Word: books
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Holbrook has led a varied life ranging from lumber-jacking in Winnipeg to writing and reporting. His book, "Holy Old Mackinaw" has run through five editions and received extensive praise from Carl Van Doren, historian...
Streit's remedy for world unrest is nothing less than a strong federation of democratic people. This idea, which he has expressed in his recent book, "Union Now," (Harper's), has evoked widespread interest in this country and in England. Several hundred "unionist" clubs have already been formed to agitate for the scheme's adoption...
...Chamberlain doesn't act as though he had read this book, even though it in a best seller," they claim...
...capacity for change, for absorbing new ideas and making use of them to fit into the framework of existing institutions. It is far more workable than any totalitarian government because it follows no rules except to respond to what the people want. The most exciting chapters of his book though the most sketchy, outline our progress in such fields as labor, agriculture, industry, science and invention. Mr. Hays proves conclusively that in America, at least, democracy has worked...
...believe in freedom of speech, press and assemblage, but because I do." Perhaps, Mr. Hays has such faith in democracy that he is tempting the devil too far. But in the face of reaction that breeds upon Nazi and Red propaganda-frights, "Democracy Works" is refreshingly liberal, and a book that deserves attention...