The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-10
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are willing to try. The market
is well-stocked with titles to suit
the taste of every reader, to
match his every mood. These
current releases are typical.
WAR IN SIBERIA
Siberia-the vast, mystic ex-
panse known best as the one
time site of prisons for czariSt
exiles-looms as a major front
in World War II, and as an in
creasingly important factor in
the allied fight for victory.
Soviet Asia" dial Press: So,
by journalists Raymond A. Dav-
les and Andrew j. Steiger, sets
us right on the vital role in the
war destined for this Russian re-
gion that extends fom the Cas-
plan Sea to the Boring Strait,
from the Arctic to the hot Asia.
tic desert land, from the Urals
to the Pacific, from the Near
East OF the Far East.
Siberia is more than just a
front where Japan may strike at
the Soviet. It is fast becoming
Russia's No. / industrial region;
its mountains harbor great min
eral riches; its railroads and wa
terways can speed aid to Rus
sia's many fighting areas.
Just how this great region is
governed what peoples inhabit
it, how we'll it is fortified and
prepared to meet. invasion from
East or west is explained in
Soviet Asia" Well illustrated
with maps, the book gives a
complete picture of little
known land that cannot escape
making headlines in this global
war.
ADVENTURE IN HISTORY
Dakota In the Morning"
by William Harlowe Briggs
(Farrar e. Rinehart: $2.5O) is
the story of the building of a
land and the growth of COM
munity.
1t was Dakota territory then,
with the Indians being pushed
farther and farther away to
open more land for settlement.
1t was the dream of each settler
to start a town, a town that
would grow bigger than Chi
cago.
Seven-year-old Bub Sibley
came to this land with his fam
lily, and it was their dream too,
to build a great city. His growth
into young manhood paralleled
the growth of Siding No. 3 from
q prairie water hole into a
thriving community in Amer
ica's great granary. It's a novel
of young America, of the birth
and growth Of new lands and
new blood. Mr.. Briggs tells his
story through the eyes of youth,
wildly and with moving senti-
ment.
POETS CORNER
Golden Rain" (Dutton: $500
is the newest of Patience
Strong's Quiet Corner Books
q series widely acclaimed by
contemporary poetry lovers.
Embodying the same refreshing
sincerity as her previous works,
this is a book to keep and read
often, a book to have near in
lonely hours. It's message - a
torch of hope end faith in a
world torn with hatred and war
lis written in Miss Strong's u.s.
ual unconventional and comfort
ing style.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
The inspirational success story
of someone who knew what she
wanted and got it, is told by Ma
dame Olga Petrova in her auto
biography, Butter With My
Bread" (Bobbs Merrill So. Here
too, is an excellent word picture
Of the British and American
stage of the last quarter century
Madame Petrova began her
life in Edwardian England
where rebellion against paternal
domination was rare amongst
) well-brought-up young ladies
But from the time she received
her first and only spanking al
the hands of her father, she de.
termined to have independence
"a home of her own, where she
had to answer the dictates of nc
man.
From then on her story is ar
interesting and appealing one
taxing her through her first jot
on the stage; the trying, skinny
!, years of Transformation; hel
first love affair; her trip tc
South Africa; her failure anc
success on the American stage
! and finally. her career in the
movies, both as actress and writ
er.