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1. General Grant, We Are Here (Book).

Author

Johnson, Gerald W.

Subjects
*NONFICTION, BIOGRAPHIES
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant Volume 1, 1837-1861," edited by John Y. Simon.

Published
1967

2. The Future Without Humanity.

Author

Edelstein, J.M.

Subjects
*AUTHORS, *NONFICTION, BIOGRAPHIES
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Papers of Andrew Melmoth," by Hugh Sykes Davies.

Published
1961

3. The Facts About Nixon.

Author

Costello, William

Subjects
*PRESIDENTS of the United States, *POLITICAL campaigns, BIOGRAPHIES
Abstract

The article focuses on a biography on U.S. President Richard M. Nixon by William Costello. When the editors of journal "The New Republic," asked Costello more than a year ago to undertake a definitive study of the Nixon record, they were not in search of pumpkin papers. Many of the particulars were already in print, but the full story had yet to be presented Costello, a Washington political reporter, is a respected veteran in all news media. Although his wide-ranging review of the Nixon career begins at the beginning with boyhood struggles and includes what is perhaps the first complete factual account of his record in Congress and the Vice Presidency, the focus is on Nixon as campaigner

Published
1959

4. THOMAS REED POWELL.

Author

Freund, Paul A.

Subjects
*LAW teachers, *LEGAL education, *LEGAL professions, BIOGRAPHIES
Abstract

The article presents a memoir of U.S. legal scholar Thomas Reed Powell. The article author states that although Powell founded no school and espoused no doctrinal creed, his teaching and writing were distinctive, unmistakable, and inimitable. His published papers, numbering close to two hundred essays, are marked by that relentless analysis of judicial rhetoric, that irreverent uncloaking of disreputable logic, that playfulness in the service of intellectual morality, which made him a fearsome delight to students and friends. If one were to revert after all to the language of science and identify a phenomenon with his name, it would have to be called the Powell Effect.

Published
1956