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Show The Deseret Sampler, Friday, October 13, 1972 Bookcase Review NASSERi A POLITICAL BIO- CRAPHY by Robert Stephens Nasser, moonshine, the northwest among book topies LIBRARY JOURNAL reviews of some of the books recently by the post library. THE HIDDEN NORTHWEST by Robert Cant well (Hist-Re- gional Study). Cantwells North- Washington, British Columbia - is "hidden" because so many of its discoveries and themselves were explicat ors mysterious figures, driven by un- fathomable motives, working from obscurity back into obscur- ity; for example, geographer Da-vid Thompson and novelist Theo- dore Winthrop. w;M.MM iiuuuvu .1luuutl" uuu war ery, by itself, would be a civiliz- ing influence in a land called savage and storm-lasheby those who first saw it Yet, the first wave of civilization clear-cwest-Orego- the 13th FRIDAY Prices tfftctive all day Friday till 10 p.m. From 6 P.IVl. Till 1 0 P.M. 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SALE $55995 possi-emigra- Actually, the book of 68 prescriptions vacation every day, in inr wmima I Mr consists (Take a Have the nmcnnM be your guide," and the like) achievement of happiness in all " Tin? t inr, rr,ixvn aspecis oi uic PRESCRIPTION is not at all what one would expect from the highly competent author of that marvelous satire THE PE-- ram F"" . esnedallv ., ' in the South. began, one out of five gallons of liquor consumed was moonshine whiskey, The author makes good use rf contemporary reports of revenuen in telling his story which b always colorful and often violent. His richly detailed chapters on producing "moun-th- e tain dew" and the types of .tills In use are never dull, account He concludeg rf (0 mountain distilleries, and these to the , . wont s mtmrMJrl auuienucuy MrurahininP is a Wendarv oro-United States, feKion in and we finally have a book that the rtraight- - . Xndy g Qwen Sound Public: Library, Ontario, Canada. Boin(, 0c?the 1960-- Award of Merit Test Division representative Melvin J. Busbnell accepts the Award of Merit for superior achievement in the prevention of injuries from DTC Commanding Officer Col. Robert A. Shade. Mr. BushneO is Chief of the Test Division. ESPIONAGE job would be a cinch. Real spies It would be a blessing devout- - keep shifting methods and angles ly to be wished, if foreign agents and, consequently, so do we. were to act as clumsily as fhe Hans Holmer, Boss of Sweden's Then our Security Police, Sap. of hero-agen- ts TV-lan- d. If Could Be YULt lyCKY BAY! Any day you Stop in at Mantes could be Total contact cold 15.6 cu. ft capacity Special fast-freeSlide 'n Store Defrost drain system compartment Combined power interruption light and Divider basket Porcelain-enameled interior Interior lighting temp control Key lock. FREE RCA Outdoor Antenna With Every RCA Color Console Soldi G t YOUR Lucky or pletura 629.95 has brought together statements especially written for this work by a variety of black politicians working within the system for forests, fouled rivers, killed sal- - locial change in America, nun runs, and left upon the land Contributors range from Juli- deserted lumber towns (which an Bond, who also wrote the exert their melancholia into introduction, and Coneresswo- the present). man Shirley Chisholm to Sou th ine Northwest is hidden be-- em activists Fannie Lou Hamer cause a distinctively regional and Tohn Logan Cashin. culture has not emerged. Those Wright sums up the on the Oregon Trail, bilities and potentialities of black self- - conscious of their import- political power in a thoughtful ant undertaking, transplanted essav rounding off the collection. New England and the Midwest. fhe bulk of the contributions Cantwell s ancestors settled in are nonexceDtional and even to Washington, and he displays the dull in their exhortations pride and sadness Northwester- - blacks to use bloc voting and ners feel toward die grandeur, coalition politics to effect an yet failed hopes, of their land, improvement in their condition Susanna A Hafmer, Fresno and that of the nation. State College Library, Calif. Very few of the politicians SAY have anything new to say with YOU WHAT DO AFTER YOU SAY HELLO? the possible exceptions of Man-Th- e Psychology of Human Des-- batten Borough