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EDWARD BOREIN: COWBOY ARTIST by Harold G. Davidson. 189 pages. Doubleday. $19.95. Borein (1872-1945) never achieved the celebrity of such Western artists as Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell. He drifted from cowpunching along the Pacific Coast into a successful career of drawing what he had seen, later hung out with friends like Will Rogers and Walt Disney. This casual, sympathetic biography does not gloss over Borein's somewhat stiff draftsmanship or his penchant for sentimental vistas that would have embarrassed Hollywood set designers. But collectors of Western memorabilia value Borein for the literal accuracy of his work...
Readers old enough to remember the 1944 hit Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive may find themselves murmuring Johnny Mercer's upbeat lyrics as they delve into the newest study of the nation's health and status. The Real America (Doubleday; $7.95) will not be published until this fall, but galleys have been circulating in Washington for weeks; President Ford has already publicly applauded its conclusions. This is hardly surprising, since Author Ben J. Wattenberg's upbeat and arguable analysis of the state of the Union amply reinforces Ford's own optimistic outlook...
BREAKHEART PASS by ALISTAIR MACLEAN 178 pages. Doubleday...
...Without a Hero [June 10] neglected to mention that Horatio Alger scholars for decades have known of the contradictions in his book. It was not until 1972, however, that Mayes publicly revealed that his volume was intended to be a debunking biography. William Henderson, then an associate editor of Doubleday, began corresponding with Mayes, and gradually the author told him the history behind the writing of his book. Earlier this year their complete correspondence was printed in the Horatio Alger Society's newsletter, Newsboy, with Mayes subsequently receiving honorary membership in the society...
...ROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY 536 pages. Doubleday...