Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1948 — Page 8
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"REMEMBRANCE ROCK." A novel. By Carl Sandburg, New York,
Harcourt, Brace, $5. WITH A TORRENTIAL
THE FIRST READER . . . By Harry Hansen
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FLOW of prese that sweeps} whole communities of American life through three centuries into the reader’s lap in the form of a 1000-page novel, Carl|’ Sandburg presents “Remembrance Rock.” At the age of 70 it is his first major work of fiction, after a career of vividly reconstructing American expe-
riences in ballads of the common folk; poems that captured the prairie wind and the beat of hammers in factories; fairy tales with skyscrapers instead of castles and biography that revitalized a man. It is a huge ‘chronicle of human life on this continent, from the time of the Puritan
Carl Sandburg
lights shine upon the common men. and women who are the warp and woof of history: It is a historical novel,
panorama in which, the flood
more that carries implications and offers an afMrmative view of . rican manhood, battling forrote erties. Against the : at
fgnorance and Qissimulation| based on selfishness. » . R CE HOCK” grew out of an order from Metro -Gold-wyn-Mayer for a novel. about American life that should reflect the courage, tenacity and resolution of a people so often portrayed with cynicism and disparagement. Carl Sandbury agreed. MGM hoped for a love “story and a manuscript in one
history than novel,
Carl Sandburg saw many love ~ puch]
© stories, - some”
some triumphs, but an. endless revitalizing of energy, He took five years, exhausted a library and wore out three secretaries
For a frame he describes the pged Justice Windom in Washington, rich in human wisdom, with a grandson piloting a plane in the South Pacific, telling hisip countrymen over the radio that “there always arose enough of reserves of strength, balances of __sanity, portions of wisdom, carry » the nation through to- “ oe start.” Windom opens and closes the book; what lies between is the panorama of human energy, from the days: of Berooby Manor, ‘through the hard battles for lib‘colonies, the ive authority ‘Revolution, the ~ human beings the maturing
lute, doubting and loyal, cruel and kind. This is their fight for individual freedom and community responsibility, despite exile in the wilderness, slit ears, hangings, greed and selfishness, These are men and women who love, marry, have children, are separated by war, sing or wrangle, as human beings do. This novel is packed with innumerable good stories. The sec: tion devoted to the underground railway in the Midwest is alone a complete novel. : . The dilemma of the family divided between Union and Confederacy is handled as no NorthSouth clash ever was handled before, because Carl Sandburg is dealing with human. beings first,
Here is domestic living—food,| |
readings, dances, ballads, tavern talk and stagecoach experiences. You may never have the patience to read William Bradford's “Histofy of Plymouth Plantation” or John Adams’ Letters, but in this book they come alive.
" 8 © MORE THAN 700 years ago the
English monk Roger Bacon, far] |
Plymoiith Plantation, minded precincts of Boston on the eve of the: Revolution, the hideaways of runaway slaves In the free states, the debates and engagements of the Civil War,
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the tory-
” IT 1S STRETCHING the prob-
abilities to ask us to believe that these four principles, engraved on a bronze plaque, worn around the neck like an amulet, or copied on should have come over, as he says, on the Mayflower. Although it is the liberal member of the Puritan band who cherishes these words, It is unlikely that he would carry the generalizations of a papist, rather than verses from the Scriptures. The reappearance of the plaque throughout "the centuries is,. of course, a device as old as fiction, recalling in modern times the gold nuggets of Willlam Vaughn Moody's "The Great Divide” or the silver-handled whip of Manuel Komroft's “Coronet.”
It 1s: not exactly a token Lhat if
would wear aroun hy would seem, to me, a concession to Hollywood's need of recognizable mileposts in the chronicle. But it does influence the reader to think how ancient is the struggle for individual liberty of thought and for flexibility in the | social structure, and how well this was recognized by 3, 0 monk in the century of Magna C Another Hagna Corsa, concept that Sandburg reads out of the actions«of men is the idea of the arch, the symbol of interdepend-Fenee—and-——common “When. the preg ry holds, holds. Love stands and hangs by an arch. Hate breaks the arch, “Where you find truth, love, harmony and lasting strength, an arch curves and bends over it as a blessing and an oath. Unity, union, you get itonly with an arch. Love and understanding build unbreakable arches.”
