Vol. 27 No. 3 1960 - page 577

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The New Professors
Edited
by
Robert Bowen.
An inside view of today's academic
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in a variety of fields. The contributors present their views on
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and what they have found to be the "university way of life."
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't::rilDean Blonde.-
Peter Gibbs.
In an absorbing and deftly detailed narrative,
Mr. Gibbs t ells of the last of Europe's "glamorous" wars–
the strange, comic-opera conflict that in 1854 found England,
France and Turkey allied against Russia. Illustrated with
photos and maps.
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The Roguish World
of
Do~tor
Brinkley
Gerald Carson.
The amazing, true story of the most incredibly
successful t wilight-zone "doctor" ever to promise the American
people eternal youth. In the 20s and 30s Brinkley's goat-gland
operation brought him 12 million dollars, the most powerful
radio station ever operated in America, thousands of devoted
followers, lawsuits, yachts and Cadillacs-and almost won him
the governorship of Kansas against Alf Landon. Illustrated.
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The Fathe.-
Letters to Sons and Daughters
Edi ted by E van Jones.
A delightful distillation of paternal
wisdom by some of the world's most famous fathers . . . 100
letters-to-offspring from such famous figures a s Mahatma
Gandhi, Charles Dickens, Paul Revere, Rabbi Stephen Wise,
George VI, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. "A delightful book
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to
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