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old, old story of the love of man
for a maid, but told with such fresh
ness that it recaptures for us the
high heart of youth. 1t is a war
story, but a happy one. Against the
background of the lovely English
countryside, we meet the men and
women of the flying station and
the men of Peter MarshalPs bomb
er crew, bound together by the in
timacy and mutual trust of their
fifty odd missions over enemy terri
tory. Gervase Robinson, the girl
whom Peter loves, is a WAAF on
his station The story is well written,
with understanding and humor, Of
course, being Nevil Shute's book,
the flying scenes are magnificent.
Tall Tale America, by Walter
Blair, tells us of American history
as it was made by the heroes of
those wonderful tall tales with
which American yarn-spinners have
been delighting the world for years,
the folk tales which form our finest
traditions. Here are the famed Davy
Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Paul
Bunyan, Pecos Bill and many others
The book brings us, in rich detail,
the ways of working, thinking and
living, current in our country from
its discovery down to the present
day The life of the Yankee traders,
of the frontier settlers, of the South
ern aristocrat, the slave, the poor
white and the emigrant to the West
Here, in short, is our whole exciting,
colorful history told with the gusto
and marvellous humor,
Most Secret: Most Immediate, by
Howard Swiggett, is a dramatic spy
story Garrett Maynard, of the Free
Nations Military Intelligence, makes
a perilous trip to Paris just before
our entry into the war, to contact
members Of the Underground.
Meanwhile, at home, a traitor is
working against him. The author is
Deputy Director General Of the Brit
ish Supply Mission in this country.
His behind the-scene knowledge Of
the adventures of which he writes
gives the reader the extra thrill Of
authenticity, SO often lacking in
spy stories.
In The Rest of Your Life, Leo
Cherne pictures the postwar future
of America. Citing facts and figures,
he shows what life for the man of
the street will be like when Johnny
comes marching home. He depicts
the agony of rehabilitation and tells
how long it will be before we can
expect our soldiers back He dis
cusses postwar jobs and the recon-
version of industry to peacetime
production, and this is only the be-
ginning. Throughout the book the
emphasis is on the individual and his
chance for employment, for pro-
gress and happiness Leo Cherne is
one of the few men in the country
equipped to write such detailed
authoritative history of tomorrow.
If it is escape reading you are
looking for Low Man On a Totem
Pole, by H. Allen Smith, will GER
tainly fill the bill, for here is life
seen by one of our wittiest writer's.
1t is collection of screWball inter-
views and acid portraits made by
young newspaperman, born in ILL
nois and just come to New York.
Everything remotely human is the
object of Mr. Smiths scrutiny as he
makes his way among the famous
and the obscure, the great and the
small stars of radio, screen and
stage, your favorite authors, char
acter named Nose, and any one else
who got in his way. Life In A Putty
Knife Factory and his most recent,
Lost In The Horse Latitudes, are
combinations of the same fascinat-
ing and hilarius anecdotes.
Windswept, by Mary Ellen Chase,
is a book that you won't want to
put down once you have started to
read it. 1t is a truly American novel.
While it has a New England setting,
Miss Chase has portrayed in it the
past and present of America, the
gifts and graces of her newcomers,
as well as the contributions of her