Word: jenkinses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"We Are Ready." U.S. officers here have solid faith in the new Greek army. "I've fought eight campaigns with these people," said Major General Reuben Jenkins. "The first four were horrible. The last four were wonderful." A rugged combat officer, Jenkins came here as General Van Fleet'...
JENKINS' EAR (474 pp.)-Odell and Willard Shepard-Macmillan ($3.50).
To Arms. The library in question belongs to Horace Walpole, and the Pretender's idea is to rouse Walpole and his influential friends by recitals of English glory. Bonnie Prince Charlie is particularly moved by the way the old English spirit had shown itself-small thanks to the House...
Jenkins' Ear makes half a dozen excursions out of the library as some reminiscent veterans recite the events which followed: battles and harrowing journeys at sea, war in the colonies. Bonnie Prince Charlie himself takes over the telling of the Highlands uprising of 1745 that led him fatefully to...
Harry Truman had the weight of facts and logic on his side. Politicians had outdone themselves carving out weirdly shaped districts designed to increase their power at the expense of their opponents. Illinois had "saddlebag" and "beltline" districts; Mississippi had a "shoestring" district, 40 miles wide and 600 miles long...