmed by the perplexing
problems in his life. He tried to find himself in his
forty-eight hours "on the town" in New York. See also
*Nine Stories Little, 1953 P-Bantam; *Franny and Zooey
Little, 1961 P-Bantam; *Raise High the Roof Beam,
Carpenters; and Seymour, an Introduction Little, 1963
P-Bantam Short Novels.
*Shute, Nevil
On the Beach. Morrow, 1957 P-Apollo; Harper Novel
An American and his Australian friends, the last of the
human race, awaited slow but inevitable death from
radiation following an atomic war. See also Trustee from
the Too/roam Morrow, 1960 P-Ballantine Novel.
90 WHAT IS IMPORTANT?
Singer, Isaac Bashevis
In My Father's Court Farrar, 1966 Biokraphy
Collection of autobiographical sketches set in Warsaw
before World War II. The author's father, a Chasidic
rabbi, was sought out by a variety of Jews with poignant
and humorous problems.
Snow, C. P.
The Search Scribner, 1959 Novel
A scientist, successful in his field, unsuccessful in love,
discovered that he wanted something besides science and
something more than an unrequited love.
Stein, Meyer L.
Freedom of the Press: A Continuing Struggle Messner, 1966
Nonfiction
Historical cases as well as recent threats to the freedom
of the press provide significant material of consideration
in today's world.
Summers, James L.
Ring Around Her Finger Westminster, 1957 Novel
A young married couple, Jack and Lucy Wagner, decided
that Jack must return to college to assure them of a
1
satisfying future; but Jack's education must be accom-
plished without parental support.
Thompson, Jean, pseudonym
The House of Tomorrow Harper, 1967 Novel
In a home for unwed mothers, Jean overcame despair
and faced many decisions about her future and that of
her unborn child
tThoreau, Henry David
Walden (1854) Dodd; Harper P-13 editions available Es-
says
This daily journal of a great nature philosopher tells of
his experience living alone at Walden and as he sought
some answer to the meaning of life.
Tully, Andrew
C.I.A.: The Inside Story Morrow, 1962 P-Crest Nonfiction
Our government's most secret organization is revealed
through a series of cloak and dagger stories.
Tunis, John R.
His Enemy, His Friend Morrow, 1967 Novel
Twenty years after the end of World War II, a German
who had been ordered to kill six men in a small French
village, where he had made friends, returned for the
World Cup games.
91 SINGERWESTHEIMER
fTwaln, Mark, pseudonym (Samuel L. Clemens)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) World; Dodd
P-15 editions available Novel
Huck, rebelling against "sivilization" by running away,
was forced to choose between human values and prop-
erty values. Mark Twain, in one of America's great
novels, is a master of satire, humor, and social criticism.
Valens, Evans G.
A Long Way Up: The Story of Jill Kinmont Harper, 1966
Biography
The author writes with taste and insight of the life of a
young woman, paralyzed in a ski accident at the Olympic
trials, who has become a teacher in spite of her dis-
ability.
Vining, Elizabeth Gray
I, Roberta Lippincott, 1967 Novel
Written in diary form, the novel reveals the life of a
lonely, proud woman who was forced to a difficult deci-
sion about the future of her son.
Walker, Mildred
Winter Wheat Harcourt, 1944 P-Harcourt Novel
When Ellen's fiancé visited her on her Montana wheat
farm, he thought her family and farm dull and broke
their engagement. Ellen, however, learned that certain
experiences hold deep meaning.
',Warren, Robert Penn
All the King's Men Harcourt, 1946 P-Bantam Novel
Willy Stark, a southern demagogue, whose life reads
much like that of Huey Long, rose from humble farm
beginnings to tyrannical power as state governor.
Welty, Eudora
Delta Wedding Harcourt, 1946 P-Signet Novel
The vanishing way of life of a southern family is here
depicted by an important contemporary writer.
Westheimer, David
My Sweet Charlie Doubleday, 1965 P-Signet Novel
Though they despised each other, a white girl in trouble
and homeless and a Negro lawyer running away from
a murder were forced to hide out together in a vacant
house. Gradually their attitudes toward each other
changed----especially Marlene's. She learned to see Charlie
first and foremost as an individual.
92 WHAT IS IMPORTANT?
'Wharton, Edith
Ethan Frome (1911) Scribner, 1938 P-Scribner Novel
Ethan and Zeena were trapped in a marriage from which
they could not escape, though love had long since gone.
t*Wilder, Thornton
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Boni, 1927) Grosset P-Wash-
ington Novel
Each 0,f the five travelers who were victims of the col-
lapse of a bridge built over a deep chasm in Peru was,
in his own way, seeking meaning for his life.
Wojciechowska, Maia
Tuned Out Harper, 1968 P-Dell Novel
The journal of 16-year-old Jim tells of the summer he
discovers his older brother is taking drugs. Jim has to
learn a great deal about himself. The author treats the
subject sensitively, realistically and universally.
Wurmbrand, Richard
Christ in the Communist Prisons Coward, 1968 Nonfiction
The author survived 141/2 years of communist torture
in Rumanian prisons before. he was "sold" to the West;
he reveals how his Christian faith conquered the worst
his enemies contrived.
Zerwick, Chloe, and Harrison Brown
The Cassiopea Affair Doubleday, 1968 Novel
Receipt of an intelligent message from outer space
forced man to examine the significance of his relation-
ships with his fellow beings and with his God.
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Young, Bob and Jan
Across the Tracks Messner, 1958 (reissue, 1965) P-Archway
Novel
A third generation Mexican-American girl faced the
problems of prejudice in a California high school. See
also One Small Voice Messner, 1961 Novel.
Young, Whitney M., Jr.
To Be Equal McGraw, 1964 P-McGraw Nonfiction
The executive director of the Urban League presents a
plan for alleviating national problems caused by dis-
crimination and segregation.
WAR
Adler, Irving
The New Mathematics Day, 1958 P-Signet Nonfiction
Good for both, the beginner and the advanced student,
this volume simplifies difficult new concepts in the
learning of an old subject. See also Logic for Beginners
Day, 1964 Nonfiction.
Alexander, Tom
Project Apollo: Man to the Moon Harper, 1964 Nonfiction
An exciting appraisal of all phases of the U.S. space
project's target: an American on the moon by 1970.
*Amosov, Nikolai Mikhailovich
The Open heart Translated by George St. George, Simon,
1967 Nonfiction
Life-and-death drama fills this absorbing personal diary
of two days in the professional life of a compassionate
Russian heart surgeon.
"Ardrey, Robert
African Genesis Atheneum, 1961 P-Delta; Dell Nonfiction
This controversial interpretation of human behavior is
an investigation into the origins of man and his be-
havior.
Asimov, Isaac
Inside the Atom, rev. ed. Abe lard, 1966 Nonfiction
A recognized authority discusses, in nontechnical terms
and with amazing clarity, every phase of the atom.
See also Building Blocks of the Universe, rev. ed. Abe lard,
1961 P-Lancer Nonfiction.
Asimov, Isaac
To the Ends of the Universe Walker, 1967 Nonfiction
The author presents, in understandable form, the present
state of man's knowledge about the size, age, and
composition of the universe.
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Auerbach, Charlotte
The Science of Genetics Harper, 1961 P-Harper Nonfiction
A well-known geneticist provides a basic understanding
of genetics from the laws of heredity to the frontiers of
modern research.
Beiser, Germaine and Arthur
The Story of Cosmic Rays Dutton, 1962 Nonfiction
Cosmic rays and their effects on the earth and its at-
mosphere are described in detail.
*Bonner, John Tyler
The Ideas of Biology Harper, 1962 P-Harper Nonfiction
This book, which explains the larger themes of biology
today, deals with the ideas rather than the facts of
biology.
Bova, Ben
The Milky Way Galaxy: Man's Exploration of the Stars Holt,
1961 Nonfiction
The amateur astronomer, or anyone interested in the
fascinating world of the galaxies, will find this book
enlightening. See also The Weathermahers Holt, 1967.
Brown, Lloyd A.
Map Malting: The Art That Became a Science Little, 1960
Nonfiction
How was the earth first measured? How did map making
become an exact science? What new things about the
earth's size and shape are scientists still learning? Here
are answers to these questions and to many more.
Burlingame, Roger
Machines That Built America Harcourt, 1954 P-Signet Non-
fiction
How and why did American technology develop? Here
are some answers which range from the development
of the milling and weaving industries in New England
to the evolution of Ford's production line in Detroit. See
also Scientists Behind the- Inventors Harcourt, 196G
P-Avon Nonfiction.
tCarrighar, Sally
One Day on Beetle Rock Knopf, 1944 Nonfiction
Twenty-four hours in the lives of nine wild creatures
on Beetle Rock in the Sierra Nevada Mountains are
beautifully and sensitively sketched. See also One Day
on Teton Marsh Knopf, 1947 P-Pyramid Nonfiction.
118 SCIENCE
t Curie, Eve
Madame Curie Doubleday, 1949 P-Pocket; Houghton Biog-
raphy
By dedication and perseverance, this genius of the
laboratory discovered radium. Eve Curie's biography of
her mother is a rare achievement.
Drtischer, Viters B.
The Mysterious Senses of Animals Translated by Eveleen
Huggard, Dutton, 1964 Nonfiction
This collection of animal curiosities drawn from recent
observations includes such things as the language of
monkeys, the ultrasonic devices of bats and dolphins,
etc. See Donald R. Griffin Echoes of Bats and Men
P-Anchor, 1959 1\1; nfiction.
Dubos, Rend
The Unseen World Rockefeller, 1962 Nonfiction
Clearly and graphically, the author demonstrates the
strikingly similar chemical reactions which form the
underlying unity of all organisms.
Edwards, Frank
Stranger than Science Stuart, 1959 P-Bantam Nonfiction
Seventy-three intriguing stories that have perplexed
science and remained unexplained are included in this
collection.
Eiseley, Loren
The Immense Journey Random, 1957 P-Vintage Nonfiction
In this beautifully written book, Eiseley weaves together
the scientific and the world of his own thoughts as he
ponders the immense journey of life on this earth.
Farb, Peter
Face of North America: The Natural History of a Continent
Harper, 1963 Nonfiction
This geological history of the continent of North America
is accurate and absorbing.
Fermi, Laura
Atoms in the Family Chicago, 1954 P-Phoenix Biography
This is an informal, entertaining picture of the nuclear
scientists who worked with Enrico Fermi at the Uni-
versity of Chicago during World War IL
Firsch, Karl von
Man and the Living World Translated by Elsa Lowenstein,
Harcourt, 1963 P-Harcourt Nonfiction
The general reader is introduced to the fascinating
119 CURIE GAMOW
fundamentals of vital processes, from the single cell
to the most highly structured vertebrates.
Gamow, George
Biography of Physics Harper, 1961 P-Harper Nonfiction
Gamow gives a penetrating view of physics, the great
physicists, and the development of the central laws and
ideas of physics from the Greeks to the present.
SPACE AND TIME
Asimov, Isaac
Is Anyone There? Speculative Essays on the Known and the
Unknown Doubleday, 1967 Essays
This well-known science fiction author speculates about
the possibility of life on other planets.
Asimov, Isaac, editor
Tomorrow's Children Doubleday, 1967 Short Stories
Tales of fantasy and science fiction on the theme of
children and their special mischiefs, delights, and
powers. See also Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near
Future Doubleday, 1959 Short Stories; Asimov's Mysteries
Doubleday, 1968 Short Stories.
Amis, Kingsley
New Maps of Hell Harcourt, 1960 Nonfiction
This definitive work covers the world of science fiction,
sometimes in a satirical way, including its history and
the classification and evaluation of the ideas used in it.
Balmer, Edwin, and Philip Wylie
When Worlds Collide; After Worlds Collide Lippincott, 1950
Novel
The first novel covers events just before a collision of
earth and another planet; the second deals with, the
aftermath of the crash.
Bellamy, Edward
Looking Backward (1888) Modem; Houghton P-3 editions
available Novel
This powerful book, written over 80 years ago, predicts
what life will be like in the year 2000. Read it to see
how many of the author's prophecies have already been
fulfilled.
,1112l
122 SPACE AND TIME
Boucher, Anthony
Treasury of Great Science Fiction, 2 vols. Doubleday, 1959
Short Stories
Some of the best stories in science fiction are in this
collection.
Boulie, Pierre
Garden on the Moon Vanguard, 1964 P-Signet Novel
Dr. Stern, immigrant from Germany and strongly re-
sembling Wernher Von Braun, strives to achieve the
moon before anyone else. See also Planet of the Apes
Vanguard, 1963 P-Signet Novel.
t Bradbury, Ray
The Martian Chronicles Doubleday, 1958 P-Bantam Short
Stories
Haunting, beautiful, and often horrible stories have been
taken at random from the chronicle of the hundreds of
years during which man has attempted to explore and
settle Mars. See also Something Wicked This Way Comes
Simon, 1962 P-Bantam Novel; Dandelion Wine P-Bantam
Novel; Fahrenheit 451 Simon, 1967 P-Ballantine Novel.
Bradbury, Ray
S Is for Space Doubleday, 1966 Short Stories
The author presents seventeen of his favorite stories.
Bradbury, Ray
The Vintage Bradbury P-Vintage, 1965 Short Stories
The author, one of the modem masters of science fiction
and fantasy, has chosen for this volume his "best"
short stories. Each one is exciting reading.
Caidin, Martin
No Man's World Dutton, 1967 Novel
The first U.S. expedition to the moon is ordered home
by Russians who have lived there for three years.
Clarke, Arthur C., editor
The Coming of the Space Age: Famous Accounts of Man's
Probing in the Space Age Meredith, 1967 Miscellany
The author has used his long experience in selecting the
best of the writings on space, largely nontechnical. See
also Dolphin Strut Holt, 1963 Novel.
Cross, John Kier
The Angry Planet Coward, 1946 Novel
A scientist, a journalist, and three teenagers jointly
wrote of their first trip to Mars after they returned.
Especially interesting were the "beautiful people" whom
they met in the strangely beautiful land.
123 BOUCHERKEY
Davies, Leslie P.
Psychogeist Doubleday, 1967 Novel
The monster in this science fiction story is a tripartite
mentality involving two bodies, one alive and one
dead.
Del Rey, Lester
Tunnel Through Time Westminster, 1964 Novel
Bob, 17, son of a physicist, with a companion, was sent
back into time to the age of dinosaurs. In search of
the friend's father, a paleontologist who preceded them,
they had many adventures before they escaped back
to the present.
Edwards, Frank
Flying SaucersSerious Business Stuart, 1966 Nonfiction
The author traces the history of UFO's from the late
nineteenth century to the present.
Freedman, Russell
Jules Verne: Portrait of a Prophet Holiday, 1965 Biography
This well-rounded biography of the founder of modern
science fiction is filled with ordinary and extraordinary
scenes of real drama, all still timely.
