The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-04
.Hieh|ights from
the Latest Books

Americans want to read about
the war. Best proof is the re-
ception given purely war"
books that have filled the book
shelves since Dec. 7, l94l.
There is no denying that war is
the best seller of the year.
Breaking it down into indi-
vidual four-star volumes must
vary, of course, according to the
choice of the reviewer. But there
is little doubt that Ambassadors
Joseph Crews Report From
Tokyo" (Simon and Schuster:
SD and THE Raft" (Holt: $2.5O)
will be we'll in the front in all
lists.
How War Came" (Simon
and Schuster: S250) provided
important background for the
students of the conflict. There
was a wealth of material avail
able on the actual fighting.
"Men of Bataan" (Knopf: $2.5O)
and Il Escaped From Hong
Kong" (Reynal and Hitchcock:
S2.5O) pictured the early stages
of The war and Queen of the
Flattops" (Dutton: So, Torpedo
Junction" (Bobbs Merrill:
$3.50, and "None Moro Coura-
geous" Macmillan: $3.50 kept
the war up to date More war
books are coming off the press
es, just as fast as war CORES
pondents can write them.
BACKGROUND
Of background material, arm
chair strategists found no short
ages in the book line. Reynolds
and Eleanor Packard took care
of Italy in excellent fashion in
Balcony Empire" Oxford:
So.
Germany was dissected and
analysed in This Is the Enemy"
Little Brown: So and Hugh
Byas traced the development of
Japan's ultimate doom in Gov
eminent b y Assassination"
(Knopf: so. Retreat to Vic
| tory" (Alliance; So, Last
Train From Berlin" (Knopf:
S2.75), and Freely to Pass"
(Crowell: So filled in the ne
cessary gaps.
See Here, Private Hargrove"
(Holt: $2) gave the public a
humorous view of the draftee'S
life through the eyes of Private
Marion Hargrove, but the seri-
Gus side of the war effort was
covered in "The Army Means
Business" (Bobbs Merrill: $2.75)
and Our New Army Little
Brown: $1.50).
For those who stay at home
there was sound advice in $50
Your Husbands Gone to War"
doubleday Doran: $2), "The
Army Woman's Handbook
| (Whittlesey House: $l.25) and
! the Army Guide for Women
(Longmans: $3.50.
Sabotage" (Harper and
Brothers: $3.50 pointed out in
ternal dangers the nation faces
and prelude to Victory
(Knopf: so told the nation just
what victory will cost. 1.-THE
Problems Of Lasting Peace"
Doubleday Doran: $2) was a
guide for the post war future.
Best photos of the year were
included in "U. S. Camera,
1912" DUEL, Sloan and Pearce:
81 50), War in Our Time"
doubleday Doran: S9.70) and
Shooting the Russian Front
(Simon and Schuster: S2.75).
Collections were we'll in the
top bracket of the years best
sellers. There was bumper
crop of Treasures" harvested
and all of them are priced addi-
tons to any library. Several
were standouts.
This Is My Best" (Dial:
So 500 and American Harvest"
FISCHER: $3.50 rounded up u.
S. short fiction in excellent ia
shion. THE Best American Short
Stories of 1912" (Houghton Milf
film: S2751 and the O. Henry
Memorial Award Prize Stores
of 1912" doubleday Doran:
50 50) arc always annual favor
ties.
Treasury of the Familiar"
macmillan: So led all the rest
in popular appeal, closely trail
ed by "A Treasury of Great
Poems" (Simon and Schuster:
1919. Treasury of Best Loved
Hymns" Gutenberg: S2.50),
"A Treasury of the Worlds FL
nest Folk Songs" (Howell Sos
kin: So and "Humor in Ameri-
can Song (Howell Soskin:
$3.50 handled the musical de-
! partment adequately for mist