ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1956
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Condensed Books, Volume 2 - 1956 Spring Selections
Readers Digest, 1956
574 str.
tvrdi povez
stanje: dobro

Captain of the Queens / by Harry Grattidge, as told to Richard Collier
Memoirs of Captain Harry Grattridge`s commands of both the Queen Mary and the Queen Elisabeth.

Beloved / by Viña Delmar
Historical novel about the life of 19th-century American Jewish politician Judah Philip Benjamin, who became a member of Confederate President Jefferson Davis` cabinet.

In my father`s house / by Grace Nies Fletcher
light-hearted memoir

The last hurrah / by Edwin O`Connor
O`Connor`s 1956 account of big-city politics, inspired by the career of longtime Boston Mayor James M. Curley, portrays its Irish-American political boss as a demagogue and a rogue who nonetheless deeply understands his constituents. The book was later made into a John Ford film staring Spencer Tracy.

Boon Island / by Kenneth Roberts
This classic tale of shipwreck and survival is reprinted in a new edition, with essays that provide a historical perspective and trace the sources from which Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957) drew his tale. A native Mainer, Roberts, whose historical novels include Northwest Passage and Arundel, was intrigued by the story of the December 1710 wreck of the Nottingham. After running aground a dozen miles offshore, the ship broke up, stranding her crew with minimal tools, scant shelter, and a few pieces of cheese. The men survived nearly a month of screeching gales, sub-freezing temperatures, and driving snowstorms. During their ordeal they resorted to cannibalism and were finally rescued after one of them made it ashore on a crude raft. Included here are contemporary accounts from crew members, offering dramatically different versions of the true-life traumatic event and a fascinating counterpoint to Roberts’ fictionalized version. A bestseller when published in 1956, Boon Island is a story of the ways that crisis can inspire the best--and worst--in human nature.