Heinlein, Robert
Stranger in a Strange Land Putnam, 1961 P-Avon Novel
A human visitor from Mars was alternately wooed and
rejected by political forces bent upon using his superior
faculties.
Henderson, Zen na
The People: No Different Flesh Doubleday, 1967 Short Sto-
ries
Six short stories connect as episodes of The People, a
race with ESP powers who arrive on Earth after being
exiled from their home planet. See also Pilgrimage: The
Book of the People P-Avon, 1963 Short Stories.
Hoyle, Fred
October the First Is Too Late Harper, 1966 Novel
A transmission of solar energy completely distorted time
on earth. England was in the 1960's, Greece was in the
Age of Pericles, World War I was on in Europe, and
America was thousands of years in the future.
Key, Alexander
The Forgotten Door Westminster, 1965 P-Scholastic Novel
Extraordinary powers of Little Jon, stranger from an-
other world, caused humans to fear him. Danger com-
pelled his search for safety, a search for a door in time.
124 SPACE AND TIME
Knight, Damon, editor
Orbit I Putnam. 1966 P-Berkley Short Stories
This collection of science fiction short stories deals with
the problems which men and women of the future might
face concerning aliens and alien environments, See also
The Dark Side Doubleday, 1965 Short Stories.
t L'Engle, Madeleine
A Wrinkle in Time Ariel, 1962 Novel
Meg Murry, her young brother Charles, and friend
Calvin O'Keefe wandered through space and time to
save Meg's father, imprisoned by a force that denied the
importance and integrity of human life.
t Lewis, C. S.
Out of the Silent Planet Macmillan, 1943 P-Collier Novel
This novel by a famous English literary critic recounts
the kidnapping and later escape on Mars of an English
philologist. First of a trilogy. See also tPerelandra, P-
Collier, 1944 Novel; t That Hideous Strength, P-Collier,
1946 Novel.
Mayne, William
Earthfasts Dutton, 1966 Novel
The author blends legend, fantasy, scientific wondering,
and reality in this story of two boys caught in distortions
of time.
Merrill, Judith, editor
SF, the Best of the Best Dell, 1967 Short Stories
A selection of the best fantasy science fiction from
1955-60 anthologies of annual choice stories brings in
the established from Asimov, Simak through Jacksr,-..,
Miller, and Smith.
Nathan, Robert
The Weans Knopf, 1960 Novel
In this satire, Kenya scientists of the 7850's found the
remains of an old Western civilizationroulette wheels,
twentieth century sculpture. The people of that ancient
civilization were dubbed Weans from their habit of
referring to themselves as WE or US.
Norton, Andre
Star Man's Son, 2250 A.D. Harcourt, 1952 Novel
The time was 2250 A.D., atomic war had destroyed the
earth, and man had to find a new place to carry on his
life. See also Star Rangers Harcourt, 1953 Novel; The
Stars Are Ours World, 1954 Novel; Judgment on Janus
125 KNIGHT WYNDHAM
Harcourt, 1963 P-Ace Novel; X-Factor Harcourt, 1965
P-Ace Novel.
Norton, Andre
The Time Traders World, 1958 P-Ace Novel
Rose Murdock, engaged in a secret government project,
traveled back in time to the Bronze Age to learn the
secret of space travel.
Nourse, Alan E.
Star Surgeon McKay, 1960 Novel
The first member of an alien race to attempt to qualify
as a physician of Hospital Earth and a Star Slrgeon
faced difficult trials in space. See also Raiders from the
Rings McKay, 1962 Novel; Tiger by the Tail McKay,
1961 P-Macfadden Short Stories.
Silverberg, Robert, editor
Earthmen and Strangers Meredith, 1966 Short Stories
Nine stories of science fiction.
Simak, Clifford Donald
The Werewolf Principle Putnam, 1967 Novel
Strange adventure followed when Andrew Blake was
frozen in a space capsule and was brought back to
earth after 200 years.
Wells, H. G.
Seven Science Fiction Novels Dover, 1950 Nonfiction
Here, collected in one volume, are some of the most
famous of this master's prophecies.
Wyndham, John
The Day of the Trifftds P-Dolphin; Crest, 1951 Novel
Regarded at first only as profitable plants, the Triffids
grew and eventually took over Earth. This fascinating
story deals with the efforts of the surviving Earthmen
to exist and to regain their planet. See also Out of the
Deeps P-Ballantine, 1953 Novel.
SONGS AND SINGERS
Anderson, Marian
My Lord, What a Morning Viking, 1956 P-Avon Biography
The great Negro concert singer describes quietly her long
struggle for training and modestly her great successes
on the concert stages of the world.
Anderson, Maxwell
Eleven Verse Plays, /929-1939 Harcourt, 1940 Plays
Included in this collection are Valley Forge, Winterset,
High Tor, Elizabeth the Queen, Mary of Scotland. See
also Four Verse Plays P-Harcourt, 1959.
fBentley, Eric, editor
Modern Theater: An Anthology, 6 vols. P-Anchor, 1955-1960
Plays
Each of the volumes contains five plays. Represented
are the best of the modern playwrights: Brecht, Girau-
doux, Schnitz ler, Yeats, Gogol, Anouilh, Wilder, Saroyan,
O'Casey, and Beerbohm.
Bernstein, Leonard
The Joy of Music Simon, 1959 P-Signet, Simon Nonfiction
The author presents several fascinating imaginary con-
versations about music and the expanded, annotated
scripts of seven Omnibus TV programs.
Bolt, Robert
A Man for All Seasons Random, 1966 P-Vintage Play
This play uses the sixteenth-century tension between Sir
Thomas More and Henry VIII as the setting for an ex-
citing exploration of an individual's conscience. See
Alfred Duggan The Falcon and the Dove: A Life of
Thomas Becket of Canterbury Pantheon, 1966 Biography.
Bra ddon, Richard
Joan Sutherland St. Martin, 1962 Biography
This sympathetic biography of the prima donna shows
how she overcame difficulties to become a great soprano.
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Briggs, John
Leonard Bernstein: The Man, His Work, and His World
World, 1961 Biography
The author writes entertainingly of the background, stu-
dent days, and achievements of this musician, composer,
and conductor. See David Ewen Leonard Bernstein
Chilton, 1960 Biography.
Chute, Marchette
An Introduction to Shakespeare Dutton, 1951 Nonfiction
Showing Shakespeare in relation to his time, the author
introduces the poet's fellow actors and the theater of his
day. See also Stories from Shakespeare World, 1956 P-
Mentor.
Chute, Marchette, and Ernestine Petrie
The Worlds of Shakespeare Dutton, 1963 P-Dutton Drama
Shakespeare's world of love and world of music are, by
combining brief scenes carefully excerpted from twelve
plays, presented in a script for two actors.
Clarens, Carlos
An Illustrated History of the Horror Film Putnam, 1967
Nonfiction
Movie literature reaches a new high as the author knowl-
edgeably discusses the genre from the fantasies of the
early twentieth century down to today's science fiction
productions.
Ciurman, Harold, editor
Seven Plays of the Modern Theater Grove, 1962 Plays
The seven plays in this volume authored by Beckett,
Behan, Delaney, Gelber, Genet, Ionesco, and Pinter
reflect the despair, banality, emptiness, and comedy of
today.
Coolidge, Olivia
Eugene O'Neill Scribner, 1966 Biography
This excellent biography of America's greatest dramatist
includes summaries of his plays and some critical evalua-
tion of them.
De Mille, Agnes
And Promenade Home Little, 1958 Biography
When Oklahoma! hit Broadway, Agnes De Mille, dancer
and choreographer, won fame after years of failure to
achieve success. See also Dance to the Piper Little, 1952
Biography.
145 BRIGGSHENTOFF
Eaton, Jeanette
Trumpeter's Tale Morrow, 1955 Biography
Triumphs and tragedies have been the story of Louis
Armstrong, known over the world as "Satchmo." This
biography of a great musician is also a history of jazz in
America.
Ewen, David
The Story of America's Musical Theater Chilton, 1961' Non-
fiction
The author summarizes the evolution of the musical
theaterthe ballet, opera, burlesque, extravaganza, re-
vue, musical comedy, and musical play.
Friel, Brian
Philadelphia, Here I Comet P-Noonday, 1966 Play
An exposition in dramatic form of the Pack of com-
munication between generations.
Gibson, William
The Mirack, Worker Knopf, 1957 P-Bantam Play
This is the script of the TV play which dramatically
portrays the breakthrough to awareness of language by
Helen Keller under the determined tutelage of Annie
Sullivan.
Godden, Rumer
A. Candle for St. Jude (Viking, 1948) P-Compass Novel
Hilda, obviously a young dancer of genius, studied with
the wise and witty mistress of the ballet, Madame Hol-
bein.
*Hanff, Helene
Underfoot in Show Business Harper, 1962 Short Stories
Helene Hanff and her friend Maxine, an actress, tell,
most amusingly, the inside story of show business and
those who struggle to become a part of it.
Hart, Moss
Act One Random, 1959 P-Signet Biography
The famous playwright tells what it was like to be a
stagestruck boy who grew up in a poor Brooklyn home
and finally realized what had seemed an impossible
dream.
Hentoff. Nat
Jazz Country Harper, 1965 P-Dell Novel
A young white New Yorker wants more than anything
in the world to become a jazz musiciana field peopled
predominantly by Negroes.
146 THEATER
Holbrook, Hal
Mark Twain Tonight! An Actor's Portrait Washburn, 1959
Miscellany
Holbrook, long a student of Mark Twain and immersed
in his writings, prepared a fascinating evening of Mark
Twain, which he offered on Broadway and took on tour.
Jackson, Mahalia, with Evan McLeond Wylie
Movin' On Up Hawthorn, 1966 Biography
The internationally famous gospel singer tells the warm,
moving story of her triumphs and tragedies, joys and
hardships.
Kael, Pauline
I Lost It at the Movies Little, 1965 Essays
Criticism of movies past and present. A plea that movies
be- an art form, not "arty" as so many are. Witty and
penetrating appraisals.
Karsavina, Tamara
Theatre Street Dutton, 1961 P-Dutton Biography
Tamara Karsavina, one of the greatest prima ballerinas
of all times, tells the story of her life under the name
"Theatre Street," where she was trained to dance.
Kirby, Michael
Happenings Dutton, 1965 Nonfiction
This book discusses the work, philosophy and "art forms!'
of a new movement in theater.
Kyle, Elisabeth
The Swedish Nightingale: Jenny Lind Holt, 1965 Biography
Stubbornness canceled timidity in the personality of
Jenny Lind so that the most glorious voice of her time
became a legacy of Europe and America. See Gladys
Denny Shultz Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale Lip-
pincott, 1962 Biography.
Lambert, Janet
Stagestruch Parri Dutton, 1966 Novel
Fifteen-year-old Parri MacDonald wanted to follow in the
theatrical footsteps of her parents and learned the
rewards and disappointments during a summer of theater
work.
Lerner, Alan Jay
My Fair Lady Coward, 1957 P-Signet Musical Comedy
My Fair Lady, adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Pyg-
malion, is one of the wittiest musical comedies in years,
combining Shaw's satire and Lerner's lyrics.
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147 HOLBROOKSHAKESPEARE
Maclnnes, Helen
Home Is the Hunter Harcourt, 1964 Play
In a two-act drama, the homecoming of Ulysses is clev-
erly portrayed. Comic, humorous, tongue-in-cheek ap-
proach does not detract from the traditional version.
Merrill, Robert, and S. Doty
Once More from the Beginning Macmillan, 1966 Biography
Now a Metropolitan Opera veteran of 20 years, Robert
Merrill tells his story of the rocky road to fame.
Noble, Iris
Great Lady of the Theatre: Sarah Bernhardt Wssner, 1960
Biography
The life of the great actress Sarah Bernhardther suc-
cesses, her mistakes, her misfortunesand something of
what a stage career requires are vividly told in this bi-
ography.
Paton, Alan, and Krishna Shah
Sponono Scribner, 1965 Play
The need for communication is dramatized in this play
centering on Sponono, a boy in a South African reform
school.
Rodgers, Richard, and Oscar Hammerstein II
,Six Plays (Random, 1955) Modern, 1959 Plays
These six famous musical comedies, including Oh la-
!roma!, South Pacific, and The King and I, have made
theatrical history in the last two decades.
Ruggles, Eleanor
Prince of Players: Edwin Booth Norton, 1953 Biography
This dramatic, authentic biography is about a great
nineteenth century actor and member of a famous
family of actors.
Schary, Dore
&inrise at Campobello Random, 1958 P-Signet Play
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's victory over adversity was a
triumph that determined the course of his life.
Shakespeare, William
A Player's Handbook of Short Scenes Edited by Samuel Sel-
den Holiday, 1960 Plays
These scenes from Shakespeare's plays are varied and
dramatic. They provide opportunities for young actors
to experiment with Shakespearean tragedy and comedy.
148 THEATER
tShaw, George Bernard
Pygmalion in Selected Plays, Vol. I Dodd, 1948 P-Penguin
Plays
This is the modem version of the Greek myth which has
been rewritten more recently as a successful musical
comedy, My Fair Lady. The great English dramatist
comments here, as in all his plays, upon human foibles
of all kinds.
Sherburne, Zoa
Ballerina on Skates Morrow, 1961 P-Berkley Novel
From the chorus line in an ice show, tall, graceful
Karen worked her way up to become one of the star
performers.
Sherwood, Robert E.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois Scribner, 1939 P-Scribner Play
In ten scenes, Sherwood reveals the young Lincoln, the
maturing man, finally the successful candidate for the
Presidency.
Sieben, Pearl
The Immortal Jolson, His Life and Times Fell, 1962 Biog-
raphy
The life and times of Al Jolson are the story of the
twentieth century entertainment world.
Skinner, Cornelia Otis
Family Circle Houghton, 1948 Biography
Famous in the theatrical world, Otis Skinner, his wife
Maud Durbin, and their daughter Cornelia are the happy,
affectionate trio described here.
Taubman, Howard
The Making of the American Theater Coward, 1965 Non-
fiction
The former New York Times drama critic's one-volume
history is filled with rich details and incisive evaluations
on everything from the first strolling players to the Lin-
coln Center controversy, from Little Eva to Tiny Alice.
Terkel, Studs
Giants of Jazz Crowell, 1957 Biography
The twelve men and women who have made the American
jazz world famous are the subject of this book. Included
are Bix Biederbecke, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong,
Dizzy Gillespie.
149 SHAWZOLOTOV
Trapp, Maria A.
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers Lippincott, 1949
P-Image Biography
This distinguished musical family began its singing
career after a governess married the father of seven
motherless children. They made many tours in Europe
and America before finally settling in the United States.
tTynan, Kenneth
Curtains Atheneum, 1961 Nonfiction
',his comprehensive, informative book will be invaluable
ilor those who are interested in the theater. It includes
rliofiles of theater personalities and a discussion of plays.
