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Woomanship

by Stephen Potter

The Atlantic Monthly, February 1951, pp. 43-45

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    13. The Music by Edward Weismiller, pp. 64-65
    14. The Steelhead by Clark C. Van Fleet, pp. 66-70
    15. Le Pique-Nique by Donald Moffat, pp. 71-73
    16. Paul Blanshard and the Church by Sherman E. Johnson, pp. 74-76
    17. Regarding Southern Novelists by W.F. Gekle, Jr., p. 77
    18. [+]
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      1. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
      2. Collector's Progress by W.S. Lewis
    19. Books the Editors Like , pp. 80-81
    20. [+]
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      1. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
      2. The Loneliest Girl in the World by Kenneth Fearing
      3. Truth Will Out by Charlotte F. Haldane
      4. Memories and Portraits by Ivan Bunin
      5. The Sea Around Us by Rachel L. Carson
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      2. Music for God by Theresa Weiser
      3. The Dead Seagull by George Barker
      4. The Lost Library by Walter Mehring
    22. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 86
    23. Advice to Sports Writers by Edwin Newman, pp. 87-88
    24. A Hollywood Child Star's Garden of Verses, II by Edmund J. Kiefer, p. 89
    25. Father of the Twins by Paul H. Rohmann, p. 89
    26. More Notes of an Unnaturalist by David McCord, p. 90
    27. The Vanishing Musician by John M. Conly, pp. 91-98
    28. Cover portrait of Nicholas Monsarrat by Henry Kurt Stoessel
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    1. Atlantic Reports, pp. 4-7
    2. Washington , pp. 8-11
    3. London , pp. 12-18
    4. James Norman Hall: 1887-1951 by Ellery Sedgwick, pp. 19-21
    5. A Matter of Conviction by Clarence B. Randall, pp. 22-24
    6. Broken Idol by R.P. Lister, p. 25
    7. I Bought a Dress in Pari by Sally Iselin, pp. 26-30
    8. In the White Giant's Thigh by Dylan Thomas, pp. 31-32
    9. The Road of the Loving Heart by J.C. Furnas, pp. 33-44
    10. Bullying the Civil Service by Thurman Arnold, pp. 45-46
    11. A Girl Called Peter by H.E. Bates, pp. 47-50
    12. It's the Rain by Daniel Sargent, p. 51
    13. The Summer Steelhead by Clark C. Van Fleet, pp. 52-55
    14. After an A-Bomb Falls by John W.M. Bunker, pp. 56-59
    15. The Fifth Day by Peter Matthiessen, pp. 60-63
    16. The American Temperament by David L. Cohn, pp. 64-65
    17. Fog by Wyman Richardson, M.D., pp. 66-68
    18. The Vanderbilt Cup by Ken Purdy, pp. 69-73
    19. What Happened to the Short Story by Herschel Brickell, pp. 74-76
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      1. Time, Tide and Timber by Edwin T. Coman, Jr. and Helen M. Gibbs
      2. Lucy Carmichael by Margaret Kennedy
      3. The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
    21. Books the Editors Like , p. 79
    22. [+]
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      1. Cracks in the Kremlin Wall by Edward Crankshaw
      2. Dizzy by Hesketh Pearson
      3. Andre Gide by Albert J. Guerard
      4. Man and God by Victor Gollancz
      5. The Face of Innocence by William Sansom
      6. Ti-Coyo and His Shark by Clement Richer
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      1. Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner
      2. The Best American Short Stories, 1951 by Martha Foley
      3. The Anatomy of Happiness by Martin Gumpert
      4. Talks with Nehru by Norman Cousins and Jawaharlal Nehru
    24. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 87
    25. Tourist in Argentia by Raoul Simpkins, pp. 88-89
    26. A Hollywood Child Star's Garden of Verses, III by Edmund J. Kiefer, p. 90
    27. Quiet---I'm on a Diet by Alfred Toombs, p. 90
    28. All Up in a Heaval by Joseph Henry Jackson, p. 91
    29. Provence Without Garlic by Joseph Wechsberg, pp. 92-94
    30. Bridge Fishermen by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, pp. 95-98
    31. Cover portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson by Elinore Blaisdell
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    October 1951 Issue = 27 Articles
    1. Atlantic Reports, pp. 5-13
    2. Berlin , pp. 14-18
    3. Washington , pp. 19-26
    4. Too Much Football by Allen Jackson, pp. 27-33
    5. European Steel: Monopoly in the Making by Clarence B. Randall, pp. 34-37
    6. Within the Wave by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, p. 38
    7. Dance to the Piper by Agnes de Mille, pp. 39-48
    8. Why Boys Steal by J. Roswell Gallagher, M.D., pp. 49-51
    9. Also Northern Novelists by Elise F. Ware, p. 52
    10. William Faulkner by Harvey Breit, pp. 53-56
    11. Claudie's Cosmic Vibrations by Dillon Anderson, pp. 57-61
    12. High-Pressure Lobbying by Karl Schriftgiesser, pp. 62-65
    13. Old Crow by R.P. Lister, p. 66
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      1. A Voyage to Windward by J.C. Furnas
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      1. Prize Stories of 1951 by Herschel Brickell
      2. Melville Goodwin, USA by John P. Marquand
      3. Those Devils in Baggy Pants by Ross S. Carter
    16. Books the Editors Like , p. 76
    17. [+]
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      1. The Holy Sinner by Thomas Mann
      2. Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
      3. Mr. Beluncle by V.S. Pritchett
      4. The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
