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NOT AS A STRANGER
Morton Thompson
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LORD VANITY
Samuel Shellabarger
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THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
Ernest K. Gann
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THE LADY OF ARLINGTON
Harnett T. Kane
THE LADY OF ARLINGTON
by Harnett T. Kane · Doubleday
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A biography of the wife of General Robert E. Lee who lived near Washington, D.C., and was considered one of the best hostesses of her day.
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AWAY ALL BOATS
Kenneth Dodson
AWAY ALL BOATS
by Kenneth Dodson · Little, Brown and Company
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Novelized history of World War 2 island-hopping aboard an attack transport.
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RAINBOW ON THE ROAD
Esther Forbes
RAINBOW ON THE ROAD
by Esther Forbes · Houghton Mifflin
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A few months in New England in the 1830's through the eyes of an itinerant portrait painter.
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THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
Davis Grubb
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LOVE IS A BRIDGE
Charles Bracelen Flood
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THE FEMALE
Paul Wellman
THE FEMALE
by Paul Wellman · Doubleday
24 wks on list
Novel of 6th-century Constantinople, with the Empress Theodora as the scheming heroine.
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CRESS DELAHANTY
Jessamyn West
CRESS DELAHANTY
by Jessamyn West · Harcourt Brace
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Correspondence, notes, and clippings pertaining to the life and works of Jessamyn West, poet, novelist, and short story writer. Copies of many of West's works are included. The materials were collected by Shivers in preparation for writing his critical biography, Jessamyn West (1972).
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THE DEATH OF KINGS
Charles Wertenbaker
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