Walpy, Arthur, translator
The No Plays of Japan Grove, 1957 Plays
NO plays (NO means "an exhibition of talent") are at-
tracting wide attention in the Western world. Here are
twenty with a scholarly yet sprightly introduction.
Wea les, Gerald
A Play and Its Parts Basic, 1964 Nonfiction
The theatrical experiences of producing and analyzing
drama are offered with clear explication and excellent
references to dramas both classical and contemporary.
t Wilder, Thornton
Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Match-
maker Harper, 1961 P-Bantam Plays
Brilliance, audacity, and remarkable variety characterize
these famous plays. Wilder touches deeply the emotions,
the intellect, and the funny bone.
Williams, Beryl, and Samuel Epstein
The Great Houdini: Magician Extraordinary Messner, 1950
Biography
A great showman, Houdini produced tricks and secrets
to delight and astound the world.
Williams, Emlyn
George Random, 1961 Biography
A famous actor-playwright recounts his formative years
in Wales and his education at Oxford.
Zolotov, Maurice
Stagestruck: The Romance of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fon-
tanne Harcourt, 1965 Biography
The lives and acting careers of the remarkable husband
and wife team will appeal to readers who are even
remotely stagestruck.
SHORT STORIES
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152 SHORT STORIES
Boucher, Alan
Mead Moondaughter: Icelandic Folk Tales Chilton, 1967
These tales tell of the dark, sunless, Gothic world of
trolls, giants, kings, princesses, ogres, hidden treasures,
and magic potions.
I*Bree, Germaine, editor
Great French Short Stories P-Dell, 1960
This brilliant and original collection combines outstand-
ing stories by the best-known French writers of four
centuriesBalzac, Maupassant, Camus, Colette, and
others.
Brown, Edmund, editor
Brazilian Tales P-International, 1965
These old and new tales by Brazil's foremost writers will
appeal to those who would know the livesthe emotions
of our neighbors to the south.
Buck, Pearl
Fourteen Stories Day, 1961 P-Pocket
These stories range in locale from the Orient to the
United States and in character from the Japanese bride
of an American soldier to the commuter and the beautiful
stranger.
tBuckler, William E, and Arnold Sklare. editors
Stories from Six Authors McGraw, 1960
The six authors are Greene, Warren, Joyce, Faulkner,
James, and Conrad. The nineteen stories included are
thought-provoking, modern, and sophisticated. The ed-
itors' notes immeasurably enhance the stories.
Bunin, Ivan
The Gentleman from San Francisco and Other Stories
P-Vintage, 1964
Here is a collection of short stories by the 1933 winner
of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Chamberlain, William
More Combat Stories of World War II and Korea Day, 1964
Breakneck action is the order of the day with these
stories of suicidal missions and major engagements.
Chekhov, Anton
The Image of Chekhov: Forty Stories Knopf, 1963 P-Vintage
These infrequently reprinted stories are presented in the
order in which they were written, allowing the reader
to note Chekhov's development as craftsman.
I53 BOUCHERDAY
tChesterton, G. K.
The Father *own Omnibus, rev. ed. Dodd, 1951
The delightful Father Brown is the star of these bril-
liantly written detective stories. See also tThe Amazing
Adventures of Father Brown (Dodd, 1958) P-Dell.
Chute, B. J.
One Touch of Nature and Other Stories Dutton, 1965
Short stories that are artistically written: simple, direct,
heartwarming, and refreshing.
Clarke, John Henrik, editor
American Negro Short Stories Hill, 1966
Thirty-one stories are written by Richard Wright, Frank
Yerby, Ann Petry, James Baldwin, John 0. Ki Bens,
among others.
Co !ford, William E., translator
Classic Tales from Spanish-America Barron, 1962 P-Barron
Nineteen twentieth century Spanish-American short story
writers are represented in this book. Some of the stories
are tragic, others gay, some light and fanciful. See also
Classic Tales from Modern Spain Barron, 1964 P-Barron.
*Comfort, A., editor
Seven French Short Novel Masterpieces Introduction by
Henri Peyre P-Popular, 1965
Includes works by Camus, Gide, Flaubert, Maupassant,
Balzac, Merimee, and de Lafayette as well as an illumi-
nating introduction.
t *Con ra d, Joseph
The Portable Conrad Edited by Morton D. Zabel Viking, 1947
P-Viking
This volume contains such great Conrad stories as
"Nigger of the Narcissus," "The Secret Sharer," and
"Heart of Darkness."
Cozzens, James Gould
Children and Others Harcourt, 1964 P-Crest
Versatility and sensitivity of style mark these short stories.
Some are adult recollections of earlier time; some are
adults in present-day relationships.
tDay, A. Grove, editor
The Greatest American Short Stories: Twenty Classics of
Our Heritage McGraw, 1953
Day has selected the twenty short stories most often
reprinted in collections and includes Blame, Sherwood
Anderson, Bengt, Thurber, Irving, end ,Poe.
154 SHORT STORIES
*Dinesen, isak, pseudonym (Baronesse Karen Blixen-Finecke)
Winter's Tales (Random, 1942) P-Vintage, 1961
The eleven stories in this collection encompass the
natural and the supernatural. They are mystical and
aglow with life, fantastic and real.
Djilas, Milovan
The Leper and Other Stories Translated by Lovett F. Edwards
Harcourt, 1964
Dji las presents a dramatic yet simple lyric exposition
of human beings in life, death, joy, suffering. His deep
insight reveals the inner conflict of the inner man.
Dorson, Richard M., editor
American Negro Folktales P-Fawcett
This is a useful collection of unusual, hard - to-find stories.
Feldmann, Susan, editor
African Myths and Tales P-Dell, 1963
From various African tribes, these stories of men,
animals, and gods attempt to explain our baffling uni-
verse.
Foley, Martha, and David Burnett, editors
The Best of the Best American Short Stories, 1915-1950
Houghton, 1952
Thesestories, taken from the periodic selections of Best
Stories, include Faulkner, Hemingway, Welty, Lardner,
Shaw, Saroyan, and Stegner.
Friedberg, Maurice, editor
A Bilingual Collection of Russian Short Stories, Vol. 1
Random, 1964 P-Random
Featuring parallel texts in Russian and English, this
anthology presents five nineteenth century Russian novel-
las and short stories still popular.
t*Garrity, Devin A., talor
44 Irish Short Stories Devin, 1960
Representative of the best efforts of thirty-three authors,
these stories are humorous and lively. Included are Car-
roll, Dunsany, Joyce, Shaw, Wilde, and Yeats. See also
Irish Stories and Tales P-Washington, 1961.
Gogol, Nikolai
The Collected Tales and Plays Edited by Leonard Kent
Pantheon, 1964
Distinctive kaleidoscope of eighteenth century Russia.
Gogol embodies humorous, grotesque, epic, and magical
elements. Precursor of the great somber Russian masters.
155 DINESENHEMINGWAY
See also The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Translated by A. Mac Andrew P-Signet.
Greene, Graham
Twenty-One Stories Viking, 1962 P-Compass
These twenty-one stories, eighteen of which were pub-
lished in 1949 in Nineteen Stories, are short, vivid, and
laceratingly real.
toHall, Robert A., Jr., editor
Italian Stories P-Bantam, 1961
This dud-language book contains eleven representative
stories in Italian and English from Boccaccio, Machia-
velli, Pirandello, and D'Annunzio.
Hallmundsson, Hallberg, editor
An Anthology of Scandinavian Literature P-Collier, 1966
Miscellany
Stories, poems, and plays from the Viking period to
the twentieth century are included here.
tHamalian, Leo, and Edmond L Volpe, editors
Nobel Prize Reader P-Popular, 1965
From Kipling to Pasternak, these twenty-six selections
guarantee superlative reading.
Hamalian, Leo, and Edmond L. Volpe, editors
Seven Short Novel Masterpieces P-Popular, 1961
These works by Voltaire, Turgenev, Melville, Tolstoy,
James, Kafka, and Lawrence can each be read at one
sitting. Mark Schorer provides a helpful introduction.
Harte, Bret
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Stories Houghton,
1965 P-Dolphin 1
Bosworth, Allan R.
The Lovely World of Richi-San Harper, 1960 P-Harper Mis-
cellany
Through the eyes of Richi-San, his guide and interpreter,
and her family, a Naval public relations officer stationed
in Tokyo just after World War II saw much of the
beauty and sensitivity of Japan and her people.
t*Buck, Pearl S.
The Good Earth Day, 1949 P-Pocket; Washington Novel
A Chinese peasant family worked the land they loved in
this beautifully told cycle of birth, marriage, and death.
See also Imperial Woman Day, 1956 Novel; Letter from
Peking Day, 1957 Novel.
Buck, Pearl S.
My Several Worlds Day, 1954 P-Pocket Biography
A world-famous author reveals how she absorbed both
the Chinese and American cultures in her formative
years.
Caulfield, Genevieve
The Kingdom Within Edited Pry Ed Fitzgerald Harper, 1960
Biography
This remarkable blind woman founded schools for the
blind in Japan and Tha.iand. This amazing and dra-
matic story of her experiences is presented in a straight-
forward, unassuming manner.
Chennault, Anna C.
A Thousand Springs Eriksson, 1962 Biography
Anna Chan writes of her happy married life with the
late General Claire Chennault, the famous commander
of the "Flying Tigers" in World War IL
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Clifford, William, and Daniel L. Milton, editors
A Treasury of Modern Asian Stories P-Mentor, 1961 Short
Stories
These stories, written principally during the last fifty
years, deal with subjects and cultures of sixteen coun-
tries.
Earl, Lawrence
She Loved a Wicked City Dutton, 1962 Biography
Mary Ball spent most of her life as a missionary and
nurse in the city of Tatung on the Mongolian border
of China, never ceasing to love the people she worked
with.
Goldston, Robert
The Rise of Red China Bobbs, 1967 Nonfiction
The evolution of communist China is thoroughly and
carefully described. Ample information about China's
long history is presented.
Greene, Felix
Awakened China Doubleday, 1962 Nonfiction
Written by a n...vvspaperman who visited China in 1957
and 1960, this is a picture of China todayher factories,
schools, communes, people. See also Curtain of Igno-
rance Doubleday, 1964 Nonfiction.
tHersey, John
A Single Pebble Knopf, 1956 P-Bantam Novel
A young American engineer journeyed up the Yangtze
on a junk. He gradually gave himself to the changeless
drama of China as he watched the head "tracker," Old
Pebble, a vigorous man with a magnificent voice and
pride in his age-old job.
Hobbs, Lisa
I Saw Red China McGraw, 1966 Nonfiction
One of the few reporters to journey in Red China presents
an interesting account of the triumphs and the failures
of the present regime.
Keene, Donald
Living Japan Doubleday, 1959 Nonfiction
In this attractive book the author, a professor of Jap-
anese art at Columbia University, writes of the life,
religion, art of Japan, err.yhasizing what is traditional
and uniquely. Japanese and what is new. See also Jap-
anese Literature: An Introduction for Western Readers
P-Evergreen, 1955.
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Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman
To Beat a Tiger Holt, 1956 Novel
Yen, the son of a Chinese scholar, became the leader
of a gang of boys who stole food and lived by their
wits to survive in war-torn Shanghai.
Michener, James
Sayonara Random, 1954 P-Bantam Novel
This is the love story of an American Air Corps major
and a Japanese girl.
Mishima, Yukio
The Sound of Waves Translated by Meredith Weatherby
Knopf, 1956 P-Berkley Novel
Shinji, the young fisherman, had many handicaps to
overcome before he could marry the daughter of the
wealthiest man in the village.
Morris, Edita
The Flowers of Hiroshima Viking, 1959 P-Pocket; Marzani
Novel
An American in Hiroshima learned of the "thirteen-year
dying" of some of the blast victims and the radiation
bums of others that may affect many generations to
come. See also The Seeds of Hiroshima B raziller, 1965
Nonfiction.
tMorris, Ivan
The World of the Shining Prince Knopf, 1964 Nonfiction
Old Japanese politics, society, and culture are meticu-
lously analyzed for the serious student.
Pelissier, Roger
The Awakening of China Translated and edited by Martin
Kieffer Putnam, 1967 Nonfiction
This turbulent history brings to life the tormented people
and their unrelenting rulers as they try to reconcile
national tradition with the slow pervasion of Western
ideas.
Polland, Madeleine
Mission to Cathay Doubleday, 1965 Novel
In the late sixteenth century, Father Matteo Ricci estab-
lished respect for Christianity in China and helped a
young Chinese beggar boy achieve his true birthright.
Pu Yi, Henry
The Last Manchu: The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi
Edited by Paul Kramer and translated by Kuo Ying Paul
Tsai Putnam, 1967 Biography
The spellbinding portrait of the last Dragon Throne
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Emperor, who later became a Red Chinese legislator, is
filled with despair, drama, pomp, intrigue, and violence.
Reischauer, E. 0.
Japan: Past and Present, rev. ed. Knopf, 1964 Nonfiction
This short, authoritative history of Japan was written by
a Far Eastern languages professor of Harvard who, in
recent years, served as ambassador to Japan.
Sanford, Agnes
The Second Mrs. Wu Lippincott, 1965 Novel
The two Mrs. Wus became met_lbers of the church, and
the eager young missionary who headed this flock
discovered that Chinese and Christian customs don't
always coincide.
Sansan, as told to Bette Lord
Eighth Moon: The True Story of a Young Girl's Life in Com-
munist China Harper, 1964 P-Harper Biography
Hardships and conflicts of everyday life in Tientsin
under the communist regime are recounted by the author
after her arrival in the United States.
Spencer, Cornelia
Sun Yat Sen, Founder of the Chinese Republic Day, 1967
Nonfiction
The man who dreamed of freeing China from the
Manchus led the revolt that succeeded briefly, but bitter
circumstances turned China to Russia instead of the
West and opened the door to communism.
Stetter, Oliver
Japanese Inn Random, 1961 P-Pyramid Nonfiction
In telling the fascinating story of a Japanese inn main-
tained by the same family for eighteen generations,
Statler, in this beautifully illustrated book, recreates the
social history of the country.
Vining. Elizabeth Gray
Windows for the Crown Prince Lippincott, 1952 Biography
Mrs. Vining tells of her unusual experiences in tutoring
the Crown Prince of Japan at the end of World War II.
See also Return to Japan Lippincott, ',:d60 Nonfiction.
*White, Theodore H.
The Mountain Road, Sloane, 1958 P-Signet Novel
Major Baldwin, leading a small demolition team through
the back country of China, was faced with many
decisions and learned a great deal about China, war.
his men, and himself.
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Boulle, Pierre
The Other Side of the Coin Translated by Richard Howard
Vanguard, 1958 Novel
A girl who was a dedicated communist was wounded in
a raid on a rubber plantation outside Singapore. Through
care and devotion, the American wife of the plantation
manager changed some of the girl's basic attitudes, but
the girl also made significant changes on the plantation.
