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GOING TO THE RIVER by Constantine Fitz Gibbon. 277 pages. Norton...
...World War I approaches its demi-centenary, more and more British writers are exploring it as a true watershed in European history. Presented by Anglo-American Constantine Fitz Gibbon, the war not only killed millions in the trenches, it destroyed the survivors. The demanding civic faith and exacting private moral code of the Victorians were the unlisted casualties. The survivors who carried on were Eliot's "hollow men, headpiece filled with straw...
...President Kennedy sunned on board the Honey Fitz off Hyannis Port on a recent Sunday, a Piper Cub droned back and forth overhead, towing a ban ner with a pointed message: JFK PLEASE HELP NORTHEAST AIRLINES. A few days later, Teddy Kennedy made his maiden speech in the Senate - and demanded that the Civil Aeronautics Board reverse its "tentative" decision against renewal of Boston-based North east's certificate to fly the New York-Miami route. Fearful of losing their jobs, Northeast's 2,200 employees organized a lobby, and some Northeast pilots even implored airborne passengers...
...Washington she often drops in at the President's office and sits in one of the big black wooden chairs beside his desk-just to chat. In Palm Beach she strides hand in hand with her father on shopping sprees along Worth Avenue, and aboard the Honey Fitz she likes to sit with feet dangling over the side and swap stories with the crew...
Tony Davies, Dave Gantz, Robbie Robertson, and Des Fitz Gerald will crew for the team, and may get some experience handling the tiller. When possible, Ford is trying to let sophomores and juniors skipper in less crucial races, in order to prepare for a new front line next season...