The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-21
.HighIights from
the Latest Books
War is keeping Americans at

your budget to a minimum is to
get a good book. And there are
plenty of excellent new releases
to keep you busy. Here are a
few, briefly noted, to add to your
reading pleasure.
GENTLEMAN RANKER -
(Reynal and Hitchcock: S2.75),
John Jennings matches his best
seller, Next to Valour," in this
story of Stephen Trent, English
gentleman who served in Brad
docks army during the French
and Indian War. It's stirring
tale of pre- Revolutionary Amer
lea, of battles in the wilderness
and the struggle of a gentleman
born to attain the ideals of an
American. Every chapter is ac-
tion-packed, and a tender ro-
nance will keep feminine read
ers interested.
THE RI DER ON TIL
BRONZE HORSE-(Bobbs Mer-
-rill: So So Another feather in
Harrison Kroll's well-filled bon
net, Eli Arm is the ambitious
hero who can plan his life, pol
itically and financially, with re-
markable success. Women were
Ellis chief trouble-tWo women
He married one, the daughter OF
CottontoWn' leading citizen, and
through her money and position,
gained power. He loved the 9TH
er girl, even though she threat
ened to destroy everything he
had attained. Knoll traces Ellis
life, from boyhood to manhood,
in vivid and dramatic fashion.
THE CUP AND THE SWORD
-(Bobbs Merrill: S275). The
California wine industry from
the Inauguration of prohibition
to the present forms the back
ground for this saga of the pow
erful Rambeau family, wine
makers. Alice Tisdale Hobart
uncovers a new store of Ameri-
cana, writes about il with real
understanding. The rivalries,
successes and tragedies of the
California vineyards outshine the
history of the Rambeau family,
concerned chiefly with the re-
formation of a rakehell grand
son.
DACEY HAMILTON - (Har-
per: $3.50 This is love story
worth reading and remembering
for its true-to life characters and
as a portrait of woman with ar
resting charm. The heroine,
Dacey, is lovely young widow
of 25, with five children, whose
marriage to an artist had been
filled with fear and loneliness
Her mother, Julie, selfish and
beautiful, had wanted Dacey
husband. Dorothy Van Dorer
handles this dramatic conflict
with tenderness, finesse and fine
narration, against background
of Greenwich Village of the
early twenties.
GOLDEN FLEECE Though.
ton Mifflin: S275). The sheer
raiser's wife looks over the wilo
and Woolly West and learns to
laugh. Mrs. Call tells her owr
story simply and well, fills hel
book with anecdotes and Incl
dents of Montana ranch life, of
ten humorous, sometimes tender
and always interesting.
A TIME TO BE BORN
(Scribner: S2.75). This may
leave male readers unmoved, bu
the cheers will come from the
feminine section. There are two
heroines-an ambitious, schem
ing career woman and fire.
quently befuddled lass who doe:
little other than fall in love with
the one man of the story, thereby
upsetting schemes of her design
ing rival.
THE DAYS OF OFELIA -
(Houghton Mifflin: S2.75). The
chief charm of Gertrude .Di
mant's story is that it makes ne
pretensions to being a definitivG
work on the Mexican life it in
terpretS. Instead, it gracefully
reports the ways and manners OF
a family we'll known to the auth
or, and by so doing gives trueI
picture of a certain segment o.
Mexico than many more schol
arly book. Ofelia Escoto, one O.
13 children, was the author
maid. Through Ofelia, Miss Di
mant became the family's friend
shared their good and bad for
tunes, worried over their trou
bles and joined in their fiestas
The Escotos are worth meeting
and knowing well.
HIGH STAKES - putnam:
$3.50. Curt Riess at his best in
this thriller based on the ramifi
cations Of the Nazi spy ring 1T
America. It's too close to trutf
to be entirely comfortable.
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