Hie flinger, Caro!
Mai Pen Rai Means Never Mind Houghton, 1966 Nonfiction
Personal experiences of a foreign service wife in Thai-
land reveal the charm of the people of this exotic
country.
Johnson, Osa
Last Adventure Edited by P. J. Imperato Morrow, 1965 Bi-
ography
The adventures of the Johnsons in photographing wild-
life in the unexplored jungles of Borneo and the study
of the life and customs of several primitive tribes. See
also I Married Adventure Lippincott, 1940 Biography.
Keith, Agnes Newton
Bare Feet in the Palace Little, 1955 Nonfiction
Agnes Keith again shares her family and her friendly
observations of the local people, this time in the Philip-
pines. Of considerable interest is the description of the
government under Magsaysuy. See also Land Below
the Wind Little, 1939 Nonfiction. Borneo is the setting
for this picture of life before World War II.
Khaing, Mi MI
Burmese Family Indiana, 1962 Nonfiction
Educated in her own country and in England, the author,
now principal of Kamilawsa College, describes her
family and their everyday lives in Burma.
Landon, Margaret
Anna and the King of Siam Day, 1947 P-Pocket; Washington
Nonfiction
An English governess writes of her experiences in the
royal court of Siam in the late 1880's. The mrsical
comedy and motion picture, both called The King and I,
were based on this book.
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Lightwood, Teresa
My Three Lives Dutton, 1960 Biography
Fourteen years a missionary nun in Siam, trained secular
nurse, and later wife to an Australianthese are the
three lives told in this witty, unusual book.
Meeker, Oden
The Little World of Laos Scribner, 1959 Nonfiction
The first CARE representative to Laos writes, with af-
fection and humor, of what be calls "one of the most
appealing nations ins the world."
Read, Katherine L., and Robert O. Ballou
Bamboo Hospital Lippincott, 1961 Nonfiction
In a remote area, almost a month's journey then from
Rangoon, the author's medical missionary parents set
up a hospital' and clinics. Also described are the customs
and people of: 'Burma.
Ron,u1o, Carlos P...
I Walked with Heroes Holt, 1961 Biography
One of the heroes of the Philippines tells his life story
and describes the many and varied roles he has played
on the world scene.
Sheehan, Susan
Ten Vietnamese Knopf, 1967 Nonfiction
Revealing interviews with men and women present a
cross section of the Vietnamese people, including the
Viet Cong.
Smith, Datus C.
The Land and People of Indonesia, rev. ed. Lippincott, 1963
Nonfiction
Emphasizing the country's recent history and prospects,
this book deals with many aspects of the people and
their way of life today.
Vaughan, Josephine B.
The Land and People of the Philippines, rev. ed. Lippincott,
1960 Nonfiction
The author, in addition to discussing the people and
resources of the. Philippines, includes several chapters on
Magsaysay and his leadership.
Walsh, William B.
A Ship Called HOPE Edited by Suzanne Gleaves and Lael
Wertenbaker Dutton, 1964 P- Scholastic Nonfiction
Heartwarming story of the first trip of the famous
American hospital ship tells how it brought help and
hope to millions in Indonesia and South Vietnam.
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Baker, Rachel
Chaim Weizmann: Builder of a Nation Messner, 1950 Bi-
ography
Fiercely proud of his Jewish heritage, Chaim Weizmann,
who devoted his life to his people, was elected the first
president of Israel.
Berkman, Ted
Cast a Giant Shadow (1962, Doubleday) P-Pocket Biogra-
phy
Subtitled The Story of Mickey Marcus Who Died to Save
Jerusalem, this book is a tribute to a remarkable man
who helped to make recent history.
Edelman, Maurice
David: The Story of Ben-Gurion Putuam, 1965 Biography
A. penetrating Vngraphy of a man who achieved great-
ness as Israel's first Prime Minister and leading states-
man. See also Gertrude Samuels B-G, Fighter of Goliaths
Crowell, 1961 Biography.
Forman, James
My Enemy, My Brother Meredith, 1969 Novel
Both sides of the troubled Israeli Arab conflict are em-
bodied in two friends who cannot a' 3id being drawn into
opposite sides in spite of their commitment to peace.
Hoffman, Gail
The Land and People of Israel, rev. ed. Lippincott, 1963
Nonfiction
This book presents vital information on the history,
geography, and people of a country in the spotlight of
world affairs.
Kahn, Sholom J., editor
Whole Loaf: Stories from Israel Vanguard, 1962 P-Universal
Short Stories
This collection o2 stories from modem Israel is one of
the first and includes comedy, tragedy, re:Aisam, tend
symbolism. These stories were selected bet ,),ise of ti..eir
universal interest.
Keith, Agnes N.
Children of Allah Little, 1966 Nonfiction
Perceptive personal observations on pref.:: ; "ife 1.n
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the Moslem Arab state of Libya, where the author spent
nine years as the wife of a U.N. advisor.
fKemai, Yashar
Merced, My Hawk Translated by Edouard Roditi Pantheon,
1961 Novel
Revolting against the cruel Agha, the boy Memed became
a bandit. This starkly told novel is set in a feudalistic
part of modern Turkey.
Hie Ion, Ephraim
Look Back, Mrs. Lott Translated by Yohanan Goldman
Atheneum, 1960 Miscellany
This delightful collection of humorous, often satiric,
episodes is by an Israeli humorist, commenting on the
life and people of his country.
Lengyel, Emil
They Called Him Ataturk Day, 1962 Biography
Ataturk was the man most responsible for the Turkey
of today. This fascinating biography shows both man
and country.
Mehdevi, Anne Sinclair
Persia Revisited Knopf, 1964 Nonfiction
Intimate impressions of modern Iran as experienced by
an American woman wh" returned with her Persian
husband to Teheran. See also Persian Folk and Fairy
Tales Knopf, 1965.
Michener, James
Caravans Random, 1963 P-Bantam Novel
A foreign service officer searched for an American girl
who had vanished in Afghanistan, her husband's native
land.
Mitchell, Rosamund J.
The Spring Voyage: The Jerusalem Pilgrimage in 1458 Pot-
ter, 1965 Nonfiction
The author writeL fluently about what it was like to be a
pilgrim 500 years ago.
Najafi, Najmeh, and Helen Hinckley
A Wall and Three Willows Harper, 1967 Biography
Story of the author's struggle against poverty, ignorance,
and dirt which provides the kind of informative glimpse
of life in Iran that Santha Rama Rau presented of con-
ditions in India. See Najmeh Najafi Reveille for a Per-
sian Village Edited by Helen Hinckley Harper, 1958
Nonfiction.
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St. John, Robert
Ben-Gurion Doubleday, 1959 Biography
This story of Ben-Gurion, Israel's prime minister and an
outstanding figure of the twentieth century, is the his-
tory, as well, of Zionism.
*Uris, Leon
Exodus Doubleday, 1958 P-Bantam Novel
A handsome young freedom fighter and a nurse who
helped concentration camp children out of Europe are
central figures in this story of the founding of Israel.
Weston, Christine
Afghanistan Scribner, 1962 Nonfiction
This skilled observer describes Afghanistan, the life and
customs, education, religion, and the country's place in
today's political world.
Wiesel, Elie
Dawn Hill, 1961 Novel
When an Israeli fell into British hands and was con-
demned to be executed at dawn, the underground in
Palestine assigned to Elisha, a youth, the horrible task
of executing a British hostage at the same hour.
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Trevino, Elizabeth B. de
My Heart Lies South Crowell, 1953 Biography
A young newspaperwoman, sent on an assignment to
Mexico, met and soon married a dashing, romantic
Mexican and learned to love his people and his country.
See also Where the Heart Is Doubleday, 1962 Nonfic-
tion; I, Juan de Pareja Farrar, 1965 Novel.
Walsh, John, with Robert Gannon
Time Is Short and the Water Rises Dutton, 1967 Nonfiction
This book reports on 'Operation Gwamba," the story of
the rescue of 10,000 animals from certain death in a
South American rain forest.
Wibberley, Leonard
The Island of the Angels Morrow, 1965 Novel
In trying, to save a dying boy, a recluse fisherman named
Francisco found his life completely changed.
Williams, J. R.
Mission in Mexico Prentice, 1959 Novel
This novel concerns an American boy's efforts to find
his father who, after the fall of the Confederacy, had
joined Maximilian's forces.
Wohlrabe, Raymond A., and W. Krusch
The Land and People of Venezuela Lippincott, 1959 Nonfic-
tion
The great contrasts in Venezuelain geography, ex-
tremes of poverty and wealth, primitive methods and
modern techniquesare well described in this introduc-
tion to the country.
EUROPE
1. WESTERN EUROPE
Amerman, Lockhart
Guns in the Heather Harcourt, 1963 Novel
An American boy in school in. Scotland helped his dash-
ing father, a secret agent, corner and destroy some inter-
national desperados in the Scottish highlands.
Arke I I, Reginald
The Miracle of Merrlford Reyna', 1956 Novel
An American jet air base shattered the quiet of an
English village but brought the miracle of generosity
and love.
Baudony, Michel-Alme
More than Courage Translated by Marie Ponsot Harcourt,
1961 Novel
Mick and his friends patiently reconditioned an old
motorcycle and entered it in a cross-country race. The
ingenuity of these French boys, the tenseness of the
race, and blink's eventual return to the good graces of
his family make a fine story.
Benary- Isbert, Margot
Under a Changing Moon Translated by Rosaleen Ockenden
and the author Harcourt, 1964 Novel
Through the four seasons of 1866 in Germany, Paula
gradually rejected her resolve to be a nun. Five lively
brothers and a romance changed her.
Bentley, Phyllis
Oath of Silence Doubleday, 1967 Navel
The Yorkshire moors during the early nineteenth century
are the setting for the story of textile workers losing
their jobs when new, fast-warking machines are installed
by the manufacturers. See also The Adventures of Tom
"gh Doubleday, 1964 Novel.
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Bishop, Claire
Big Loop Viking, 1955 Novel
In this absorbing story of an exciting sport, a French
school, and family life, Andre Girard became a profes-
sional bicycle racer and won the Big Loop. See also
French Roundabout, rev. ed. Dodd, 1966 Novel.
Brete, Jean de la, editor
My Uncle and the Cure Vanguard, 1958 Novel
A young orphaned girl tells of her life with an aunt she
despised, her friendship with the town cure, and her
later happy year with an uncle. This charming novel,
written by a French girl in the 1880's, is now in its
167th printing.
*Bret-Smith, Richard
Berlin '45, the Grey City St. Martin, 1967 Nonfiction
A British soldier tells of the bomb-wrecked and divided
city, and describes the peopleRussians, refugees, Ber-
linerswho lived in the rubble.
tChapman, Hester W.
The Tragedy of Charles 11 in the Years 1630-1660 Little,
1964 Biography
The author felicitously concentrates on Charles' remark-
able personality during and after his fourteen years of
exile and lifelong intrigues.
(Churchill, Winston
The Gathering Storm Houghton, 1948 P-Bantam; Their Finest
Hour Houghton, 1949 P-Bantam; The Grand Alliance Hough-
ton, 1950 P-Bantam; Hinge of Fate Houghton, 1950 P-
Bantam; Closing the Ring Houghton, 1951 P-Bantam;
Triumph and Tragedy Houghton, 1953 P-Bantam Nonfiction
In these six significant volumes, Winston Churchill has
presented recent history: Hitler's rise to power, the
military conquests made by Germany, World War II,
triumphs for the Allies. England is his focal point
throughout.
Collier, Richard
A House Called Memory Dutton, 1961 Biography
The author describes his boyhood in Englandbetween
the two world warsin a highly interesting autobiog-
raphy.
Co lum, Padraic, editor
A Treasury of Irish Folklore Crown, 1954 Miscellany
, The 'Irish poet, and storyteller has collected the stories,
legends, ballads, and songs of his people.
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Desmond, Alice Curtis
Marie Antoinette's Daughter Dodd, 1967 Biography
Though Marie Antoinette's daughter is little known, she
alone of the family survived the bloody French Revolu-
tion and, after years of exile, presided over France
during the reigns of Charles X and Louis XVIII.
Dillon, Eilis
The Singing Cave Funk, 1960 P-Dell Novel
This exciting mystery story, set on an island off the
Irish coast, opens with the discovery, during a storm, of
an ancient boat hull and a skeleton wearing a homed
helmet. See also Family of Foxes Funk, 1965 P-Grosset
Novel.
*Frame, Donald M.
Montaigne: A Biography Harcourt, 1965 Biography
The urbane life, works, and influence of the independent
Renaissance essayist-Philosopherhumanist are lucidly re-
lated to modem civilization.
Gainham, Sarah
Night Falls on the City Holt, 1967 Novel
Vienna during the war provides the setting for this
story of a liberal Jewish politician kept in hiding by his
actress wife for seven years.
fGodden, Rumer
An Episode of Sparrows Viking, 1955 P-Compass Novel
A London waif who stole from the poor to buy seeds for
a garden in the rubble, a young tough who was her
slave, and a chef who went broke without customers
the three are brought together by a spinster in a moving
story of postwar England.
Gunther, John
Inside Europe Today, rev. ed. Harper, 1S62 P-Pocket Non-
fiction
Gunther presents concise statements about the countries
of Europeleaders, forces, and issuesduring the criti-
cal years following the greatest war in history.
Heyer, Georgette
Devil's Cub Dutton, 1966 P-Bantam Novel
The elegance of Londcin and Paris of the eighteenth
century forms the backdrop for daring adventure,
thwarted plans, and surprising consequences all enacted
by the nobility and high-spirited commoners.
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Lauritzen, Jonreed
Blood, Banners and Wild Boars Little, 1967 Short Stories
These tales of early Spain, long before Columbus' first
voyage, demonstrate the fierce pride and courage of
Spaniard against foe, such as Roman and Moor. See also
The Cross and the Sword Doubleday, 1965 Novel.
Longford, Elizabeth
Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed Harper, 1965 Biography
Here is a lively, scholarly portrait of a fascinating and
complicated woman who personified an engrossing age.
McKown, Robin
Janine Messner, 1960 P-Tempo Novel
Janine fell in love with the son of the man who had
betrayed her father during the Occupation. The setting
of this story is northeastern France during the after-
math of World War II.
McLean, Allan Campbell
A Sound of Trumpets Harcourt, 1966 Novel
A boy's dangerous involvement in the rebellion of 1885
on the Isle of Skye leads him to outlawry and emigra-
tion.
O'Connor, Frank
An Only Child Knopf, 1961 Biography
With humanity and insight, Frank O'Connor writes
movingly of his lifefrom his birth in the slums of
Cork to his release in 1923 from imprisonment as a
revolutionary.
Oliver, Jane
Alexander the Glorious Putnam, 1965 Novel
A boy king who grew to manhood in feudal Scotland
learned that the ironies of life are increased, not dimin-
ished, by kingship.
t Richter, Werner
Bismarck Translated from German by Brian Battershaw
Putnam, 1964 Biography
In this absorbing biography the greatest German of the
nineteenth century is shown to be high-strung, intuitive,
shrewd, and indeed complex.
