What America Should Be Reading
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE BY FRANZ WERFEL $3.00
A novel rising out of the Miracle of Lourdes, refreshing for its faith in a doubtful hour.
AND NOW TOMORROW BY RACHEL FIELD $2.75
New England character as the mills run down. Authentic and very human in its delineation of the mill town and the heroine, who is deaf, but not to labor.
WAR AND PEACE BY LEO TOLSTOY $3.00
This reprint is well Timed and remarkably prophetic as history repeats itself.
VICTOTY THROUGH AIR POWER BY MAJOR ALEXANDER P. DE SEVERSKY $2.50
A fighting thesis on Air Power Unemployed, the biggest eye-opener in tactical thinking our side has produced.
AMERICA IN THE NEW BY GEORGE E. TAYLOR $1.50
What the struggle for the Orient means to us; a terse, knowledgeable statement.
CROSS CREEK BY MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS $2.50
The lovely flavor of the piney woods and humorous give-and-take of a tiny, fragrant Florida community.
FLIGHT TO ARRAS BY ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY $2.75
The anguish and fortitude of a French aviator as he stares defeat in the face. A narrative as sensitive and intricate as Conrad’s.
THE MAKING OF TOMORROW BY RAOUL DE ROUSSY DE SALES $3.00
A masterful analysis of the forces which ignited the world revolution when touched off by Hitler.
PAUL REVERE AND THE WORLD HE LIVED IN BY ESTHER FORBES $3.75
The leisurely biography of a sterling silver patriot.
A WINESS TREE BY ROBERT FROST $2.00
New lyrics and the searching, quizzical philosophy of our sturdiest New Eng land poet.
THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS BY ELLIOT PAUL $2.75
The little people on the Left Bank, in prose so gay, so true, and so bawdy.
THE SELECTED WORKS OF STEPHEN VICENT BENÉT $5.00
This prose and verse shows the range and intensity of Benét’s best work. A good summer tonic for those who love Americana.
INSIDE BENCHLEY BY ROBERT BENCHLEY $2.50
The Geography and habits of a man who never takes himself too seriously.