Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-12-16
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Yutang 600 years before Chaucer
the written short story became an
art form in China. Lin Yutang has
selected from the vast assortment
the most famous and interesting
of Chinese stories)
American Racing Planes and
Historic Air Races-Kinert (For
the first time, the complete facts
about all of Americas racing
planes and the races in which they
flew are gathered in one book.
From the first international Air
Race in 1909 to the recent one,
every major event is accurately
described, with all the technical,
historical and human side fully
told. 25 beautiful pages in full
colors and 40 pages in pencil
drawings add to this valuable col
lection)
Young People
Cinder Cyclone-Brier GA mod
ern school-sports story, Stressing
athletic ethics, dramatically tells
the story of Steve Potter and Mark
Heath's rivalry on the cinder track.
A mysterious auto wreck, an emer-
gency flight in a helicopter, free
for -all-fight, and stranger in
town who turns out to be fam
Gus track coach give action and
suspense; but the problems of
school athletes who switch from
smalltime to big-time is upper
moSt)
Scarlet Royal - Emery (The
MacIntyre family are forced to
make their living, they open rid
ing school with the string of horses
which had been left to them.
Scarlet Royal is Margo's pride and
joy. She is forced to sell him to
one they both dislike. Her troubles
are helped when they hire Neil
Campbell, college student to help
with the horses. Scarlet Royal is
again with her, and romance also
comes her way).
AS the Wheel Turns-Tufts
(Fleeing from England in 1914,
Anthony Bryce took with him, his
fathers invention of the power
loom. He found a mill site in
Forks Village; and also Charity,
a Quaker girl, who defied her
church and left her people to
marry him. The story of their life
together and the winning of the
struggle against prejudice and hate
is an absorbing one.)
Rustlers on the High Range
Atwater (The range war between
the cattlemen and the Forest Ser
vice was reaching a climax and
Jim and Hank were sent out to
settle it. No one dreamed of the
terrible danger they would be in,
and the great part, Don Buckley, a
rancher's son, would play in cap
turing the rustlers.)
Family Grandstand-Brink (The
Rrigeways are delightful family
Gather a professor at Midwest
University. All year round from q
many-windowed tower atop their
house they could watch the "go.
ings-on'' in the neighborhood, and
on football days, there was glor.
ious view of the stadium onto the
= playing field.
Milestone Carlson (Janet Lee
has to pay for damages she made
in a motor accident by working al
summer, in a guest-houSe in {
small town, instead of having fur
on Cape Cod. The summer prove:
: milestone" in her life, with {
new understanding of herself, anC
what she wants from life; also /;
2 new romance with Douglas Ora
/, ham,.
Thanks to Letty-Burke ("Jus
leave it to Lefty" was the sayini
on the Davis farm, and Lefty al
ways did it, Now Lefty must run
a farm alone, cope with her oldel
sisters discomfort and desire Il
leave the farm; solve the myster.
: of the loss of the emerald ring
v and plan her sisters wedding
5 Lefty does it and shows what ;
9 resourceful American girl can do
The Last Fort - CoatSwortl
(After the French crushed tn,
British in Canada, Alexis Picarc
@ was sent to find land still ruled b.
e France. This journey by cano'
: along the st. Lawrence, through
e the Great Lakes and into the Mis-
e sissippi, is dogged by mutiny, in
t trigue, blood-thirsty white mel
k and fierce Indians. An exciting
: time is ahead for all readers o
e this book.)
Arne and the Christmas Star =
Seymour (The freighter STERN
was fighting out storm at sea
S trying to make port, and bring al
S the gifts to the Norwegian villag
5 where Arne lives. How Arne doe
: his part to bring the ship safel
n into port makes a thrilling tale.
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