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March 17, 1956 Issue - 53 Articles- Trade Winds
Bennett Cerf
, pp. 4-8 - The Language Front in China
James D. White
, pp. 9-10 - A Kind of Grandfather
Oscar Hammerstein II
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SR's Book of the Week (Review) Brand Blanshard
, p. 12 The Case for Modern Man, by Charles Frankel
- The Case for Modern Man by Charles Frankel
- The Author: Charles Frankel
Thomas E. Cooney
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Destiny and the Self-Deceived (Review) Ben Ray Redman
, p. 13 No Traveler Returns, by James Lord
- No Traveler Returns by James Lord
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Unadorned Arthur (Review) Edmund Fuller
, p. 13 The Great Captains, by Henry Treece
- The Great Captains by Henry Treece
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Pub-Crawl to Crown (Review) Thomas Caldecot Chubb
, p. 14 Harry of Monmouth, by A.M. Maughan
- Harry of Monmouth by A.M. Maughan
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Subterranean Sin (Review) Walter Havighurst
, p. 15 A Perfect Woman, by L.P. Hartley
- A Perfect Woman by L.P. Hartley
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Notes: Neurotic People (Review) Rosemary C. Benet
, p. 15 The Malefactors, by Caroline Gordon
- The Malefactors by Caroline Gordon
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Hill-Billy Takes a Journey (Review) John Cook Wyllie
, p. 15 Walk Through the Valley, by Borden Deal
- Walk Through the Valley by Borden Deal
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Luckless Ten (Review) Robert Pick
, p. 15 They Fell from God's Hand, by Hans Werner Richter
- They Fell from God's Hand by Hans Werner Richter
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365 Days of Fate (Review) Raymond Walters, Jr.
, p. 16 What a Year!, by Joe Alex Morris
- What a Year! by Joe Alex Morris
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"Whiskey Doin's" in the Far West (Review) Lucius Beebe
, p. 17 The Cocktail Hour in Jackson Hole, by Donald Hough
- The Cocktail Hour in Jackson Hole by Donald Hough
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Adopted Sons (Review) P.M. Pasinetti
, p. 18 Americans by Choice, by Angelo M. Pellegrini
- Americans by Choice by Angelo M. Pellegrini
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Native Sons (Review) Bradford Smith
, p. 18 The Boys and Their Mothers, by Keith Jennison
- The Boys and Their Mothers by Keith Jennison
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Asia's Last Call to the West (2 Reviews) Homer A. Jack
, p. 19 The Color Curtain, by Richard Wright
- The Color Curtain by Richard Wright
- The Asian-African Conference by George McTurnan Kahin
- Literary I.Q., p. 20
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Land of Nothing (Review) Stuart Cloete
, p. 20 One Man's Africa, by John Seymour
- One Man's Africa by John Seymour
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Best of Gandhi: The Mahatma in Deed and Word (Review) Paul A. Schilpp
, p. 21 The Gandhi Reader, by Homer A. Jack and Mahatma Gandhi
- The Gandhi Reader by Homer A. Jack and Mahatma Gandhi
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From Kindling to Fruit Trees (Review) Riley Hughes
, p. 22 The Living Bread, by Thomas Merton
- The Living Bread by Thomas Merton
- Feeding the Chickens
Babette Deutsch
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Notes: Anxiety and Faith (Review) Roscoe Thornton Faust
, p. 23 Anxiety and Faith, by Charles R. Stinnette
- Anxiety and Faith by Charles R. Stinnette
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A New Look at Sin (Review) Roscoe Thornton Faust
, p. 23 Hardness of Heart, by Edmond La Beaume Cherbonnier
- Hardness of Heart by Edmond La Beaume Cherbonnier
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Jews in America (Review) Harold U. Ribalow
, p. 23 Jewish Life in America, by Theodore Friedman and Rabbi Robert Gordis
- Jewish Life in America by Theodore Friedman and Rabbi Robert Gordis
- Other Religious Books
Siegfried Mandel
, p. 23 - The High Cost of Superiority, p. 24
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 25
- Broadway Postscript
Henry Hewes
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The Movies: To Your Battle Stations, Fellows (3 Reviews) Hollis Alpert
, p. 27 The Man Who Never Was (1956 Film), by Ronald Neame
- The Man Who Never Was (1956 Film) by Ronald Neame
- The Cockleshell Heroes (1956 Film) by Jose Ferrer
- The Bold and the Brave (1956 Film) by Lewis R. Foster
- TV and Radio
Robert Lewis Shayon
, p. 28 - Literary Crypt, p. 28
- Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
, p. 29 - Musicians' Battle
Mildred Norton
, p. 29 Mid-Month Recordings
- King Oliver in Savannah
Frederic Ramsey, Jr.
, pp. 30-31 - The Vanishing Female Jazz-Singer
Nat Hentoff
, p. 32 - The Measure of "Bird"
Whitney Balliett
, pp. 33-35 - Jazz Piano, Today and Tomorrow
Billy Taylor
, p. 36 - Hodeir on Jazz
Wilder Hobson
, p. 37 - This Month's Goodman
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 38-41
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The Criminal Record (5 Reviews) Sergeant Cuff
, p. 42 Fear Is the Same, by John Dickson Carr
- Fear Is the Same by John Dickson Carr
- Murder in Haiti by John W. Vandercook
- Three Witnesses by Rex Stout
- A Room at the Hotel Ambre by Anthony Armstrong
- Suddenly a Widow by George Harmon Coxe
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Dixie Belles and Sea-Raiders (Review) Earl Schenck Miers
, p. 43 The Outlawed Banner, by Garland Roark
- The Outlawed Banner by Garland Roark
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Also Noted (8 Reviews) S.P. Mansten
, pp. 43-44 If This Be Virtue, by Paula Batchelor
- If This Be Virtue by Paula Batchelor
- Sing, Morning Star by Jane Oliver
- Hannah Fowler by Janice Holt Giles
- A Woman of Bangkok by Jack Reynolds
- The Dominant Note by Victor White
- At the Edge of the Shadow by Elizabeth Bacon Rodewald
- Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
- Saddlebag Parson by Sara Jenkins
Going? Travel in Europe Section
- Spring in London: Blooms Among the Blitz
Neville Braybrooke
, p. 45 - Ideas for an Idyl
Horace Sutton
, pp. 46-47 - How to Fill an Attic
David Greenberg and Marian Greenberg
, pp. 48-49 - Peregrinating with a Purpose
Joyce Jenkins
, pp. 50-51 - Europe by Car: How to Rent Buy and Resell, p. 52
- Pfennigs from Heaven
H.S.
, pp. 53-54 - A Festival Guide to Europe, pp. 55-61
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Travelers' Tales (3 Reviews) , pp. 62-65 When and Where in Italy, by Genevieve Foster
- When and Where in Italy by Genevieve Foster
- Sovereign Britain by James Reynolds
- Guide to Europe and the Mediterranean by Richard Joseph
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1147, pp. 66-68
- Cover Photograph
Herman Leonard