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Drawing the Maps. Gunther as a book-journalist lacks the originality and profundity of Rebecca (Meaning of Treason) West, the stylistic graces of Negley (Way of a Transgressor) Farson, John (Hiroshima) Hersey or Vincent (Personal History) Sheean. Yet none matches him for sheer scope, reportorial zest, or, most notably, the gift of popularizing remote places and difficult subjects. Says Critic Clifton Fadiman: "Gunther is a born teacher; he doesn't miss a fact-trick. His books are almost too easy to read; because of that, they seem superficial. But he's taught us a hell...
...reports, newspaper clippings-and weave them into a pattern that is not only meaningful but brightly his own. Says "Jimmy" Sheean: "He is no mere compiler, for all his massive array of facts. He has repeatedly proved readable to a degree which no assembly of facts could explain. The zest with which he relishes his material gives it the breathless flavor of discovery every time, even aside from the liveliness of the writing." Gunther's success as a popularizer also springs from his skill in communicating ideas in terms of people. "Gunther is a firm believer in the Great...
...somewhat impersonal efficiency-combined with a zest for combat and a habit of slapping his thigh and laughing uproariously at his own jokes-makes it unlikely that he will ever be voted the best-loved churchman of the year. But his ability to handle the workloads of several ordinary men is legendary...
...longer works, a trial of Proust and a poem on the death of Shelley, further attest to the new zest for vitality in form. They are impressive in both length and language, but that very length is discouraging to the harried scholar and the springtime esoteric. They were written by an engineer and a naval aviator...
...President's cold, which had nagged him for weeks, was about over. On the rare occasions when he emerged from the Milestone estate lodge of ex-Treasury Secretary George Humphrey, he looked vigorous. But the fact remained that Dwight Eisenhower was neither vacationing nor working with much zest...