Word: braced
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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WITH LOVE FROM GRACIE (335 pp.)- Grace Megger Lewis-Harcoud, Brace...
...World War II, at the age of 27. In his childhood he was shuttled between expensive pillar and posh post (King George V "saluted" him as he rode in London's Rotten Row) until he came to look at his famous father with a cool eye. He would brace himself to lecture him on the evils of drink only to find the unpredictable Hal had become his sober, fascinating self again. The boy's judgement still stands: "Father's a bit difficult at times, but I love the old bastard...
...FLOWERS OF THE FOREST (252 pp.)-David Garneff-Harcourf, Brace...
...NARROW COVERING (214 pp.)-Julia Siebel-Harcourt, Brace...
Knowing craftsmen in the dog-story game have practically made a convention of the tragic ending, and Author Gipson is not the man to trifle with convention. So Old Yeller has to go. But with his sure knowledge of Texas frontier life, a brace of engaging heroes and a loose-jointed, simple style to match, Author Gipson can probably depend on a substantial crowd of dog lovers eager to follow Old Yeller all the way to his bier...