Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-04-28
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THE OTHER CITY, JOHN ES-
PEY.
A continuation of the authors
blithe and diverting childhood IN
Shanghai as begun in Minor
Heresie and Tales Out of School.
low the easier life of a trader
SHAKESPEARE OF LONDON,
CHUTE.
The author has found documents
dating only two decades from
Shakespeare's death. The chief
emphasis on this biography of the
famous playwright rs as worl
ing member of the London Theat-
er. This remarkable group of ac-
tors and fellow workmen in the
theater are brought to life once
again.
PEARL DIVERS LUCK, BEN
HAM.
Forty odd years ago Clarence
Benham was a young man look
ing for adventure. SO he tried
his hand at diving with the pearl
ing fleets in the water of Torres
Straits. Before he decided to fol-
low the easier life of trade
among the headhunterS of the
Solomons, he had narrowly es-
capped from encounters with
sharks, whales and had freed a
native girl from slavery.
KNEE PANTS, SCHURMACH-
Err.
This will remind you Of Penrod
and his adventures as this author
recounts his amusing boyhood in
New York at the turn of the Gen.
tury, the son of a veterinarian.
OUT OF THE EARTH, LOUIS
BROMFIELD.
Mr.. Bromfeld writes about the
New Agriculture and the incred-
ible worlds which have opened up
with the scientific discoveries of
the past ten years.
FICTION
RIVERS RIM, JANE ABBOTT.
The story of Quint Darby, who
rebelled at his fathers Tory feel
ings during the war of 1912, and
struck out on his own, where he
lost an arm fighting with An
thony Wayne.
THE DIPLOMAT, JAMES AID
RIDGE.
There are three diplomat.
schooled In the high-level diplo-
macy whose careers are to Juggle
the fate of nations. This mission
is to Russia.
SIDE STREET, BENCHLEY.
Every neighborhood street in
New York is a side street. II
the named Aliens side street turn
ed out to be any different, it was
because they decided to buy the
last two houses which the land
lord had and then their new ten
ants became their friends-just
how good the Aliens didn't real
ize until they were away on a va
cation,
THE FEAST, MARGARET KEN
NEDY.
Disaster and death come to
some of the characters in the
book, and the reader watches as
disaster overtakes certain of the
characters and the reader will
begin to wonder why certain peo-
Pile have tragedy hit them and
others are saved.
BRIDAL JOURNEY, VAN EV-
ERY.
Toward the close of the Ameri-
can Revolution bands of men
Struggled in the wilderness foi,
the control of the Ohio. Through
this wild country came Marah to
be married to her fiance waiting
in the stockade, only to find that
he had disappeared and Marah IS
taken captive by the Indians.
SINGLE JACK, MAX BRAND.
Western story.
JUVENILE
LOU GEHRIG, VAN RIPPER.
Biography of the boy of the
sand lots.
BOOK OF TRAINS, LATHAM.
Everything about trains.
THE STEAM SHOVEL THAT
WOULDN'T EAT DIRT, WAL
TIERS.
Steve was a hard working
steam shovel who liked to have
passers-by stop to watch him.
MYSTERY UP THE WINDING
STAIR, ORION.
Four boys and girls in a big
country house trying to find a
treasure with winding stair
leading from the library to cir
cular room above makes exciting
reading.
MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD,
ELMS.
Story of well known mountains