The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195?, April 01, 1948, Page 11, Image 11

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Books for Vacation
And You Can Take Them With You
By Elizabeth Dotson
A book to carry under your arm band and small son in a Japanese prison
down the garden path or to pack in Camp. Mrs. Keith’s first book was Land
your traveling bag is a welcome com­ ¿Below the Wind.
panion for any vacation. W ith the as­ Nearer Home
sistance of Miss Marcia Hill at the State B in ns , A rchie . Yew Rolling River. A
Library we’ve chosen a few candidates novel of life in the port town of Astoria
from the current literary crop for your 60 or 70 years ago. A number of differ­
summer recreation.
ent stories, interlocked at intervals, are
Ann Chair Adventure
told.
C orbett , J im .’ Man Eating Leopard of C ase , V ictoria and R orert O. We
Rudraprayag. As good as any thriller is Called It Culture. A history of the
this account of a leopard hunt.
American institution known as Chau­
I nnes , H ammond . Gale Warning. tauqua by two Oregon writers. The
Story of a ship that left Murmansk in movement reached its peak in 1924
1945 with a cargo of silver. The cap­ when an estimated 30 million people at­
tain scuttled the ship and murdered his tended Chautauqua, meetings.
crew. This ‘is the story of the three who C orning , H. M. Willamette Landings,
escaped.
Ghost Towns of the River. Long a fea­
S tewart , G. R. Fire. Fourteen day ture writer in the field of Oregon his­
life of a forest fire in Ponderosa Na-*' tory, Mr. Corning spent some years'in
tional Forest in Northern California. the preparation of this, his first book-
Written with power and imagination. length historical study.
Will be enjoyed by readers of his earlier1
W inther , O. O. Great Northwest. A
book, Storm.
very readable new history of Oregon by
Wider Horizons
I a Pacific: Northwesterner who has stu­
A rne , :S igrid . United Nations Primer. died, traveled and taught in Oregon
Very readable background material for and Washington.
understanding today’s news.
Once Over Lightly
D avis , M rs . H. I. (E.) World On My
C
hase , I lka . Free Admission. Smart,
Dporstep; a venture in international
sophisticated
commentary on the auth­
living. Author is wife of Malcolm Da­
vis, for many years connected with or’s Hollywood experiences, speaking
various peace organizations. Her remin­ tours and war work. Sequel to her au­
iscences combine account of home life tobiographical Fast Imperfect.
in Geneva with personal observations J acobs , H erbert . We Chose the Coun­
try. This "impractical guide to farm
on international affairs.
W hite , W. L. Lost Boundaries. Simply life” gives a joyful and humorous rec­
written narrative of a New England ord of thé hardships, blunders and re­
Negro family which had been "pass- wards of country life experienced by a
"city” family.
K eith , M rs . A. N. Three Came Back. L othrop , E leanor . Throw M e a Bone.
Author reports without bitterness on An archeologist’s wife writes an infor-
her years of interment with her hus­ mative, but hugely entertaining, ac-