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MY SHADOW RAN FAST, by Bill Sands. Sentenced to "one year to life" on three counts of armed robbery, rebellious Convict Sands was rehabilitated almost overnight by Clinton T. Duffy, the crusading warden of San Quentin. He now crisscrosses the U.S. trying to convince other convicts to go "square."
THE FAMILY MOSKAT, by Isaac Bashevis Singer. The story of a rich Warsaw family, told with richness and scope reminiscent of the great 19th century Russian novels. Singer, too often tagged as "the master of Yiddish prose," ranks among the best contemporary novelists in any language.
LINCOLN'S SCAPEGOAT GENERAL, by Richard S. West Jr. Next to McClellan, the Union's most controversial Civil War general was Benjamin ("Beast") Butler. Like McClellan, he was weak in the field, but he was an efficient military governor of New Orleans and a doughty champion of liberal causes during the Reconstruction.
THE GOLD OF THE RIVER SEA, by Charlton Ogburn. His plot has enough vigor and ingenuity to sustain a three-year television serial, but Novelist Ogburn's most memorable achievement is his depiction of the Amazon, an evocation in the tradition of Twain's Mississippi.
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