*Saunders, Edith
The Hundred Days: Napoleon's Final Wager for Victory
Norton, 1964 Nonfiction
The days preceding Waterloo are traced with full detail,
emotion, and movement to comprise a splendid piece of
historical reconstruction.
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t*Strachey, Lytton
Eminent Victorians (1918) Putnam, 1963 P-Capricorn Biog-
raphy
Strachey selects four prominent people in Victorian
England as subjects for his brilliant, controversial, high-
ly readable biography: General Charles Gordon, Dr.
Thomas Arnold, Cardinal Manning, and Florence Night-
ingale.
Sydenham, M. J.
The French Revolution Putnam, 1965 P-Capricorn Nonfic-
tion
Leading figures, incidents, and political movements of
the turbulent era are coherently analyzed in light of
modern research.
Teissier du Cros, Janet
Divided Loyalties Knopf, 1964 Biography
A Scotswoman married to a Frenchman was determined
to survive the German occupation of Paris.
Varney, Joyce James
A Welsh Story Bobbs, 1964 Novel
Reminiscences of a young girl growing up to woman-
hood in a Welsh mining town, ending with her mar-
riage to a boy from New England.
Wilson, Barbara K.
In Love and War World, 1963 Novel
What it was like to live in England during the Second
World War is dispassionately recorded in this story of
People in a small English town.
Ashby, G. M.
Sweden Mama lan, 1951 Nonfiction
The hi..cory, people, and customs of Sweden are described
in this readable book.
Bjarnhof, Karl
The Stars Grow Pale Knopf, 1958 Novel
This autobiographical novel tells the sensitive and haunt-
ing story of a journey into darkness by a poor Danish
boy who created his own world of beauty.
Dahl, likAghild
The Daughter Dutton, 1956 Novel
Set in Norway in the mid-nineteenth century, this novel
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tells of one year in rebellious Elise Haaland's life, during
which she had to learn the responsibilities of a daughter
of the manor.
Eckert, Allan W.
The Great Auk Little, 1963 Nonfiction
Strangely moving and completely absorbing is this fic-
tionalized account of the life cycle of the last Great
Auk, which depicts the extinction of this species because
of the overwhelming conspiracy of man and nature.
Frison-Roche, Roger
The Raid Harper, 1965 Novel
Story of romance and adventure set in the Scandinavian
Lapland region. For continuation of this story see The
Last Migration Harper, 1967 Novel.
Godden, Rumer
Hans Christian Andersen Knopf, 1955 Biography
This biography by a gifted writer is an exceptionally
perceptive picture of the great Danish storyteller.
Golden, Grace B.
Made in Iceland Knopf, 1958 Nonfiction
Along with much interesting material -on Icelandic folk
arts, the author has included many details of daily life.
Guthranssen, Trygve
Beyond Sing the Woods Translated by Naomi Walford Put-
nam, 1954 Novel
The story of the Bjorndals, a Norwegian family living
on their huge estate in the.hills, chronicles the lives of
its members over a period of fifty years.
Ha mre, Leif
Perilous Wings Translated by Evelyn Ramsden Harcourt,
1961 Novel
When three mysterious fires threatened the morale of
Norway's Squadron 317, two men in the group decided
on a test flight that would solve the problem or kill them
both. See also Edge of Disaster Harcourt, 1960 Novel;
Leap into Danger Harcourt, 1959 P-Harcourt Novel.
Karisen, Arne, and Anker Tiedemann
Made in Denmark Reinhold, 1961 Nonfiction
The authors take the reader into the workshops and
factories of Denmark to see the beautiful crafts for
which the country is noted.
Ruthin, Margaret.
Katrina of the Lonely Isles Farrar, 1965 Novel
Essential to the suspense of this story are the rough ter-
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rain, the isolation, the fog, and the shattering seas ,of
the Faeroe Islands near Iceland where a young Russian
doctor sought refuge.
Sommerfelt, Aimee
Miriam Translated by Pat S. Iversen Criterion, 1963 P-
Scholas tic Novel
In this tense, moving story, Miriam, a Norwegian Jew,
and her family, persecuted by the Germans during the
occupation of Norway, tried to escape to Sweden.
Thorne-Thompson, Gudrun
In Norway Viking, 1948 Nonfiction
One of the great storytellers of the world returns to the
scenes of her childhood and describes the traditions of
Norway.
Sarton,'May
Joanna and Ulysses Norton, 1963 P-Ballantine Novel
Vacationing on a rocky island in Greece, Joanna found
herself as a person and as an artist while she restored
to health a poor, sick donkey.
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Sharp, Margery
The Sun in Scorpio Little, 1965 Novel
An ironic story of an unfulfilled life: an English govern-
ess clung to her dream of returning to Next-Door Island
and happiness in the sun.
t*Silone, Ignazio
Bread and Wine Atheneum, 1962 P-Signet Novel
An exiled patriot returned to his native Italy, where,
disguised as a priest, he worked to free the peasants
from their Fascist yoke.
Stewart, Mary
My Brother Michael Morrow, 1960 P-Crest Novel
On a vacation in Greece, Camilla Haven found herself
by mistake on a manhunt, which led to an exquisite
statue and violence on Parnassus.
*Stone, Irving
The Agony and the Ecstasy Doubleday, 1961 P-Signet Novel
The glories of Florence and Rome were enhanced by the
genius of Michelangelo. Stone writes here a novel based
on the great artist's life.
Toor, Frances
Made in Italy Knopf, 1957 Nonfiction
The folk arts of Italy, the regional costumes, the songs,
and the dances of the people are here vividly described.
V. EASTERN EUROPE
Afilluyeva, Svetlana
Twenty Letters to a Friend Harper, 1967 P-Harper Nonfic-
tion
Stalin's daughter offers the reader rare insight into her
life in Russia prior to the death of her father.
Conquest, Robert
Common Sense about Russia Macmillan, 1960 Nonfiction
With some historical background, the author, au expert
on the SoViet Union attire London School of Economics,
gives a factual, objective picture of Russia today.
Dekierfield, R. F.
The Retreat from Moscow Atheneum, 1967 Nonfiction
The armies of Napoleon marched into a silent, deserted
Moscow and then had to face the murderous winter be-
201 SHARPMASSIE
fore the tragic, bitter retreat to Paris, every mile filled
with pain and horror.
Dji las, Milovan
Conversations with Stalin Translated by Michael Petrovich
Harcourt, 1962 P-Harcourt Nonfiction
In this part of his unfinished autobiography, Dji las tells
of three periods during which he visited Russia and of
what happened during those visits. See also Land With-
out Justice Harcourt, 1958 Nonfiction.
f *Dostoevsky, Fyodor
The Brothers Karamazov (1880) Modern; Macmillan P-5
editions available Novel
A great writer tells the stories of three brothers. The
murder trial of one reveals the Russia of old.
Durrell, Lawrence
White Eagles over Serbia. Phillips, 1958 P-Avon Novel
In this story of espionage during an unsuccessful rising
against the dictatorship in Yugoslavia, a British agent
learned the secret of an outlaw band, the White Eagles,
and was trapped with them in the mountains.
Freethy, Vernon F.
Dangerous Homecoming McKay, 1962 Novel
Was the man who claimed to be his father, the great
Czech patriot, really an imposter? To decide this, Franz
made a dangerous homecoming.
Gunther, John
Meet Soviet Russia, 2 vols. Harper, 1962 Nonfiction
John Gunther describes Russia's history, its traditions,
the land itself, and the leaders and the people who
make up the fifteen republics of the U.S.S.R. See also
Inside Russia Today, rev. ed. Harper, 1962 P-Pyramid
Nonfiction.
Hautzig, Esther
The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia Crowell, 1968
Nonfiction
The moving narrative of five terrible years in Siberia is
a tribute to the strength of the human spirit.
*Koestler, Arthur
Darkness at Noon Macmillan, 1941 P-American Novel
This novel explains the psychological processes behind
the whclesale confessions at the Moscow trials.
Massie, Robert K.
Nicholas and Alexandra Atheneum, 1967 P-Dell Nonfiction
This detailed account of the fall of the Romanovs
202 EUROPE
speculates that history might have been greatly different
if Tsar Nicholas' only son had not been born a hemo-
philiac.
Michener, James A.
The Bridge at Andan Random, 1957 P-Bantam Nonfiction
When lovers of freedom failed in their revolt against
communism in Hungary, they fled over the bridge at
Andau, where an American, reporter helped some to
safety as Iv:- beard their stories.
Miller, Wright W.
The Russians as People Dutton, 1961 P-Everyman Nonfio-
lion
A long-time observer of the Russian scene writes with
insight of the Russians as individuals and as members
of their society.
Mirvish, Robert F.
The Last Capitalist Sloane, 1983 Novel
Dimitri learned to live by his wits after his parents were
killed in Russia. How he managed to survive, to lead
others, and to escape the Russian authorities who did
not like his capitalist activities in a communist country
makes an absorbing story.
Moscow, Henry, and Cyril E. Black
Russia under the Czars Harper, 1962 Nonfiction
Paintings, photographs, and illuminated manuscripts
add to the impressiveness of this book about Russia
under the Czars end other rulers.
Hazaroff, Alexander
The Land of t.1:e Russian People, rev. ed. Lippincott, 1966
Nonfiction
Present-day Russia, with some historical information as
background, is pictured here.
tOldenbourg, Zoe
Catherine the Great Translated by Anne Carter Pantheon,
1965 Biography
This sympathetic yet rounded portrait of the brutal, in-
telligent Russian empress concentrates on the early
years when her complex character was being shaped.
Paustovsky, Konstantin
The Story of a Life Translated by Joseph Barnes Pantheon,
1964 Biography
One of Russia's most respected intellectuals recalls his
life in fascinating detail.
203 MICHENERURIS
Salisbury, Harrison E.
A New Russia? Harper, 1962 Nonfiction
This report on significant trends and developnients in
Russiawith a special look at Mongoliais written by
a New York Times correspondent who has spent several
years there. See also To Moscowand Beyond Harper,
1960 Nonfiction.
Seuberlich, Hertha
Annuza, a Girl of Romania Translated by Stella Humphries
Rand, 1962 Novel
Annuza, a Romanian peasant girl, tells of her life on
the 2arm, her troubled relationships with her family, her
high school days in a distant city, and her eventual
return to her native village.
*Solzhen itsyn, Alexander
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Translated by Max
Hayward and Ronald Hingley Dutton, 1962 P-3 editions
available Novel
Life in one of Stalin's forced labor camps meant cruelty,
hunger, cold, suffering, and an animal-like fight for
survival.
t*Tolstoy, Leo
War and Peace (1865-72) Modern; Oxford P-7 editions
available Novel
Set in the Napoleonic era, this complex Russian novel
deals with the problems of war and peace, love and mar-
riage, other complicated human relationships, and the
Russian society and culture of the time
t*Turgenev, Ivan
Fathers and Sons (1862) Modern; Heritage P-8 editions
available Novel
In this complex story of family and social relationships,
Turgenev reveals the clash between generations, the
developing philosophy of nihilism, the social structure
of Russian life in the mid-1800's.
*Urls, Leon
Mila 18 Doubleday, 1961 P-Bantam Novel
The moving account of the systematic destruction by
the Nails of the Polish Jews from 1939 to 1943 cul-
minates in the incredible revolt in the Warsaw ghetto.
AUSTRALIA AND THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC
I. AUSTRALIA
Aldridge, James
My Brother Tom Little, 1967 Novel
Romeo and Juliet was repeated in Australia of the
thirties when a 17 -year -old boy fell in love with the
daughter of his father's enemy.
Clarke, Arthur C.
The Coast of Coral Harper, 1956 P-Harper Nonfiction
The adventures described here happened both above and
below the water on the Great Barrier Reef, a stretch of
coral 1,200 miles along the tropical coast of Australia.
Ts Cleary, Jon
The Sundowners (1952) Scribner, 1965 Novel
Set in the Australian back country, this is the story of
a nomadic family and a boy's first step into manhood.
Dawson, Alec John
Finn the Wolfhound Harcourt, 1962 P-Harcourt Novel
An Irish wolfhound, losing his master, became the leader
of a pack of dingoes. This story, which begins in England
and ends in Australia, is also a fascinating picture of
the Australian bush.
Day, A. Grove
The Story of Australia Random, 1960 Nonfiction
Colorful and well written, this account of the Island
Continent emphasizes the varied peoplethe aborigines,
Dutch, and English explorers, settlers, and adventure
seekerswho helped to shape the character of the na-
tion.
Durrell, Gerald
Two in the Bush Viking, 1966 Nonfiction
The author traveled through New Zealand, Australia, and
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205 ALDRIDGEASHTON-WARNER
Malaya to observe and photograph species that were close
to extinction.
Huxley, Elspeth
Their Shining Eldorado: A Journey Through Australia Mor-
row, 1967 Nonfiction
This is the author's view of the ''land down under"
based upon her personal experiences.
Kjelgaard, Jim
Boomerang Hunter Holiday, 1960 Novel
In a strange and primitive world, Ba lulu, a young
Australian aborigine, and his doglike animal companion
sought water and food for the Desert People.
Lindell, Edward
Northward the Coast Morrow, 19Cf. Novel
Four people began a journey across the barren and
brutal back country of Austral, i two political refugees,
a nurse, and the leader.
Ottley, Reginald
Brurnbie Dust: A Selection of Stnrkis Harcourt, 1969 Short
Stories
The outback of Australia provides the setting for this
interesting collection of fast-moving stories
Patchett, Mary
The Last Warrior Doubleday, 1966 Novel
Pulled by the traditions of the white family that raised
him as well as by his tribal heritage, an Australian
aboriginal boy sought a way of life in an uncertain
world. See also Tiger in the Dark Meredith, 1966 Novel;
Stranger in the Herd Meredith, 1966 Novel.
Polishuk, Nancy, and Douglas Lockwood
Four Against the River Dutton, 1961 Nonfiction
Crocodiles, poisonous snakes, the river itself were all
enemies which had to be taken into account by Nancy
and her family, who left the cities of Australia to live
in the primitive and wild outback land.
Ashton-Wamer, Sylvia
Greenstone Simon, 1966 P-Bantam Novel
Maori lore is interwoven in the poetically written story
206 AUSTRALIA AND THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC
of a family in a New Zealand English community. See
alsb Bell Call Simon, 1965 P-Bantam Novel
Breck, Vivian
Kona Summer Doubleday, 1961 Novel
Set on the beautiful Kona Coast of Hawaii, this story
centers in Lath, home for summer vacation, and in her
cousin Prill from Connecticut, who learned much about
herself and about people from other cultures.
Burdick, Eugene
The Blue of Capricorn Houghton, 1961 P-Crest Miscellany
In this engaging account, Burdick communicates his
knowledge of and love for people and places in the South
Pacific.