» ~ ” THIS IS NOT a flood of subjective impressions, but an objectol/tive novel, an interpretation of the past by.a keen, pJealistic mind. It is not history seén ¢ psychoanalysis. It is not always easy to see what becomes of characters with whom one has lived for many, pages, for the connecting links between the
period , not mi The" Re CY load War could trimmed to advantage; i pre-Civil War
~ | pesiod, which © Carl Sandburg knows like. his. inner self, is ine| contestably the best reading. It is as if a bolt of lightning had hit all the yellow books of history that you will never read,
balmed in their pages, making them swarm again over the acres they once called their own.
Nazi Camp Music Recorded in Book
Historical data on music in Nazi concentration camps will he included in “The Book of Musical Documents,” by Prof. Paul Nett] of Indiana University, to be published Nov. 30 by the Philosophical Library of New York. According to the publisher, Prof. Nettl's new work will examine compositions produced in the camps by inmates and the musical regulations enforced in those horror places.
seeing philosopher and specula-| {is .
tive scientit of the Middle Ages, announced in his “Opus Majus" four fundamental causes of human defeat. Carl Sandburg, paraphrasing them as “the four
stumbling blocks to truth” makes| |
them the connecting link® underlying his interpretation of history. They are:
ONE: The influence of fragile
“of unworthy authority.
m. The imperfection of undisciplined senses, FOUR: Concealment of Ignorance by ostentation of seemmg in PAY -.Roger._Bacon declared that the fourth was the most dangerous to human advancement, thereby the tae:
EIA eRIng “obscurantist: Hes. of his brothers in monastic
In one ‘form or. another Cari]
OF JOAN-—Frances Winwar,
author of "The Saint and the Devil," a Joan of Arc book, who has written a new study of the French heroine for the Bantam Books: 25-cent series in connec. | tion with the motion picture,
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"EISENHOWER WAS. MY BOSS." New York, Prentice-Hall,.$2.75.
By Kay .Summersby.
Armies John J. Pershing turn in. his grave ‘is Kay Summersby's detailed report on. the private conduct of Gen. of Army Dwight D, Eisenhower called ‘Eisenhower Was My Boss.” minute-by-minute account of the doings, often trivial - and some-
~ You can “read “EISENHOWER WAS MY BOSS by Kay Summersby in THE TIMES—dally ahd Sunday-—starting Sunday, Oct. 31. Thirty-six chapters of this revealing book-witlbhe--pub--lished ONLY IN THE TIMES in Indianapolis.
liberating the human beings em-|
: |did not eliminate the considera- | [tion traditionally shown her sex;
sented her to him. Miss Sum-
Joan. of Ac. starring Ingrid
times historical, of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies strates that sepour sl” decade from “period of dignity and reserve that Gen, Pershing represented. Napoleon Bonaparte had his valet; Louis Napoleon and the last German Kaiser had dentists to report on their teeth and what they said about the weather. Dwight D. Eisenhower had Miss Summersby, who began as his British motorcar driver and served him as aid, confidential secretary, lunch and bridge partner, winding up with the rank of captain in the WACs. The resulting account of Gen. “Ike’s"” personal life, though obviously put into snappy journalese by its editor —or ghost? Michael Kearns, raises the question why | the Supreme Commander had to have himself driven over the fighting ‘areas by an KEnglishwoman instead of the male drivers of the United States Army employed by the top brass. It suggests a number of things, most important of which is that it marks the recognition of woman's place Xin the actual making of war. Obviously Miss Summersby knew more and saw more about the war than her technical superior, Col. Hobby, commander of the WACs. But it
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Miss Summersby was referred to by all, the generals who visited headquarters, as ‘well as by Winston Churchill, and - specifically included in invitations to luncheons, in a way no male driver would have enjoyed... Miss Summersby had difficulty making Gen, “Ike” precede her into an elevator, for instance. - ” . THE ONLY male who seems to have decided that a general's chauffeur was not a social equal was the King of England, who hardly acknowledged the intrpduction when Gen. “Ike” pre-
mersby records the cold féserve of her sovereign with equal
iciness; Irish-born, she has taken the measure of kings and is now on her way to become an American citizen.
