Monday, Dec. 07, 1953
RECENT & READABLE
Triumph and Tragedy, by Winston Churchill. Sixth and last volume of the best of all World War II accounts (TIME, Nov. 30).
The Journals of Lewis and Clark. The engrossing story of the first exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, skillfully culled by Bernard DeVoto from the original seven volumes (TIME, Nov. 23).
Mary Tudor, by H. F. M. Prescott. A; penetrating biography of the woman known to history as "Bloody Mary"; a revised edition of Author Prescott's 1940 Spanish Tudor (TIME, Nov. 23).
Except the Lord, by Joyce Gary. How poverty and a sense of predestination sent a young Englishman out into the world with a fire in his heels (TIME, Nov. 16).
Russian Assignment, by Leslie C. Stevens. An enlightening account of two years in Russia, by a U.S. naval attache who found the Russian people friendly (TIME, Nov. 16).
Splendid Poseur, by M. M. Marberry.
How Joaquin Miller, the "Byron of the Rockies," persuaded his generation that he was a poet (TIME, Nov. 2).
The Traitor and the Spy, by James Thomas Flexner. How Benedict Arnold wove treason and Major John Andre was caught in the web; an impressive double history, told with scholarship and edge (TIME, Oct. 19).
The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud, Volume I, by Ernest Jones. Young Dr. Freud, fascinatingly analyzed by his leading British disciple (TIME, Oct. 19).
The Doctor and the Devils, by Dylan Thomas. An outstanding film script inspired by the notorious case of the 19th century Edinburgh body snatchers, Burke and Hare (TIME, Oct. 5).
The Renaissance, by Will Durant. Volume V of the ambitious popular survey of Western civilization which has engaged Historian Durant for nearly 25 years (TIME, Sept. 28).
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