Bushnell, 0. A.
Molokai World, 1963 P-Signet, 1964 Novel
In his fight against leprosy on the tropical island of
Molokai, a young doctor learned the power of love from
an "again" priest, a handsome Hawaiian convict, and a
beautiful Hawaiian maiden. See also Betty Martin
Miracle at Carvilte Edited by Evelyn Wells, Doubleday,
1950 P-Doubleday Nonfiction.
Day, A. Grove
Hawaii: Fiftieth Star Meredith, 1960 Nonfiction
This accurate, interesting history of the fiftieth state
ranges from early Polynesian settlement to the achieve-
ment of statehood. See also Hawaii and Its People Duell,
1955 Nonfiction. See A. Grove Day and Carl Stroven,
editors A Hawaiian Reader (1959) P-Popular Miscel-
lany; Best South Sea Stories Meredith, 1964 P-Popular.
Farrow, John
Damien, the Leper (1937) Sheed P-Image Biography
Father Damien came to the Hawaiian Islands as a young
Belgian priest. He volunteered to serve the leper colony
on Molokai and remained there, finally stricken with the
disease himself, until his death.
Friermood, Elizabeth Hamilton
Molly's Double Rainbow Doubleday, 1966 Novel
Hawaii, land of the double rainbow, is pictured as a
blend of East and West as Molly, the central figure,
engaged in events that were both Hawaiian and "West-
ern."
Fuchs, Lawrence H.
Hawaii Pono: A Social History Harcourt, 1961 Nonfiction
A picture of the various ethnic groups and the political
1
207 DRECKMELVILLE
and economic history of the first half of the twentieth
century in Hawaii are presented in this interesting,
controversial book.
Harris, Christie
Raven's Cry Atheneum, 1966 Novel
The proud Haidas ruled the lonely Queen Charlotte
Islands in the north Pacific, but in 1775 white traders'
greed for the rich sea otter pelts brought violence and
treachery that nearly extinguished the tribe.
Hough, Henry Beetle
Melville in the South Pacific Houghton, 1960 Biography
Melville's days in the South Pacific during his early
twenties provided him the material he was to use in
many of his, stories and novels.
Krauss, Robert
Here's Hawaii Coward, 1960 P-Permabooks Nonfiction
A Honolulu columnist has written lively, humorous
sketches of life in our newest state.
*Matthiessen, Peter
Under the Mountain Walt: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in
the Stone Age Viking, 1962 Nonfiction
This uncanny narrative of New Guinea tribesmena
Stone Age people living in the world todaytransports
the reader into a dream world of civilization's origins.
McCienaghan, Jack
Moving Target Harcourt, 1966 Novel
Dougherty deserted the New Zealand army and was
forced to flee to the wild Ye leas Mountains in his
desperate fight for survival.
*Mellen, Kathleen D.
Magnificent Matriarch Hastings, 1952 Biography
Kaahumanu, who after the death of Kamehameba U be-
came Regent, was one of Hawaii's most colorful queens.
See 'also Lonely Warrior Hastings, 1949 Biography; The
Gods Depart Hastings, 1956 Nonfiction; In a Hawaiian
Valley Hastings, 1947 Miscellany.
t*Melville, Herman
Typee (1846) Dodd; Harper P-Signet, Airmont Novel
Tom, an American sailor, and his friend Toby were
captured by natives and later escaped. Much of this first
romance of the South Seas is based on Melville's ex-
periences.
208 AUSTRALIA AND THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC
*Michener, lames
Hawaii Random, 1959 P-Bantam; Random Novel
Using four main strandsthe earliest settlers from
Tahiti, the New England missionaries, the Chinese, and
the Japanesethe author weaves a picture of Hawaii
and what be calls its Golden Men.
*Michener, James, and A. Grove Day
Rascals in Paradise Random, 1957 Nonfiction
The lives of ten colorful rascals in the South Seas are
vividly pictured by two master storytellers.
Nielsen, Virginia
The Whistling Winds McKay, 1964 Novel
Caught in a struggle between missionary and whaler, a
young New Englander made a decision which pointed
toward the future of the Hawaiian Islands.
Sperry, Armstrong
Pacific Islands Speaking Macmillan, 1955 Nonfiction
Sperry gives information about the islands of the Pacific
needed for an understanding of the peoples and their
customs.
Suggs, Robert C.
Lords of the Blue Pacific N. Y. Graphic, 1962 Nonfiction
Here are facts, interestingly presented, about the Polyne-
sian peoplestheir origin, movements, customs, arts
with some discussion of the important archaeological
work which remains to be done.
Von Tempski, Armine
Born in Paradise Duell, 1940 Biography
The happy years of her growing up on a Maui ranch are
described by the author whose paternal ancestors had
fled persecution in Poland.
Wibberley, Leonard
A Feast of Freedom Morrow, 1964 Novel
This story asks what happens when two mythical British
Pacific islands reluctantly regain independence and the
inhabitants go native again.
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
Brockway, Edith
Land Beyond the Rivers Westminster, 1966 Novel
Service with Washington, battle with the French, and
capture by Indiansthis was what the year 1754 meant
to young Alan Pepperill.
Cannon, La Grand, -Jr.
Look to the Mountain Holt, 1942 Navel
. To build a home and a future for their children, Whit
and Melissa faced the hostile British and the rigors of
the New Hampshire wilderness.
Finney, Gertrude E.
Is This My Lsve? McKay, 1956 Novel
Beatrice Whitcliff and Iter friend Jennifer, passengers on
a boat carrying brides for the settlers in the New World,
found life in the new land strange and crude. See also
Muskets AlOng the Chickahominy McKay, 1953 Novel;
Plums Hang High McKay, 1955 Navel.
Fuller, Iola
The 'Loon Feather flarctnnt, 1940 P-Harcourt Novel
Oneta, daughter of the Indian chief Tecumseh, was born
shortly before. death. Though reared in a much dif-
ferent setting she returned to help her tribe in their
time. of peril.
Marshall, Edison'
The Lost Colony Doubleday, 1964 Novel
Fictionalized account of what might hive. happened to
the settlers of .1loanoke Colony. See Paul-Green The Lost
ColonY in Five Plaits of the.South 11111, 1963 P-Hill PlaY.
209
210 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
tMorison, Samuel E.
Christopher Columbus, Mariner Little, 1955 P-Mentor Biog-
raphy
This vivid and and lively narrative of COlumbus' life and
voyages includes excellent descriptions of fifteenth cen-
tury navigational methods and the routes Columbus fol-
lowed. The longer version of these journeys by Columbus
is Morison's two-volume tAdmiral of the Ocean Sea
Little, 1942 Biography.
Morison, Samuel E.
The Oxford History of the American People Oxford, 1965
Nonfiction
Inert historical fact becomes moving and exciting liter-
ature in this impressive volume which sums up this
country's past in a comprehensive, brimming narrative.
Petty, Ann
Tituba of Salem Village Crowell, 1964 Novel
Tituba and her husband were sold to a minister and
forced to leave the warmth of Barbados for chill New
England where Tituba was accused of witchcraft. This
is a fully documented, suspenseful account of an hyster-
ical period in our history.
Platt, Rutherford
Wilderness; The Discovery of a Continent of Wonder Dodd,
1961 Nonfiction
What did America look like when Cabeza de Vaca, Lewis
and Clark, and the early French explorers first saw the
new land? Platt, in a dramatic, completely fascinating
account, describes the wilderness that once was.
Proven, Eldorls Angel
Drummer for the Americans Chilton, 1965 Novel
Clay, a pre - Revolutionary War teenager, successfully
ended a long search for his father; then they and Clay's
Indian friend fought with the Americana in the French
and Indian War.
tRichter,Conrad
The Light in the Forest Kilopf, 1953 P-Bantam Novel
A white boy who had 'been reared by the Indians was
dragged back to the settlement against his will. lie
rebelled, finally escaped, anti returned to the forest. See
also A Country of Strangers Knopf, 1966 Novel
Roberts, Kenneth
Northwest Passage (1937) Doubleday, 1959 P-Crest Novel
While -Sir William Johnson in the Mohawk Valley
211 MORISONZINER
schemed for an inland empire, Major Robert Rogers
and- his two hundred men left Crown Point in 1759 for
a tough expedition.
Sandoz, Mari
The Beaver Man: Spearheads of Empire Hastings, 1964
Nonfiction
Authoritative and readable, this hot* traces the hard-
ships and perils of fur trading on the Ameridan frontier.
Singmaster, Elsie
I Heard of a River Holt, 1948 Novel
Hennes, a German Lutheran boy, joined a band of Swiss
Mennonites who fled from Europe and settled in Lancas-
ter County, Pennsylvania.
tSpeare, Elizabeth G.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Houghton, 1958 Novel
Kit Tyler from Barbados was a lonely stranger in Puritan
Connecticut until she met Hannah Tupper, who had been
ostracized as -a witch. See also The Prospering Houghton,
Williamson, Joanne S.
1967 P-Popular Novel.
The Glorious Conspiracy Knopf, 1961 Novel
Benjamin Brown fled England and the brutal slavery of
a cotton mill to find in America a new life.
Wright. Louis B., -editor
The Elizabethans' America Harvard, 1965 Nonfiction
Here is an entertaining report of tales concerning the
perils and possibilities of the new land.
Einar, Feenle
Dark Pilgrim Chilton, 1965 Navel -
Squanto, used by the English, enslaved by the Spanhch,
learned English and Spanish and befriended the Plym-
outh Pilgrims.
Met, Pearde, and George F. Wilson
the Pilgrims and Plymoith Colony American, 1961 Non-
fiction
Who were the Pilgrims? What did they stand for?"
Answers to these and other questions appear In this
beautifully illustrated book.
212 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
213 ALDERMAN--HOPIGNS
Edmonds, Walter D.
Drums Along the Mohawk (1936) Little, 1951 P-Bantam
Novel
Fighting both British regulars and Iroquois Indians;the
hardy pioneers pf the Mohawk Valley succesfully waged
this part of the colonies' fight for freedom. See also In
the Rands of the Senecas Little, 1947 Novel.
Fast, Howard M.
April Morning Crown, 1961 P-Bantam Novel
Fifteen-Year-old Adam changed from a boy to a man the
day he stood against the British with the men of Lexing-
ton and Concord.
Flexner, James Thomas
George Washington: The Forge of Experience, 1732-1775
Little, 1965 Biography
A vivid biography gives the human, balanced story of
the planter and country squire who became President.
1Forhes, Esther
Johnny Tremain Houghton, 1943 P-Riverside Novel
When an injury to-his hand changed the life of a
silversmith's apprentice, he found his own role to play
in the beginnings of-the American Revolution.
tForbes, Esther
Paul Revere and the World He Lived. In Houghton, 1942
P-Houghton Biography
Paul Revere, patriot, silversmith, and soldier, is revealed
here in this. Pulitzer Prize winning biography against the
panorama of eighteenth century Boston.
Forman, James
The Cow Neck Rebels Farrar, 1970 NoVel
The Battle of Long Island during the American Revolu-
tion provides the setting for this novel which makes a
strong statement' against war and violence.
Gerson, Noel B.
The Swamp Fox, Francis Marion, Doubleday, 1967 Biography
The woodsman, planter, and wmild-be husband facets of
Francis Marion dominate this fictional biography of
the South Carolina Revolutionery War, general.
Hopldns, Joseph G. E.
Patriot's Progress Scribner, 1961 Noyel
John Frayne, yout Village doctor, tore himself from
family and friends' jump into the thick of the strug-
gle for independence from England.
214 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
Kuble, Nora B.
Joel Harper, 1952 Novel
From the tyrannies of the Old World, a young Jewish
refuges found in America a new way of life. He joined
the Co...tInental Army, met Nathan Hale, fought under
Washington, and HI in love with a Christian girl.
Meader, Stephen W.
Guns for the Saratoga Harcourt, 1955 Novel
The newly created American navy provided a strong
lure for boys. From the ironworks of South Jersey came
many craft like the Saratoga, built to carry supplies.
Crrmont, Arthur
Diplomat in War Paint: Chief Alexander McGillivray of the
Creeks Abe lard, 1967 Nonfiction
Three-quarters white, McGillivray's loyalty and service
were for the Creek Indians whose destiny he directed
through the confused days of the American Revolution.
Page, Elizabeth
The Tree of Liberty Holt, 1939 P-Popular Novel
Historical events and persons, especially Thomas Jef-
ferson, figure in this story ofthe Howard family who
moved from the eastern seaboard to the western plains.
Roberts, Kenneth
Oliver Wiswell Doubleday, 1940 P -Crest Novel
This story of the. American Revolution presents with in-
'sight and integrity the side of the Loyalists.
Taylor, David
Mistress of the Forge Lippincott, 1964 Novel
Swashbuckling story of post-Revolutionary America fea-
tures the young Philadelphian Richard Braxton and the
beautiful heiress Charlotte Luken.
III. WESTWARD
Aldrich, Bess-Streeter
A Lantern in Her Hand (1928) Appleton; Grosset P-Tempo
Novel y;
Andrfst, Ralph K.
The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indians Mac-
millan, 1964 Nonfiction
An historian provides dramatic and stark stories of the
Indians, including an account of how a Vermonter's
. curiosity about tanning brought death to 15 niillionhuf-
faloes and famine to the Indians.
Reny, Don
A Majority of Scoundrels Harper, 1961 Nonfiction
The title expresses the author's feelings toward the men
dealing in the fur trading business. This' book is an
informal history, of fur trading in the United States.
tflowen, Catherine Drinker
Yankee from OlymPus Little, 1944 P-Bantam Biography
From preacher Holines to doctor-writer Holmes to
Supreme Court Justice Holmesthis famous and inter-
eating family contributed much to America's life.
Burke, 'Mira Heintz, as told to Adele Comandinl .
Abel, Elle
The Missile Crisis Lippincott, 1966 Nonfiction
An engrossing hour-by-hour account of the thirteen days
in October 1962 swhen President Kennedy confronted
Nikita IChrushchev over the presence of Russian missiles
in Cuba.
Abels, Jules
The Rockefeller Billions Macmillan, 1965 Nonfiction
One of the world's great fortunes is traced from its
cunning (even ruthlesss) beginnings to its present third
generation philanthropic status.
Barach, A. B., and others
1975 arzd the Changes to Come Harper, 1962 Nonfiction
In this profusely illustrated book, the authors engage in
the ever-fascinating game of predicting what our lives
will be like in the future.
f*Bellow, Saul
Seize the Day Viking, 1961 P-Viking Novel
Tommy Wilhelm, a completely unsuccessful human
being, attempted to grasp success, to "seize the day."
Benary-Isbert, Margot
The Long Way Home Harcourt, 1959 Novel
Young Christoph fled East Germany to join the ex-
soldier who had saved his life years before. Here is the
United States from Christoph's point of view.