      5. The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams by William Carlos Williams
      6. The Pavilion by Stark Young
      7. Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante by Gene Fowler
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      1. Shadows Move Among Them by Edgar Mittelholzer
      2. White Man Returns by Agnes Newton Keith
      3. Party-Going by Henry Green
    19. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 87
    20. Great to be Home by William Edman Massee, p. 88
    21. The Amah Problem by Nancy Pence Britton, p. 89
    22. Duffer's Defi by Rixford Knight, p. 90
    23. A Hollywood Child Star's Garden of Verses, IV by Edmund J. Kiefer, p. 91
    24. Chinchillas by Alex Faulkner, p. 91
    25. Triste by David McCord, p. 92
    26. Luchow's by Leonard Jan Mitchell, pp. 93-98
    27. Cover portrait of Agnes de Mille by Henry Kurt Stoessel
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    1. Atlantic Reports, pp. 4-10
    2. Islam , pp. 11-15
    3. Poland , pp. 16-26
    4. To Make Men Free by Archibald MacLeish, pp. 27-30
    5. New Cities for Old by William Zeckendorf, pp. 31-34
    6. Space by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, p. 35
    7. The Budget Must Go Up by Robert Moses, pp. 36-39
    8. Dance to the Piper by Agnes de Mille, pp. 40-49
    9. The Attack on Yale by McGeorge Bundy, pp. 50-52
    10. The Changeling by Josephine W. Johnson, pp. 53-56
    11. Fished to Death by Clark C. Van Fleet, pp. 57-60
    12. The Man Who Found Troy by C.W. Ceram, pp. 61-66
    13. The Adjutant by Donald Greene, pp. 67-72
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      1. The Forrestal Diaries by Walter Millis, E.S. Duffield, and James Forrestal, ...
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      1. American Diplomacy, 1900-1950 by George F. Kennan
      2. The Blessing by Nancy Mitford
      3. The Utmost Island by Henry Myers
      4. Raymond of the Times by Francis Brown
    16. Books the Editors Like , pp. 86-87
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      1. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
      2. The Grass Harp by Truman Capote
      3. Cairo to Damascus by John Roy Carlson
      4. Out of Bondage by Elizabeth Bentley
      5. The Conformist by Alberto Moravia
      6. House of Liars by Elsa Morante
      7. Moses by Sholem Asch
      8. Ross and the New Yorker by Dale Kramer
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      1. Letters to Benvenuta by Rainer Maria Rilke
      2. The Strange Children by Caroline Gordon
      3. The Lobbyists by Karl Schriftgiesser
      4. The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni
      5. This American People by Gerald W. Johnson
    19. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 99
    20. Tourist in Haiti by Caskie Stinnett, pp. 100-101
    21. A Hollywood Child Star's Garden of Verses, V by Edmund J. Kiefer, p. 102
    22. The Larchcrest Code by Weare Holbrook, p. 103
    23. Words Without Music by Edwin O'Connor, p. 104
    24. Home Morale by Hughes Mearns, p. 105
    25. Repairs and Maintenance by John M. Conly, pp. 106-114
    26. Cover portrait of William Zeckendorf by Henry Kurt Stoessel
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    1. Atlantic Reports, pp. 4-10
    2. Soviet Planning , pp. 11-14
    3. Norway and Denmark , pp. 15-28
    4. Guided Missiles Could Have Won by Joseph Warner Angell, pp. 29-34
    5. Christmas-ship by Stephen Potter, p. 35
    6. Anastasia Island by Harold Priest, Jr., p. 36
    7. The Moral Challenge of Communism by Barbara Ward, pp. 37-41
    8. The Renovated Temple by Archibald MacLeish, p. 42
    9. Junior, Drop That Japanese Toy! by David L. Cohn, pp. 43-45
    10. Baked Buildings by William Zeckendorf, pp. 46-49
    11. What Is Chic? by Nancy Mitford, pp. 50-51
    12. Europe's Faith in American Fiction by Perry Miller, pp. 52-56
    13. The Hut by Geoffrey Household, pp. 57-63
    14. Dance to the Piper by Agnes de Mille, pp. 64-72
    15. Chambre d'Amis by Donald Moffat, pp. 73-77
    16. The Changes at Yale by William F. Buckley, Jr., pp. 78-81
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      1. God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley, Jr.
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      2. The Fortune Tellers by Berry Fleming
    19. Books the Editors Life , pp. 90-91
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      1. Lord Chesterfield and His World by Samuel Shellabarger
      2. Closing the Ring by Winston S. Churchill
      3. The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, 1874-1920 by Herbert Hoover
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      1. Life in America by Marshall B. Davidson
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      3. This Man and This Woman by James T. Farrell
      4. The Hour by Bernard DeVoto
      5. The American Oxford Atlas by Brigadier Sir Clinton Lewis, O.B.E. and Colonel J.D. Campbell, D.S.O., ...
    22. New Books for Children by Margaret Ford Kieran, pp. 100-105
    23. Accent on Living by Charles W. Morton, p. 106
    24. Mime the Metallurgist by R.P. Lister, p. 107
    25. The Badgering Hound by Weare Holbrook, p. 108
    26. Record Reviews by John M. Conly, p. 109
    27. The Porto Game by Diggory Venn, p. 110
    28. Who Spouses Whom? by Hughes Mearns, pp. 111-114
    29. Cover by Frederick Banbery
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