(3 of 3)
The Coming Fury, by Bruce Catton. Writing with felicity, the author has another go at the Civil War—this time providing a praiseworthy popular history of the issues and leaders at the war's outset.
Sinclair Lewis, by Mark Schorer. An overdetailed biography that is saved by its subject.
Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger. These two related novellas about the prodigious Glass family tell beautifully the story of Franny Glass's retreat from the dancing egos of the academic world to the frightening calm of religious obsession.
The Children of Sanchez, by Oscar Lewis. An extraordinary and moving documentary, in which each of five members of a Mexico City slum family tells of his fight for self-respect and love.
Best Sellers
FICTION
1. Franny and Zooey, Salinger (1, last week)
2. The Agony and the Ecstasy, Stone (2)
3. To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee (3)
4. The Carpetbaggers, Robbins (4)
5. Spirit Lake, Kantor (7)
6. Chairman of the Bored, Streeter (6)
7. Mila 18, Uris (10)
8. Clock Without Hands, McCullers
9. The Edge of Sadness, O'Connor (5)
10. Tropic of Cancer, Miller (9)
NONFICTION
1. The Making of the President 1960, White (1)
2. A Nation of Sheep, Lederer (2)
3. Citizen Hearst, Swanberg (3)
4. Living Free, Adamson
5. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Shirer (4)
6. Inside Europe Today, Gunther (9)
7. I Should Have Kissed Her More, King (10)
8. The Age of Reason Begins, Will and Ariel Durant (6)
9. Promise at Dawn, Gary (8)
10. Kidnap, Waller
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