Boyle, Sarah Patton
The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of
Transition Morrow, 1962 P-Apollo Nonfiction
A southern white woman, with deep insight into the
tragedies of segregation, writes movingly of her growth
from complacency to the realization that change had
to start within herself.
229 WILDER FAULKNER
Coles, Robert
Children of Crisis: A Study of Courage and Fear 1967
Nonfiction
Using his extensive interviews, children's drawings, and
keen observation, the Harvard research psychiatrist pre-
sents a sensitive view of the complexities of integration.
Daves, Jessica
Ready-Made Miracle: The American Story of Fashion for
the Millions Putnam, 1967 Nonfiction
A fascinating account by a former editor of Vogue of
the creation of ready-made fashions.
DiSalle, Michael V., and Lawrence G. fliodunan
Second Choice Hawthorn, 1966 Biography
This anecdote-filled piece of Americana concentrates on
the stories of the eight Vice Presidents who fortuitously
achieved the Presidency through their predecessors'
deaths.
tDos Passos, John
U.S.A. (1946) Houghton, 1963 P-Hofighton Novel
In this trilogy (42nd Parallel Houghton, 1930 P-Wash-
ington; 1919 Houghton, 1933 P-Washington; and The
Big Money Houghton, 1936 P-Washington), Dos Passos
chronicles life in America from 1900 to 1935, using a
number. of unusual techniques to indicate the times and
the backgrounds against which he tells his stories. See
also *Manhattan Transfer Houghton, 1943 P-Houghton.
*Drury, Allen
Advise and Consent Doubleday, 1959 P-Pocket Novel
When the name of controversial Robert Leffingwell was
-sent to the Senate for confirmation as Secretary of
State, several individuals took -a hand in a fateful
political game. Here is a behind-the-scenes view of the
political maneuverings that sometimes take the place of
statesmanship.
Eckert, Allan W.
The Silent Sky: The Incredible Extinction of the Passenger
Pigeon Little, 1965 Novel
The last perilous years of the passenger pigeon are
retold as a pitiful reminder of the thoughtlessness and
of mankind.
'Faulkner, William
The Portable Faulkner Introduction by Malcolm Cowley
Viking, 1946 P-Viking Miscellany
1%, significant collection of short stories and selections
230 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
from novels, including "A Rose for Emily" and "Red
Leaves."
Fetterman, John
Stinking Creek: Portrait of a Small Mountain Community
Dutton, 1967 Nonfiction
The Kentucky hill people have a,deep pride in and love
for their barren hills that are not easily understood by
outsiders. But the Sizemores, Messers, and Browns aren't
just 3roblemsthey are complex individuals, very
human and difficult.
Garst, Shannon
Will Rogers, Immortal Cowboy Messner, 1950 Biography
A unique figure of his day, Rogers was cowboy, actor,
newspaperman, commentator, humoristand loved by
everyone.
Gold, Herbert, and David L. Stevenson, editors
Stories of Modern America St. Martin, 1960 P-St. Martin
Miscellany
The twenty-two short stories and the short novel in this-
collection are intensely alive in their concern with crucial
issues of contemporary America.
Golden, Harry
Carl Sandburg World, 1961 Biography
Golden presents a casual, friendly, livelyt portrait of an
old friend and does so against the canvas of the U.S.A.
during the last half century.
Golden, Harry
Only in America World, 1958 Essays
This is a delightfully human, humorous collection of
observations on all kinds of people of our time by the
editor of the Carolina Israelite. See also For 20 Plain
World, 1959 Miscellany; You're Entitle' World, 1962
Miscellany.
Gould, John
Last One In: Tales of a New England Boyhood Little, 1966
Biography
The newspaper columnist reocrimts his warm memories
and humorous experiences of growths up in Maine in
the early part of the century.
Green, Ely-
Ely Seabury, 1966 Biography
Life in Tennessee around the turn of the century is
recalled by the Bon of a Negro woman and a white man.
231 FETTERMAN LEWIS
Hagedorn, Hermann
The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill Macmillan, 1954
Biography
Life with one of the most public-spirited and provocative
men in the United States was usually rollicking, some-
times sad, and often astonishing for all his family.
*Hansberry, Lorraine
A Raisin in the Sun Random, 1959 P-Signet Play
This play is set in Chicago's South Side some time be-
tween World War II and the present. It is the explosive
story of a husband's needs and a family's courage and
strength.
Josephson, Matthew
Edison (1959, McGraw) P-McGraw Biography
Not only is this biography a first-rate picture of a great
man, but it is also a picture of the changes brought
about In our lives by his many inventions.
Kroeber, Theodora
Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian
in North America California, 1961 P-California Biography
Ishi, the last of California's Indians,robbed of his home
and people, finally turned to his enemies, the whites,
and lived his remaining years with them, seeking to
understand the wonders of the modern world.
*La Farge, Oliver
Laughing Boy Houghton, 1929 Novel
This beautiful.' novel reveals the deep love between
Laughing Boy and Slim Girl and gives a picture of life
among twentieth century Navahos.
Lens, Sidney
Radicalism in America Crowell, 1966 Nonfiction
Political and social history of the United States in an
overview that moves from Roger Williams to Martin
Luther King. -
*Lerner, Max
America as a -Civilization, 2 vols. Simon, 1957 P-Simon
Nonfiction
Analyzing and reflecting upon what he calls the "Amer-
!can experience," the author discusses Many aspects of
American life.
tLewis, Sinclair
Main Street (1920) Harcourt P-Signet Novel
Carol Kennicott, married to a small-town doctor, tried to
232 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
settle down to a humdrum existence, alien to her dreams
and ambitions.
Lomax, Louis E.
The Negro Revolt Harper, 1962 P-Signet Nonfiction
In this short, well-written account of race relations in
the United States, Lomax discusses the reasons for cur-
rent rebellions. The NAACP and the Black Muslims are
featured.
Lord, Walter
Day of Infamy Holt, 1957 P-Bantam Nonfiction
The anxious preparation of the Japanese, the surprise
attack, and the outraged reaction to the destruction at
Pearl Harborthese are the story of December 7, 1941.
Lord, Walter
A Night to Remember Holt, 1955 P-Bantam Nonfiction
The "unsinkable" Titanic on her maiden voyage struck
an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic with 1,502 lives
lost.
Love, Edmund G.
Subways Are for Sleeping (1957, Harcourt) P-Signet Short
Stories
Every person in this charming collection of short stories
lives an off-beat life.
Mardikian, George
Song of America McGraw, 1956 Biography
An immigrant boy who became owner of the famous
Omar Khayyam restaurant in San Francisco tells here
his love for America and its way of life.
Marquand, John P.
The Late George Apley Little, 1957; Modem P-Universal;
Washington Novel
This satire of proper Bostonians is a "profile" of George
Apley and the social milieu in which he lived. See also
Sincerely, Witlfs Wayde Little, 1955 Novel.
Meltzer, Milton, editor
In Their Own Words: A History of the American Negro,
1916-1988, Vol. 3 Crowell, 1967 P!Apollo Nonfiction
From 1916 to-1966, personal experiences of. Negroes in
letters, court testimony, eyewitness accounts and biog-
raphies tell graphically their fight for rights and even
survival itself. See also Vol. 1 1619-1865 Crowell, 1964;
Vol. 2 1865-1916 Crowell, 1965 P-Apollo.
233 LOMAXSINCLAIR
Nevins, Allan, and Frank E. Hill
Ford: The Times, the Man, the Company Scribner, 1954 Bi-
ography
This excellent, unbiased picture of Ford and his accom-
plishments is also a picture of an era important in the
history of American industry.
Pear, Catherine 0.
The FDR Story Crowell, 1962 Biography
Franklin Delano Roosevelt revealed his unusual qualities
by his personal struggle against polio and by his in-
domitable leadership in America's attempt to establish
.world peace.
Pease, Howard -
The Dark Adventure Doubleday, 1950 Novel
Johnny Stevens, hitchhiking to California, was thrown
from the car in an accident and lost his memory. Strug-
gling with amnesia, he became involved with a. mari-
juana ring and found himself in serious trouble with
the pAice. See also Heart of Danger Doubleday, 1946
P-Dell NoveL
Rizk, Salom
Syrian Yankee Doubleday, 1942 Biography
How one man, after struggle and disillusionment, found
his drec.n of America is told in this tragic, yet beautiful
biography.
Robinson, Lloyd
The Hopefuls Doubleday, 1966 Nonfiction
Through the eyes of the losers, ten Presidential cam-
paigns are pictured. How Presidents are selected in the
U.S. is presented realistically.
tSandburg, Carl
The People, Yea Harcourt, 1936 Poem
The American peoplethrough their tales and legends
are the heroes of this long poem.
Setts!, T. S., editor
The Wisdom of IFS Dutton, 1965 Nonfiction
Brief excerpts from Mr. Kennedy's writings, addresses,
messages to Congress, radio and television reports vary
In length from one sentence to several short paragraphs.
See also The Faith of JFIC Dutton, 1965 Nonfiction.
f*Sinclair, Upton
The Jungle (1906) Harper, 1951 P- Signet; Airmont Novel
This novel was written to protest the cruel and inhuman
234 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
working and living conditions of the men in the meat-
packing plants in Chicago early in the century.
'Smith, Betty
A Tree Crows in Brooklyn Harper, 1947 P-Popular Novel
In this poignant story, Francie Nolan found what life
was like amidst the poverty of a Brooklyn tenement in
the early years of this century.
Smith, Gene
When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow
Wilson Morrow, 1964 Nonfiction
An account of Wilson's physical decline after suffering a
stroke while touring the country on behalf of the new
League of Nations.
Smith, Lillian
Killers of the Dream, rev. ed. Norton, 1961 P-Anchor Non-
fiction
The author examines with sensitivity and integrity those
things in her own background that make for the "South-
ern Way of Life."
Sorensen, Theodore C.
Kennedy Harper, 1965 P-Bantam Nonfiction
Intimate view of the late President's political career as
seen by a close aide.
'Steinbeck, John
Travels with Charley in Search of America Viking, 1962 P-
Bantam Nonfiction
Behind this funny and sad odyssey with a dog there are
trenchant observations about life in the United States
today.
Steinberg, Alfred
Mrs. R.: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt Putnam, 1958 Biog-
raphy
An unhappy youth, a domineering mother-in-law, and a
husband incapacitated by polio served to strengthen
Eleanor Roosevelt, who was often called "first lady of
the world."
Stone, Irving
Adversary in the House Doubleday, 1947 Novel
The labor movement and the work of Eugene V. Debs are
the subject of this fictiornilized biography of the pioneer
labor leader.
'Swanberg, W. A.
Citizen Hearst Scribner, 1961 P-Bantam Biography
The long, bizarre life of the press lord of a vast publish-
235 SMITH WILLIAMS
ing empire is here examined objectively and comprehen-
sively.
Swanberg, W. A.
Dreiser Scribner; 1965 P-Bantam Biography
This comprehensive biography of a major figure in
twentieth century American literature provides important
background information for his works.
Szulc, Tad
The Bombs of Palomares Viking, 1967 Nonfiction
Four H-bombs lost over Spain in 1966 created potentially
explosive social and political situations.
Taylor, Robert Lewis
Vessel of Wrath: The Life and Times of Carry Nation New
American, 1966 P-Modern Biography
The stormy career of the American temperance agitator
is followed as she conducted numerous wrecking ex-
peditions, was frequently arrested, but never dismayed.
Trachtenberg, Alan
Brooklyn Bridge: Fact and Symbol Oxford, 1965 Nonfiction
The author manages to relate the story of bridge build-
ing to engrossing ideas about America, from Roebling to
Hart Crane.
Updike, John
Rabbit, Run Knopf, 1930 P-3 editions available Novel
A young father vacillated between the harsh reality of
supporting his family and the pleasant dreams of his
idealized youth. See also Of the Farm Knopf, 1965 P-
Crest Novel.
White, E. B.
One Man's Meat Harper, 1944 P-Harper
These fifty-plus essays by a master make candid -and
humorous observations on American life and should
serve as models for any aspiring essayist.
White, Theodore
The Making of the President 1968 Atheneum, P-Pocket Non-
fiction
Detailed and penetrating insights into the events before,
during,,and after the 1964 election. See also The Making
of the President, 1980 Atheneum, 1961 P-Signet Nonfic-
tion; The Making of the President 1964 Atheneum, 1965
13-Signet Nonfiction; America at Last: The American
Journal of T. IL White Putnam, 1965 Nonfiction.
Williams, Edward Bennett
One Ma's Freedom Atheneum, 1962 P-Popular Nonfiction
236 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
A famous defense attorney here explores civil liberties
in our country and makes a plea for carefully guarding
them in today's society.
Wilson, Neill C.
Deepdown Rivet Morrow, 1964 Novel
A family ruined by the Depression survived by taking to
a primitive existence in the wildernesi country of north
central Idaho.
tWolfe, Thomas
Look Homeward, Angel (1929) Scribner P-Scribner Novel
Shy, awkward Eugene, youngest of the Gant children,
grew up in the North Carolina Ms, hemmed in by the
hatreds, jealousies, pretenses, 1rd the limited horizons
of his own family. See also You Can't Go Home Again
Harper, 1940 P-Signet Novel.
MAN'S YESTERDAYS
Deity, Elizabeth.
America Before Man Viking, 1953 Nonfiction
This description of the work of paleontologists is con-
cerned with geological life forms in prehistoric America.
Barringer, D. Moreau
And the Waters Prevailed Dutton, 1956 Novel
Andor, a dweller of the prehistoric Mediterranean valley,
predicted that one day the Atlantic would break over his
land, but no one would believe him.
Baumann, Hans
The Caves of the Great Hunters, rev. ed. Pantheon, 1962
Nonfiction
Through the discovery of new cave paintings in southern
France, the author reconstructs the life of prehistoric
man and shows him as a person remarkably similar in
feelings and emotions to man today. See also The Barque
of the Brothers Walck, 1958 Novel.
Bryson, Bernarda
Gilgamesh: Man's First Story Holt, 1967 Legend
The legendary adventures of the Mesopotamian king are
brilliantly retold and illustrated with paintings based on
archaeological remains of the area.
Colbert, Edwin H. -
Dinosaurs: 'Their Discovery and Their World Dutton, 1961
Nonfiction
The dinosaur expert at New York's American Museum of
Natural History tells how scientists have gathered in-
formation and drawn conclusions about the huge ani-
mals that roamed the earth one hundred million years
ago.
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'Z 239 CORNWALLKU HN
Cornwall, Ian W., and Howard M. Mal land
The Making of Man Dutton, 1961 Nonfiction.
This step-by-step account of the evolution of man, by the
winner of the 1960 Carnegie Medal, is illustrated with ex-
cellent, helpful diagrams. See Ian Cornwall The World.
of Ancient Man Day, 1964 P-Mentor Nonfiction.
