Scranton Central HS December 1955 Yearbook (Scranton, PA) - Full Access

Books In BRIDE OF FORT • E by Ha\·- neh T. Kane: The tting of th tory i in Ne·w rlean when Varina Howell at the age of cirrhte n i leaving h r home to face th un– certain future a the wif of Jeffer- on Davi , a member of the United tate abinet. This wa a new and very different life for h r, but the love he had for her hu band \ a to be the weapon he ne ded. I recommend th book, Bride of Fortune, to anyone who enjoy reading about th true feeling of real people. Your int rest "ill b held from th fir t page to the v ry Ia t. Mary nn Langan, '56 CAPTAIN DREYFU by ichola Hala z: aptain Dreyfu , a young French officer who had been accu. ed of pying wa onvicted and im– pri oned for twelve year on the notoriou Devil' I land off th coa. t of outh America. Only a f w people in Franc knew th truth: Dr yfus \<~.'a inno nt. Thi tory tell. of the brave men who nev r gave up working for his relea c. ev n though doing . o lost them th ir pre tige, their jobs, and even their freedom. Captain Drryfus is an ex– citing, fast-moving book that will hold the int re t of any reader; it cannot be put down once it ha. b en tatted. Virginia Bak r '56 14 Review John Morcnelon 58 FLYI G E R S H 'E LA1 ·DED by George Adam ki and D mond Le lie: Thi i a r •ali tic novel of cience almo t on th verge of fanta y. The book i an account of flying saucer down through the aae from prehi toric time to our own time . It concern it elf with suppo edly true fact and Mr. dam ki' own th orie of flying aucers and the men who pilot them. John umila , '57 THE BOMI BLE NOW- MA by Ralph Izzard : Shortly after th r cent succes ful Evere t attempt, much attention was fo u ed on a strange phenomenon that had been uncovered in the high Hima– layas. The appearance of myst rious footprints and th weird talc. of native in the mountain covering the exi. tence of a strange half-man half-ap creature, led the author to organi;.;e an expedition who c . peci– fic purpo e wa to track down and examine the "abominable snowman'' a~ the creature cam to b known. All adventure-lover . cspe ially tho e who prefer scientific matter, will enjoy th author' narrati\C of the organization of his party and thl.' tr k throuah the gr at mountains. The many interesting side accounts and the final conclu ion of the ex– pedition help to make thi an cnjoy- abl xpericn . John Burns '57 GIFT FROM TilE EA by Anne Morrow Lindb rgh: Thi book i like a r frc hing . ca breeze to tho \\ ho arc tangled in the web of com– monpla circumstanc in everyday life. For a brief time, l\Ir . Lindb rgh diYert our mind from our outer fru tratcd preo cupied elve , to the inner oul, the till mall \'Oi e, which can be heard only at time of calm and meditation. Ev n a the a con– tinually wa hes up beautifu l fragile . hell so our mind , left to ponder– ing bring up ·imilar treasure : in– n r peace, understanding, growth. The sh lis channelled whelk, moon hell, double unrise o ter and argonaute b come tan~iblc s ml~ol . of the various aspects of the life which Mr . Lindb rgh contem– plates. Her entrancin~ book, taking only about two hour to read, i. truly "an an wer to the onlli ts in our live ." heila Frazer, '56 S\'\ EET TH R DAY by John Steinbeck: The etting for thi reali tic novel i a street called anncry Row." Thi street i in the heart of on of the typical villag 5 in South rn a lifornia, not d for its man fi h cannerie . The book i humorou and entertaining. Along \\ ith the hero a truggling young biologi t, and the heroine, an attrac– tive blonde, the author has reated many charming and unique charac– ter who are as unforgettable as the book it elf. arolee Dixon. '56 GREAT EXPE T TIO by ,harlcs Dickens: Phillip Pirrip or "Pip" int nds to be a blacksmith until he come into great expecta– tion by an unknown ben factor. Going to London and completely forgetting his loved one he becomes a gentleman. His prejudic and snobbery toward his own famil · prove d trimcntal to him. The elf– thou~ht wi<>eman i lacking in know– ledge to a dire ext nt. Thi novel paints a realistic pi ture of the crime. tarvation and ~randeur of the Industrial Revolution. Bob B ebe '56 IMPRE IOK