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April’s Featured Review
Murder Behind the Mike by Raymond Leslie Goldman (1942)
Quote of the Month
…[Daddy] knew that many forces in our society made it possible for him to come from the life of a sharecropper to that of a comfortable and enlightened citizen, and he felt because he had been successful in his climb, that he had a lifelong obligation to assist others who were less fortunate than himself. One of his favorite themes was: “Jesus said, ‘As you do unto the least of these, ye do unto Me,’ and in a democracy like America, Johnny, as we do unto our least privileged citizen, whether he’s Catholic, Jew, or Protestant, Native or foreign born, Negro or white, you do unto America.”
From Fear on Trial by John Henry Faulk (1963)
New Book Reviews
Home Port (1947)
Olive Higgins Prouty
Author Olive Higgins Prouty produced some notable novels in the 1930s and 40s that were strong enough to warrant Oscar-nominated film adaptations. Unfortunately, Home Port is not one of them.
Blue Highways (1982)
William Least Heat Moon
Even if you’re not that interested in traveling the backroads, Heat Moon’s stories offer something for just about everyone. It’s a reminder that life is often sweeter when you exit the interstate, and spend quality time on the Blue Highways.
Parnassus on Wheels (1917)
Christopher Morley
Parnassus on Wheels introduces us to an earlier literary version of Charlie and Rose from C.S. Forester’s The African Queen. And Morley’s story is every bit as engaging.
Coming Soon!
Anecdotes of Music and Musicians (1948)
Helen L. Kaufmann
Greatest Short Stories, Vol. V (1940)
P.F. Collier & Son (editors)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (2016)
Ruth Franklin
John Call Dalton, M.D., U.S.V. (1892)
Dr. John Call Dalton
Read a Banned Book!
Good Old Reads supports the awareness efforts of the American Library Association, PEN America, and the Texas Freedom to Read Project regarding the wholesale book bans in American public schools and libraries.
