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...Governors Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming, Miriam Ferguson of Texas and Lurleen Wallace of Alabama had succeeded their husbands...
...Miriam A. Cabarga...
...younger Meeropols clearly believe in that defense. They cite a number of the 25 books that have been written about the case, some raising unsettling questions about the conduct of the trial and evidence used at it. Walter and Miriam Schneir's Invitation to an Inquest, for example, alleges after lengthy examination that one of the two Albuquerque hotel registration cards used by the prosecution to link Gold to Greenglass is a forgery...
KAPLAN'S MAIN GIFT is for capturing character through dialogue. Her children talk like children, but they are exceptionally aware; their most outstanding characteristic is their refusal to skirt the contradictions the adult world glides over with so much facility. For example, when Miriam's uncle tells her why she must stay at camp ("It's good for you to be outside and it's good for you to get used to it"), she answers him simply: "Why should I get used to it if I don't like it?" In fact, Kaplan's adults seem almost traditionally child-like...
Kaplan treats her characters compassionately. There are no real villains in these stories, only people who seem more unpleasant than others--like Miriam's aunt and Sut-On's money-grubbing uncle--because their struggle with life has crippled them more...