President Percy tiny, a text book of script Anaiy- - Sutton, who calls for black con- sis, by Encberoe M.u. irsycn. trolled mass media in predomi- Completed shortly before Berne's nantly black areas, and Chicago death, this sequel to GAMES Alderwoman Anna Langford, PEOPLE PLAY is intended as an who provides a lively account of advanced textbook of transac-- bow she "whupped" fhe Daley tional analysis ana is atmea pn- - machine. marily at professional psychoCongressman John Covers, therapists. Jr.'s contribution on the Black The first three sections pro- Caucus is of interest in this vide a clear, concise considera- election year, but the same cantion of structural analysis, trans-- not be said of his account of and script American policy toward Portugal actional analysis, and Africa - an article which is theory. The author's ability to serve incontruous and irrelevant in up rather complex material in a this collection devoted to domes- light, entertaining style contri- - tic politics, butes to his success. However, Dick Gregory's article is the section dealing with clini- largely a string of jokes and feeble cal practice is not as noteworthy. witticisms overly familiar to anyDespite much good material, one acquainted with his stage particularly that relating ,. to and lecture performances. choice of therapist, the then-While the collection provides pist as magician, and basic vocal a handy reference to the thought signs, this part lacks a clear 0f black moderate politicians. explanation of the use of fhe it is difficult to see it being of theoretical framework in treat- any great value to the informed ment itself. reader - Norman Lederer, WisAs a result, even Berne's consin State University Ethnic and Minority Studies Center, style becomes , temporarily annoying. However, psychiatric Platteville. - THE PETER PRESCRIPTION . How To Be Creative, Confi- dent, and Competent, by Lau- icnoe T. Peter (Psych). In 1969 Peter introduced a new catch phrase ("In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his wvci w luunuuncm , uuu uic vocabulary. Ndw, in response (he tells us) to questions on how to avoid becoming a victim of his disquieting, principle, he of- fers this advice - "forward to a better life or, as he calls it. Peter Prescription. CHEVROLET MaMOOMl 21 mum Library of Congress. MOON-SHININ- Day especially if you drive off in a new H J I WHAT BLACK POLITICI- ANS ARE SAYING by Nathan Wrietit Tr. (Tol. Sci.) On the heels of his successful compila- w . w COJlllA- i BLAUL nni WMA1 TORS ARE SAYING, Wright and his efforts to bring- - Egypt into the modem world, virtually ignores his personal life and omits rather too many political and international issues. it contains some However, fine descriptions and some enlightening, perceptive analysis -the chapters on the 1967 June war, its prelude and aftermath, and on the Eisenhower doctrine of 1958. The author's "Conclusions" about Nasser beautifully place the late Egyptian ruler in per spective. - David W. Littleheld, . . . jj QJaiB Rancror. Me. objective Tli g00 Freezer Sale FREE Itg. treat-acquir- ed ut ELECTRIC DRYER 9" Speakers are nnlnrinu fnr thinness when considering ment, and this shortcoming is minor commnd to trie overall value of the book. The simplicity of style and clarity of presentation should render this volume of interest to laymen u well as to mental health professionals. - Philip E. McDowell. The Counseling C en- - d Whirlpool Convertible sympathetic synthesis of elect- ed information about Nasser, his role in. Near Eastern politics, tevthnnk t.r This (Biog-Hist- ). but TER PRINCIPLE. for the most part a " collect OQ rf platitudes, tired and exhorta- generalizations, the Dale Carnegie va- tions riety; and while it does manage to contain a few of the effective mannerisms of its predecessor, it is nonetheless a disappointing sequel - A. J. Anderson School of Library Science, Simmons College, Boston. THE SECOND OLDEST INFORAN PROFESSION: MAL HISTORY OF IN AMERICA by Jess Carr (Hist) A totally fascinating book about the illicit distillation of whiskey. The author, a native of mountainous western Virginia, has . ...... u : wmipww uuy wmcu moonshin- tracel the his,ory ing from colonial times through jgeoY Ca i( nt tQ moODshilling j, not merely OLDSMOBILE ! |