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Show New Books Reported To Be At County Library The following new books are now available at the Washington county library. The name of the book and author and a short description of the book's content are given by the librarian: Fiction "Gideon Planish", by Sinclair Lewis ... A novel of America as American as "Main Street", by this same author. "The Valley of Decision", by Marcia Davenport . . . The story of an American family of great wealth and the story of great characters who helped to build and to keer thp fnmilv Hotc "Number One", by John Dos Passos ... A biographical novel. The story of a great American demagogue based on the life of Huey Long. "Experiment Perilous", by Margaret Marg-aret Carpenter ... A first novel. A psychological study. A best seller. "Citizen Tom Paine", by Howard How-ard Fast . . . The story of one of the struggles and achievements of one of the great founders of our Republic. Paine's life was tragic. . Wherever he went he fought for the "Rights of Man". This pen portrait of him is one never to be forgotten. "Mamma's Bank Account,", by Kathryn Forbes . . . A must book for every mother. The mothers' bank account is a sort of symbol of the courage and strength of this fine family story which centers cen-ters around the mother. Non-Fiction "One World", by Wendell Willkie ... the author gives a personal account of his meetings with Stalin, Chaing Kai-Shek, Kai-Shek, ' General Montgomery and other leaders of the United Nations. Na-tions. He tells of his talks with prime ministers, kings, teachers, factory workers, librarians and farmers around the world. Every American citizen should read this book, says Walter Lippman. Americans should learn to understand under-stand the world in which we live. "On Being A Real Person", by Harry Emerson Fosdick . . . Out of 20 years of experience in dealing deal-ing with every-day personal problems prob-lems with every-day men and women, comes this book, rich in wisdom, insight and practical usefulness. use-fulness. A book on personality and conduct of life. "Mormon Country", by Wallace Stegger ... A story of the westward west-ward trek across the country with Brigham Young, and goes forth with the tireless achievements achieve-ments of the people of that faith. A colorful saga of a people who built, by group effort, a religion entirely different from the rest of the West, in its institutions and habits of living. |