The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-23
o Literary
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DDOh mar htl. IOu Ndll pl OiilloC
yourself a we'll filled reading
program for the summer - and
keep that promise. Tire and gas
oline rationing is putting more
books into American hands this
year, and reading will, of neces-
sity, escape the usual seasonal
slump.
Publishers are meeting the
increased demand with an ex-
cellent selection Of both fiction
and fact. This weeks releases
are aimed particularly at the
lazy hammock swingers, but
there is plenty of action to keep
you awake, even on the hottest
afternoons.
You'll get a patriotic thrill
from Henry Barnard Safford'S
TORY Tavern" civilian Penn:
S25O), a story of heroes and
high adventure in the early days
of America, calculated to make
you forget skyrocketing temper
atures.
To all outward appearances
young Roger Langslieve was a
Tory, scion of a wealthy Long
Island family and proprietor of
a tavern that became known as
a LOyaliSt rendezvous. Actually
he was a spy in the service of
General Washington, IN d as
such he goes galloping through
a series Of quiCk-moving adven-
lures with both fists swinging.
As a sailor in the British
navy, into which he had been
impressed, young Langslleve
net the redOubtablc Ethan Al
len, hero of Ticondcroga. Es
Gaping after three years, Roger
became one of the first of Wash
ingtOns spies, an important lit
tie band Of men who contribut-
ed hcroically to the success of
the Revolution. Nathan Hale
and Jane Jethrop - she helped
trap Benedict Arnold - were
his associates.
The romance Of Roger and
Jane is woven skillfully into the
pattern Of adventure and strug-
gle i'm Americas youth.
WASHINGTON THE MAN
If you're one of many Amer
leans who revere the name Of
George Washington wi h o u t
really knowing why, placing
him on the pedestal for patriots
simply because you were taught
to do so in school, you'll find
justification and understanding
for that reverence after read
ing IT h @ Unvanquished," by
Howard Fast DUEL, Sloan q
Pearcc: $3.50.
Here at last is novel Of the
Father Of Our Country which
pictures him as a thinking, feel
ing, living man, not just the
statue Of hero moving through
a story. Told in rapid-fire, pow
crful movement, it still retains
historical accuracy.
Fast reveals Washington as an
unaccomplished and inexperi-
enccd militarist, who was able
to lead his ragged troops to vic
tory through his one outStand-
ing virtue - SlnglencsS OF
purpose, an amazing logged de-
votion to the path he chose. Out
of the defeats, heartaches and
sorrows of the revolution he
, led, Washington - the patriot
! became the symbol of Amer
b lean independence and determ-
b nation. And Washington - the
r man $500 established his belief in
b himself and in the cause he
5 served.
NEHRU'S HISTORY
, If you like your world his
tory in child-likc doses, don't
, overlook Jawaharlal Nehru S
{ "Glinpscs of World History
John Day: S4). The leader OF
midas millions, second only to
b Gandhi, wrote his story of the
, world while in jail in letters to
his growing daughter.
He has told a simple story
tinged with his philosophy, flaw
ored with personal references
and current world events that
will bring the reader as much
enjoyment as Nehru's letters -
covering a period Of three years
p - must have brought to his
child.
For sheer, unadulterated
pleasure and amusement, Meet
l Me i'm st. Louis" by Sally Ben
son tRandom House: $3.50, is
not likely to be topped this sea
I son.
The IL story sketches which
make up the book recount in
S delightful detail the joys and
sorrows Of the four Smith sis.
tiers. citizens of st. Louis, and
7 every one belle. from June
1903 TO Man of 1904.