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Henry Steele Commager • 134 Items / 44 Reviews, 33 Books, 57 Articles
The Heritage of America (1939)
by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
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Published Reviews
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    "Ship of Democracy" (Review)
    Stephen Vincent Benet
    The Heritage of America, by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    1. The Heritage of America by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    The Saturday Review, September 30, 1939, p. 6
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    American History (2 Reviews)
    Elbert J. Benton
    The Heritage of America, by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    1. The Heritage of America by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    2. The Westward Movement by Ina Faye Woestemeyer and J. Montgomery Gambrill, ...
    The American Historical Review, July 1940, p. 886
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    The Book Forum (3 Reviews)
    M.L. Elting
    Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, by Carl Sandburg
    1. Abraham Lincoln: The War Years by Carl Sandburg
    2. The Heritage of America by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    3. Lord Rutherford, 1871-1937 by A.S. Eve
    The Forum, December 1939
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    A Reader's List (6 Reviews)
    History
    1. Canadian-American Relations, 1849-1874 by Lester Burrell Shippee
    2. The Fall of the Russian Monarchy by Bernard Pares
    3. The Heritage of America by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    4. The North Briton by George Nobbe
    5. The Old Santa Fe Trail by Stanley Vestal
    6. The Southern Poor-White: From Lubberland to Tobacco Road by Shields McIlwaine
    The New Republic, November 1, 1939, p. 377
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    More Books of the Week (7 Reviews)
    The Heritage of America, by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    1. The Heritage of America by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    2. St. John Chrysostom: The Voice of Gold by Donald Attwater
    3. Arthur Rimbaud by Enid Starkie
    4. Autobiography by A.A. Milne
    5. The Sudden Rose by Blanche Mary Kelly
    6. Art from the Mayans to Disney by Jean Charlot
    7. Primitive Revelation by Wilhelm Schmidt
    Commonweal, October 13, 1939, pp. 565-571
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    Briefly Noted (8 Reviews)
    General
    1. An American Artist's Story by George Biddle
    2. Across the Busy Years by Nicholas Murray Butler
    3. Imperial Twilight by Bertita Harding
    4. The Seven Lady Godivas by Dr. Seuss
    5. The Heritage of America by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    6. The Gist of Art by John Sloan
    7. Leonardo da Vinci by Kenneth Clark
    8. Last Lectures by Roger E. Fry
    The New Yorker, September 30, 1939, p. 62
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    Briefer Comment (13 Reviews)
    Of General Interest
    1. A World History of Our Own Times, Vol. I by Quincy Howe
    2. The Ohio by R.E. Banta
    3. The Potomac by Frederick Gutheim
    4. Our Sovereign State by Robert S. Allen
    5. Out of the Crocodile's Mouth by William Nelson
    6. The People Don't Know by George Seldes
    7. A Treasury of Great Reporting by Louis L. Snyder and Richard B. Morris
    8. A Treasury of Southern Folklore by B.A. Botkin
    9. Thesaurus of Book Digests by Hiram Haydn and Edmund Fuller
    10. The Heritage of America by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    11. The Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend by Maria Leach and Jerome Fried
    12. Killers of the Dream by Lillian Smith
    13. The Ironing Board by Christopher Morley
    The Forum, January 1950, pp. 21-22
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    Briefly Noted (18 Reviews)
    General
    1. Here is New York by E.B. White
    2. Modern Arms and Free Men by Vannevar Bush
    3. John L. Lewis: An Unauthorized Biography by Saul D. Alinsky
    4. Out in the Mid-Day Sun by Monica Martin
    5. The Heritage of America by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
    6. Social Thought in America by Morton G. White
    7. The Ways of Genius by Radoslav Andrea Tsanoff
    8. The Strange Life of Charles Waterton, 1782-1865 by Richard Aldington
    9. Gallery of Ghosts by James Reynolds
    10. Dublin: A Study in Environment by John Hooper Harvey
    11. Horses and Heroes by Frazier Hunt and Robert Hunt
    12. Hounds, Horses, and Hunting by Frances Pitt
    13. Klee by Herbert Read
    14. Flemish Pictures by Thomas Bodkin
    15. Blake by Geoffrey Keynes
    16. The Virgin and Child by Thomas Bodkin
    17. Degas Dancers by Lillian Browse
    18. Home Sweet Zoo by Clare Barnes, Jr.
    The New Yorker, December 17, 1949, pp. 105-110