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EZEKIEL-Elvira Garner-Holt ($1.50). An unpretentious children's book about "a lil' cullered boy, an' he names Ezekiel," who lives in Sanford. Florida with "he Pappy and he Mammy an' he Sister Emancipation an' he brudder Lil' Plural an' Assafetida, de baby." Although he and his family do not live up to the glorious promise of their names, Ezekiel has enough adventures in 39 pages to make the book one of the unexpected best sellers of the season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Nov. 29, 1937 | 11/29/1937 | See Source »

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