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October 27, 1956 Issue - 40 Articles- Trade Winds
Bennett Cerf
, pp. 6-8 - Literary Crypt, pp. 9-10
- Isn't There a Better Way to Elect a President?
Richard L. Neuberger
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SR's Book of the Week (Review) T. Harry Williams
, p. 14 This Hallowed Ground, by Bruce Catton
- This Hallowed Ground by Bruce Catton
- The Author: Bruce Catton
Thomas E. Cooney
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The Greatness of Grant (Review) David M. Potter
, p. 15 Lincoln Finds a General, by Kenneth P. Williams
- Lincoln Finds a General by Kenneth P. Williams
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In Search of a Motive (Review) David Karp
, p. 16 Compulsion, by Meyer Levin
- Compulsion by Meyer Levin
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Eternal Foreigners (Review) William Peden
, p. 16 Six Feet of the Country, by Nadine Gordimer
- Six Feet of the Country by Nadine Gordimer
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Young Ladies Come Lately (5 Reviews) , p. 17 Chocolates for Breakfast, by Pamela Moore
- Chocolates for Breakfast by Pamela Moore
- The Blue Dog, and Other Fables for the French by Anne Bodart
- Caleb, My Son by Lucy Daniels
- The Red Room by Francoise Mallet-Joris
- A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan
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The Minds and Oil of Arabia (Review) Hal Lehrman
, p. 18 Heritage of the Desert: The Arabs and the Middle East, by Harry B. Ellis
- Heritage of the Desert: The Arabs and the Middle East by Harry B. Ellis
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USSR in Flux (Review) Alexander Dallin
, p. 19 Russia Without Stalin, by Edward Crankshaw
- Russia Without Stalin by Edward Crankshaw
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A Camera-Eye Look Through the Iron Curtain (Review) , p. 19 Russia in Pictures, by Alfred Fichelle
- Russia in Pictures by Alfred Fichelle
- Science and Sense, p. 20
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 21
- Music to My Ears, p. 22
- Broadway Postscript, p. 23
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Pickett's Men (Review) Alden Whitman
, p. 24 Reminiscences of Big I, by William Nathaniel Wood and Bell Irvin Wiley
- Reminiscences of Big I by William Nathaniel Wood and Bell Irvin Wiley
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A Year of the Civil War (19 Reviews) , p. 24 The Man Who Elected Lincoln, by Jay Monaghan
- The Man Who Elected Lincoln by Jay Monaghan
- The Horse Soldiers by Harold Sinclair
- Lincoln's Sons by Ruth Painter Randall
- Yankee Reporters, 1861-65 by Emmet Crozier
- Lincoln's Fifth Wheel by William Quentin Maxwell
- The Desolate South, 1865-1866 by John T. Trowbridge and Gordon Carroll
- Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War by Burke Davis
- Robert E. Lee by Earl Schenck Miers
- Sickles the Incredible by W.A. Swanberg
- Lincoln and the Tools of War by Robert V. Bruce
- Mr. Lincoln's Admirals by Clarence Edward Macartney
- Civil War on Western Waters by Fletcher Pratt
- Lincoln Reconsidered by David Herbert Donald
- So Fell the Angels by Thomas Graham Belden and Marva Robins Belden
- Quantrill and the Border Wars by William Elsey Connelley
- Gray Ghosts and Rebel Raiders by Virgil Carrington Jones
- Rebel Boast by Manly Wade Wellman
- South After Gettysburg by Henrietta Stratton Jaquette and Cornelia Hancock, ...
- Lincoln's Choice by Justin O. Buckeridge
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Man in the Shadow (Review) Jerome Stone
, p. 25 Malone Dies, by Samuel Beckett
- Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett
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Dirty Work in the D.A.'s Office (Review) Eleazar Lipsky
, p. 25 The Prosecutor, by Bernard Botein
- The Prosecutor by Bernard Botein
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Involved Bystander (Review) Martin Levin
, p. 26 The Facts of Love, by Stanley Baron
- The Facts of Love by Stanley Baron
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Deserted Democrat (Review) Martin Levin
, p. 26 The Foreign Minister, by Leo Lania
- The Foreign Minister by Leo Lania
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Also Noted (6 Reviews) S.P. Mansten
, p. 26 I am Adam, by Maxine Kaufman
- I am Adam by Maxine Kaufman
- James, by the Grace of God by Hugh Ross Williamson
- Sing One Song by Helen Topping Miller
- Queen of the East by Alexander Baron
- The Forgotten Place by John Fores
- Captain Rebel by Frank Yerby
- Your Literary I.Q., pp. 26-27
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Land of the Future (Review) A. Curtis Wilgus
, pp. 28-29 Beggars on Golden Stools, by Peter Schmid
- Beggars on Golden Stools by Peter Schmid
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Anything for a Laugh (2 Reviews) Martin Levin
, pp. 30-32 The Life of the Party, by Bennett Cerf
- The Life of the Party by Bennett Cerf
- It All Started with Eve by Richard W. Armour
SR/Recordings
- Mother of the Met Family
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 33-35 - Just Plain Maria
William Weaver
, pp. 36-37 - Recordings in Review
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 38-39 - Recordings Reports I: Orchestral LPs, pp. 40-41
- Recordings Reports II: Miscellaneous LPs, pp. 42-43
- The Amen Corner
Wilder Hobson
, pp. 44-45 - The Other Side
Thomas Heinitz
, pp. 46-49 - Keep on Rollin'
Stanley Green
, pp. 50-51 - Hi-Fi Mid the Heather
L.C. Agnew
, pp. 52-53 - The Unsung Mr. Richter
Victor Seroff
, pp. 54-55 - Busoni on Mozart, pp. 56-58
- Chotzinoff on Toscanini
I.K.
, pp. 59-62 - Letters to the Recordings Editor, pp. 63-65
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1179, pp. 66-68