Cottrell, Leonard
The Secrets of Tutankhamen's Tomb. N. Y. Graphic, 1964
P-Dell Nonfiction
A true and fascinating account is told of the discovery
and exploration of a Pharaoh's tomb, 3,000 years old,
the only one ever recovered intact.
Eder, May
The Story of Our Ancestors Little, 1955 Nonfiction
Written in a lively style and with many excellent il-
lustrations, this history of the evolution of man is valu-
able as an introduction to the subject.
Falls, C. B.
The First 3,000 Years Viking, 1960 Ngnfiction
The ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean world are
described concisely and spiritedly.
Fenton, Carroll L and M. A.
The Fossil Book: A Record of Prehistoric Life Doubleday,
1958 Nonfiction
This comprehensive introduction to paleontology de-
scribes fossil remains of many forms of life.
Fon Eisen, Anthony
Bond of the Fire World, 1965 Novel
Ash, a Cro-Magnon boy, and his dog developed a deep
bond as they grew into adulthood and faced the dangers
of cave people during the last Ice Age.
Geer, Joseph
The Adventures of Rama Little, 1954 Legend . .
This great egg of India tells ofs the tender love between
Prince Rama and Princess Sitia. The story was already
centuries old , when, it. was first preserved in writing by
an Indian poet five centuries before Christ.
Kuhn, Herbert
On the Track of Prehistoric Man Translated by Alan H.
Brodrick Random, 1955 P-Vintage Nonfiction
In this volume Kuhn describes twelve important pre-
historic caves and what they have told us about early
240 MAN'S YESTERDAYS
McGraw, Eloise Jarvis
Mara, Daughter of the Nile Coward, 1953 Novel
'Mara, a slave, played a crucial role in the conflict be-
tween Queen Hatshepsut and her half-brother in the
days of ancient Egypt. See also The Golden Goblet
Coward, 1961 Novel.
Mead, Margaret
People and Place* -fiorld, 1959 P-Bantam Nonfiction
One of America's foremost anthropologists describes here
the way of life of five peoplesthe Eskimo, the Plains
Indians, the Ashanti of West Africa, the Balinese, and
the Minoan of ancient Crete.
Moscati, Sabatino
Ancient Semitic Civilizations (1958, Putnam) P-Capricorn
Nonfiction
Who are the Arabian peoples? What have they con-
tributed to the advancement of civilization? Amazing
answers are found in this very readable book.
tRenault, Mary
The King Must Die (1958, Pantheon) P-Random; Pocket
Novel
The Theseus legend is vividly and dramatically retold
in this story. See also The Bull from the Sea'Pantheon,
1962 P-Pocket Novel; The Mask of Apollo Pantheon,
1966 P-Pocket Novel.
Scheele, William E.
The First Mammals World, 1955 Nonfiction
The -mammals of 180 Million years ago their sizes,
their distribution over the earth's surface in different
erasare described by the curator of the Cleveland
Museum of Natural History.
Silverberg, Robert
Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations --Chilton, 1962 P-
BYentani Nonfiction
In thil highly entertaining book, one finds the stories of
these once-great and once -lost civilizations: Pompeii,
Tioi, Knossos of Crete, Babylon, Chichen Itza, and
Angkor.
Silverberg, Robert
The Morning of Mernitind:- Prehistoric Man in Europe N. Y.
Graphic, 1967 'Nonfiction
A carefully prepared book about early man stresses his
241 McGRAWCHASE
inventiveness with a tone of respect which maintains
intense interest.
White, Anne Terry
The First Men in the World Random, 1953 P-Scholastic
Nonfiction
From an archaeologist's point of view, the reader is in-
troduced to the step-by-step discoveries of what early
man was like.
Asch, Sholem
The Nazarene Translated by Maurice Samuel (1959, Put-
nam) P-Pocket Novel
This story of Jesus is based on careful scholarship and
research to give readers the feeling that they are on the
scene, meeting him. See also Moses Translated by
Maurice Samuel (1951, Putnam) P-Pocket Novel.
Bishop, Jim
The Day Christ Died Harper, 1957 P-Harper Narrative
From the Last Supper to the agony of the cress, this
moving narrative is an hour-by-hour account of the
events on that fateful day Christ died. See also The
Day Christ Was Born Harper, 1960 Narrative.
Buckmaster, Henrietta
And Walk in Love Random, 1956 Novel
One can capture the sense of life during the early days
of Christianity in this story about the Apostle Paul.
Caldwell, Tayibr
Dear and Glorious Physician Doubleday, 1959 P-Bantam
Novel
Against the background of Antioch, Rome, Alexandria,
and Judaea, the reader travels with Lucanus, or Luke,
physician and author of one of the Gospels.
Chase, Mary Ellen
The Bible and the Common Reader, rev. ed. Macmillan,
1952 P-Macmillan
In a simple -but scholarly presentation, the author has
interpreted the Bible as literature and as hisory. See
also Psalms for the Common Reader Norton, 1962
Poems.
242 MAN'S YESTERDAYS
Chute, Marchette G.
Jesus of Israel Dutton, 1961 Nonfirtion
This inspiring, informative account es.," Jesus' life will
give the reader a better understanding of the four
Gospels.
Costain, Thomas B.
The Silver Chalice Doubleday, 1952 P-Pocket Novel
Set against the wealth and splendor of the Roman world,
this story- tells of a Greek slave who for a period kept
the cup from which Jesui drank during the Last Supper.
See also Darkness and the Dawn Doubleday, 1959 Novel.
Douglas, Uoyd C.
The Robe Houghton, 1942 P-Pocket Novel
This novel tells the story of the young Roman nobleman
who carried out the execution of Jesus and who took
his robe.
Hogan, Bernire
Deborah Abingdon, 1964 Novel
A teenage tent-dwelling Jewish girl of 3,000 years ago
grew up with her family, meeting the Canaanite enemy
and overcoming many ether adverse conditions' and
situations.
Malvern, Gladys
The Foreigner McKay, 1954 Novel
This novel is a fine retelling of Ruth's devotion to Naomi
and love for Boaz. See also Saul's Daughter McKay, 1956
Novel; Behold Your Queen McKay, 1951 Novel; Tamar
McKay,.1952 Novel.
Menotti, Gian-Carlo
Antahl and the Nigh_ t Visitors-Adapted by Frances Frost Mc-
Graw, 1952 Opera
This modem opera is the story of the visit of the Three
Wise Men to a crippled shepherd boy on their trip to
Bethlehem.
Van Dyke, Henry
The Story of the Other Wise Man Harper, 1895 P-Harper
Novel
This short and beautiful tale of the Wise Man who did
' not get to Bethlehem vividly recreates an era of Persian,
Egyptian, and Hebrew life.
Vilbbetiey, Leonard
The Centurion Morrow, 1967 P- Doubleday Novel
The age. of Christ is brought alive in this story of a
Roman who officiated at the Crucifixion.
243 CHUTEDARINGER
Young, Mary
Singing Windows Abingdon, 1962 Nonfiction
The author and illustrator of this book tells how stained
glass is made and of Bible stories and legends depicted
in the windows of famous cathedrals.
Bradford, Ernie D. S.
Ulysses Found Harcourt, 1964 P-Harvest NOnfiction
The author retraces Ulysses' voyage and separates legend
from fact.
Bryher, Winifred
Gate to the Sea Pantheon, 1958 Novel
When Poseidonia was conquered in the fourth century
B.C. by the crude Italic Lucanians, Harraonia, a priest-
ess, tried to keep some elements of their heritage alive
in her people, and, failing, sought a new home.
Buiwer-Lytton, Edward
The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) Dodd P-Dolphin Novel
Luxury was the characteristic of the last days before
the Roman city of Pompeii was covered by the erupting
volcano.
(Ceram, C. W.
Gods, Graves, and Scholars Knopf, 1951 Nonfiction
In these fascinating accounts of the archaeologist who
excavated Troy, Pompeii, the Egyptian tombs, and Baby-
lonian cities, the reader will learn much about these
ancient civilizations.
Charles-Picard, Gilbert and Colette
Daily Life in Carthage at the Time of Hannibal Translated
by A. E. Foster Macmillan, 1961 Nonfiction
Reports of recent archaeological findings have given the
modern world a new picture of life in ancient Carthage.
Coolidge, Olivia -
King of Men Houghton, 1966.Novel
The gods of Olympus are made to seem very real in this
excellent tale of the adventures of Agamemnon.
Daringer, Helen F.
Yesterday's Daughter Harcourt, 1964 Novel
Beauty and order mark the disciplined life of a Greek
244 MAN'S YESTERDAYS
girl and her family on the island of Delos_in the fifth
century B.C.
De Solincourt, Aubrey
Odysseus, the Wanderer Criterion, 1956 Tale
This book serves as a good introduction to the two great.
Homeric classics, the Iliad and the Od_ ssey, the stories
of th, Trojan War and the long voyage home of Odys-
seus.
f Euripides
Medea in Greek Plays in Modern Translation Edited by
Dudley Fitts Dial, 1947 P-Oxford Translated by Gilbert Mur-
ray Play
Medea, one of the best known of the Greek tragedies, is
a story of grief, vengeance, and death. See Medea
Adapted by Robinson Jeffers French, 1947.
Grant, Michael
The World of Rome World, 1960 P-Mentor Nonfiction
The story of the city of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 217
is told here in an unusual recreation of .a significant
place and period.
Gunther, John
Alexander the Great Random, 1953 Biography
The brief career of the great conqueror rvas beset by
jealousy and debauchery.
tHomer
The Odyssey Translated by S. H. Butcher and Andrew Lang
Dodd P-10 editions available Poem
In another great epic, Homer tella the story of the dif-
ficulties faced by the Greek hero Odysseus in returning
home after the Trojan War.
Komroff, Manuel
Julius Caesar Messner, 1955 Biography
This story of Julius Caesar reflects the era: the great
campaigns,- the first triumvirate, days and deeds of
corruption.
Malvern, Gladys
The Secret Sign Abelard, 1961 Novel
Stephanus, a young Roman actor, rescued his
Valeria, imprisoned -as a Christian, and saved her from
a cruel death at Nerces command.
Mason, Cora -
Socrates: The Man Who Dared to Ask Beacon, 1953 Biog-
raphy
Socrates was .a great teacher In Athens. Both the M-
.
245 DE SELINCOURTWALLACE
ography of the man and the mirror of the period are
recorded skillfully.
Payne, Robert
The Gold of Troy (1958, Funk) P-Paperback Biography
This biography of that strange man, Heinrich Sch lie-
mann, reveals a man obsessed by ancient Greece who
was successful in finding not one Troy, but several.
Ray, Mary
The Voice of Apollo Farrar, 1964 Novel
Phaedon, a poet, and his cousin, Chart les, an athlete,
surmounted illness and cruelty to compete in the
Olympic games at Delphi more than 2,000 years ago.
Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Quo Vadis? (1896) Dodd; Little P-Bantam Navel
This famous story revolves around the conflict between
the licentiousness of the first century Romans and the
purity of the Christians.
Snedeker, Caroline Dale
The White Isle Doubleday, 1940 Novel
The Claudia family, in second century Rome, took a
trip through Gaul to Britain; where they saw the life
of the Romans in the conquered islands.
t *Sopbocles
Antigone in Greek Plays 171 Modern Translation Edited by
Dudley Fitts Dial, 1947 14,1xford Translated by Gilbert
Murray; Chandler Translated by Michael Townsend Play
The tyranny of a king led to the deaths of all the central
figures in this moving story of ancient Greece.
fSutcliff, Rosemary
Eagle of the Ninth Walck, 1954 Novel
Marcus Flavius Aquila, sent to Roman Britain, set out
to recover the eagle standard of his father's unit lost
in that wild country years before. See also Outcast
Walck, 1956 Novel
Trease, Geoffrey
Web of Traitors Vanguard, 1952 Novel
This excellent adventure story is laid in Athens during
the time of Socrates._
Wallace, Lew
Ben Hur (1880) Dodd; Heritage P4 editions available Novel
In this enduring story,' a Jewish -nobleman was made
a galley slave during the thus of Christ
246 MAN'S YESTERDAYS
Williamson, Joanne S.
The Eagles Have Flown Knopf, 1957 Novel
Young Lucius, son of a freedman, tells the story of the
rebellion which preced'd the assassination of Caesar.
Yefremov, Ivan
Land of Foam Houghton, 1959 Novel
A modern Russian writes of a youth of ancient Greece
who was sold into slavery in Egypt, where he faced
incredible hardships, for six years.
Bertha, Owen
History .in English Words, rev. ed. Hillary, 1956 P-Eerdmans
Nonfiction
This book about the history and meaning of words deals
in a complex fashion with the effect of context on
meaning; not only tralual context but also social, cul-
tural, religious, etc_
Barnett, Lincoln
The Treasure of Our Tongue Knopf, 1965 P-Mentor Non-
fictiOn
This absorbing investigation of the origin of language
ranges from a consideration of the Great Vowel Shift
to beatnik babble and structural linguistics.
Brook, G. L
A History of the English Language Oxforcl, 1958 P-Norton
Nonfiction
Brook offers a fairly brief treatment of history of English
language and a more detailed examination of inner
change over time.
Brows, Ivor -
A Word in Your Ear and Just Another Word P-Dutton, 1963
Nonfiction
Two books are combined in an alphabetical list of
words which have captivated the author. He sometimes
gives- their history, often gives literary uses and 'quotes,
and always expands upon the reader's appreciation of
the word and its connotations. Useful to all writers but
especially poets.
Bryant, Margaret, editor
Current American Usage Funk, 1962 Nonfiction
An alphabetized reference ,book citing the evidence on
debatable items of usage, this book is based not on hear-
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say or tradition but on data gathered from'. educated
speakers.
Burgess, Anthony
Language Made Plain Crowell, 1965 Nonfiction
An interested layman (who is also a novelist and a
former teacher) who wants to stimulate and deepen
readers' interest in words discusses language in a book
of two parts: general language and second language
learning.
Chase, Stuart
Guides to Straight Thinking Harper, 1956 Nonfiction
In an entertaining and instructive book, the reader can
learn how to improve his thinking and to avoid being
fooled by others.
Devlin, Joseph
A Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms World, 1938
P-Popular Nonfiction
This inexpensive reference book is arranged alphabeti-
cally.
Ernst, Margaret
Words, 3rd ed. Knopf, 1954 Nonfiction
Chapters on dictionaries, accent, spelling, prefixes and
suffixes, wards from place names, how places got names,
names of days, months, and seasons tell how the English
language has changed and is changing. See also More
about Words Knopf, 1951 Nonfiction.
Etlemble, Rena
The Written Word Boston Rook; Orion Nonfiction
This attractive, illustrated book investigates man's at-
tempts to imprint his ideas,. E. -In the first signature
through the varied docnments of many cultures.
Evans, Bergen and Cornelia
A Dictionary "of Contemporary :American Usage. Random,
1957 Nonfiction -
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