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Uncommon Elephants. Some 1,700 miles and 50 centuries removed from the Sardis dig, the Peabody group discovered a far different trove of relics and artifacts. At the base of the mound they are excavating lie the remains of a neolithic community that thrived as early as 5500 B.C. The find upsets earlier theories, which held that neolithic man had never ventured into such inhospitable surroundings. And unlike other neolithic settlements, the Peabody dig is surrounded by remnants of a mammoth wall, 7 ft. high and 20 ft. thick. Behind it the archaeologists have uncovered a series of tiny chambers...
...four daughters and 13 grandchildren, to say nothing of his friends and fellow antique fanciers, the late Forsyth Wickes delighted in opening wide the golden trove that he had gathered in his 16-room home in Newport...
...VIOLENT PEACE, by Carl and Shelley Mydans. Two veteran combat correspondents combine memorable war pictures and eyewitness accounts of 44 TIME-LIFE correspondents to examine the changing face of war in the nuclear age. 1897 SEARS ROEBUCK CATALOGUE, introductions by S. J. Perelman and Richard Rovere. A dazzling trove for both serious and lighthearted students of Americana, this hardcover facsimile of a popular mailorder catalogue mirrors the manners, morals and appetites of the Gay Nineties...
...archaeologist knows that nothing gives a better picture of how vanished civilizations lived, loved and fought than the utensils, ornaments and weapons that were left behind in successive layers of kitchen midden. For this reason alone, this hardback facsimile of an 1897 Sears Roebuck catalogue is a dazzling trove for students of Americana. It certainly is one of the happiest publishing ideas in years...
...those who were old enough to job-hunt then, the Depression '30s were a time nobody loved. But for young Americans today, the period has become a nostalgic treasure trove. Stores from coast to coast are advertising ruffles and the Harlow look; the late show provides a touchstone by rerunning the movie classics; and Bonnie and Clyde is mandatory in all extracurricular undergraduate courses. But as is often the case with trends, artists have been well in the vanguard of popular taste, and some of the most gifted have been on a '30s kick for years (see color...