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GOSSIPY—Kay Summersby,
formerly chauffeur-secretary to
Gen.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose memoirs of the general are described as ‘gossipy and
a4 “a-boek-10.make.Gen. John -
J. Pershing turn in his grave.
know about Gen. “Ike”? Practically everything except military matters that did not get on paper. She knew as much about the date of D-Day as the topmost brass; she knew why the general broke several Army commanders and how "he put Lieut. Gen. George 8. Patton Jr., on the carpet. She knew, in Africa, how Gen. Eisenhower feared he would be transferred to the Pentagon and Cen, Marshall put in charge of the Normandy invasion. She knew the irritation at Gen. Montgomery's caution. She health; calls and opened his personal mail with three assistants. The general answered most of it, investigated grievances, sent autographs to persons engaged in war work. When Gen. “Ike” was tired, she drove him over the countryside; she played bridge with him and joined him and his staff at the theater. This was in keeping with Gen. “Ike's” unfailing courtesy, partly it reflects his social nature. But an officer should dine with an enlisted man. »
worried about “Ike's”
WHAT does Kay Summersby’s gossip do for—or to—Gen, “Ike?” It makes him a friendly human being who did not change his ways when he put on his uniform. The old military standoffishness, the formal West Point attitude, was lost on Gen, “Ike.” He was a plain American with a job to do, on a par with the head of a large industry. Since Miss Summersby does ity, de" aid Gen. “Eisenhower's other biographer, Capt.
momentous to the trivial, it's all in a day, She can tell how President Roosevelt singled her
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An exdmple
a against the wishes of Mike Reilly|with Cornelia Otis Skinner of “Our Hearts Were Young and}
of the White House secret service, and how he asked her to “have lunch with a dull old man” and »-100.-And. then she can describe such ludicrous moments] as the:dattle in Gen, George S. Patton's headquarters, in which Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Patton and others tried to shoot a rat in the bathroom and failed to hit it. War is hell, no matter how you look at it. ” . ” MISS SUMMERSBY had an early glimpse of the Russian plan She was
staged by the Russians in Berlin,
—at-whieh-Field Marshal Wilhelm
Kéitel- and his associates surrendered to the Soviet Field Marshal, Zhukov, and the British Air Marshal, - Tedder, with Gen. Spaatz as the American witness. She stresses ,the fact that the Russians did nof' recognize any surrender until this one and says: “I was surprised at the way a civilian, later ‘identified as Andrei Vishinsky, hovered over the entire. .proceedings, deferred to
even by Zhukov. Even in this|
moment of Soviet military victory, the Kremlin was stepping in to take charge. Vishinsky found no detail to small for his attention, whether it be a whispered conference with Zhukov or the location of a propaganda movie camera.” After the surrender the Russians'put on a big spread at 1:30 a. m. in the same hall. Practically everybody, including the big brass, got drunk. But Zhukov didn’t, nor did Miss Summersby. There must be times when the president of Columbia University, perusing this volume, wishes her memory had not always been so alert. .
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Medical Crimes
“Doctors of Infamy: The Story of Nazi Medical Crimes,” by Alexander Jitscherlich, M. D. and Fred Mielke, will be published next January by Henry Schuman,
Formerly head of the German
Military Trisunal Nort at Nuersberg, Dr. Mitscherlich has provided a documented record of the infamous and sadistic experiments performed by Nazi doctors! in concentration camps.
New Kimbrough Book To Be Published
Emily Kimbrough, co-author
Gay,” has a new book of her American travels to be entitled “It Gives Me Great Pleasure.” Séheduled—for—publication. late this fall by Dodd, Mead, Miss Kimbrough’s presents the humor ous side of a lecture tour.
News Compilation
“Year 1948" a compilation of the 100 most . important news events of the year described editorially and pictorially, will be released by Farrar, Straus in midNovember. Gathered: by four West Coast newspapermen,. the book is described as” containing more than-500 pictures and 50.000 words of text,
Book Due Oct. 29
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