Eriaoy, July 17, 1942
SUMMER RAG.
UN Library Exhibits Books byNebraskans
Works Discuss Pioneers,
Politics, Stories of Indians
By Carol
If you are an obsorvvant and studious sort of person, you
h-ave no doubt noticed the roup of books that have been grac
ing the show case on the first floor of the university library
Vhese past wo weeks.
Books on pioneer life, on politics, common folk stories, and
especially interesting to some, stories in which Indian and In
dian Lore are the substinence of the contents all are the lat
est, outstanding works of Nebraska authors.
Everett Dick, a history profesisor at Union College here
in Lincoln, has written a book, now on display, that has that
distinct, "early day" flavor to it.
ft is called "The Sod House Fron
tier, 1854890."
Compiled from old newspa
per, documents and records, the
book Is a vital, glowing history
of one little bit of humanity in
?he frontier life. It is a social
history of the northern planes
from the creating of Kansas and
Nebraska to the admission of
the Dakotas. The story differs
Jrm most In that no one gets
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love is not mentioned.
"Frarie Women," by Ivan Becde,
is another pioneer story in which
the lives of typical men and wom
en in a small middle western prai
rie town are portrayed psychlogi
cally by means of separate story
flashes loosely strung together in
the form of a novel.
Beede is able to portray the
scenes and feeling sharply with
a minimum but effective use of
words. There is a genuineness
of emotion in this Incoherent
plot helped by the use of the re
strained style of the author.
Following the same theme, but
entirely different in various re
spects is the book "Mortgage Your
Heart," by Wohus Keith Winther.
It is really a continuation of the
novel "Take All to Nebraska." The
plot is concerned with immigrant
family named Gimsens, composed
of six children and their parents,
who are rent farmers of a Ne
braska farm.
Minor rebellions of the chil
dren against the authority of
their father, who detests seeing
them grow into American ways,
are present thruout the country.
The ciimax comes when Hans,
the oldest, is allowed to attend
business school, a real victory
on his part.
This story differs from the for
mer ones mainly in the fact that
the Temple
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the characters seem unreal. There
is a frozen quality about their
thinking and actions. The lan
guage here is crude and the style
is corresponding blunt.
The fourth book of this kind is
"Spring Storm," written by a
former economics professor at
this university, Alvin S. John
son. This is a story of a man
and his son who move to a Ne
braska farm where Julian, the
son, grows into manhood. He
becomes entangled in a love af
fair with a young wife of a
drunken, repellant, old Dutch
man who lives on the neighbor
ing farm.
As a result Julian feels he is
forced to leave the country he has
grown to love for the east. The
story is described as real but not
squalid. Writing his story in a
simple, beautiful and above all,
poetic style, Johnson is able to
capture the thoughts, reelings ana
confusion of youth.
John Neihardt presents an an
other phase of early American life
that of the American Indian, as
a writer of poetry and lyric prose,
Neihardt was given the title of
Honorary Professor of Poetry at
the University of Nebraska. His
books, "The Song of the Messiah,
'The Song of the Indian wars,
and "Black Elk Speaks," now on
exhibit, are written in this man
ner.
"Black Elk Speaks," Is the
life story of a holy man of the
Ogalala Sioux. Altho Neihardt
lives in Mississippi, he was edu
cated at Wayne Normal and the
university of this state.
Hartley Burr Anderson, has
carried thru the Indian theme in
poetic style also in his book
God's Drum which deals mainly
with Indian folg lore. It is In
teresting to note that Professor
Alexander, deceased since 1939,
was born here in Lincoln to la
ter become Professor of Philos
ophy at the University of Ne
braska. He wrote many books
and many were closely connect
ed with the subject of his chosen
profession.
A strictly patriotic book, is
"Seasoned Timber," by Dorothy
Canfield Fisher, a native of Kan
sas. In this she has symbolized the
present day struggle between dic
tatorship and democracy by the
means if a New England plot. A
poor Vermont academy ia left
million dollars by a ncn citizen
but with a catch.
The academy, n order to
claim it, must submit to certain
undemocratic principles and
practices. The whole village
take sides, but in the end de
mocracy reigns. A love affair,
in which the principle is one of
the participants does not end
happily. To quote one of the
critics, Mrs. Fisher has used a
bold and unconventional treat
ment of a burning theme.
Another book, bordering more
on politics than patriotism, how
ever, is "The Western Democracy"
by Arthur Mullen, a well known
politician. Residing in his umana
home Mr. Mullen raced against
death to finish this book.
He has expressed his own
personal opinions about import
ant issues and the people of the
day in his writings and has alse
given a bit of his past. In the
latter he tells of his boyhood
Nebraska home and his love for
it. He once fueded with William
Jennings Bryan and their fued
did much to shape the political
history of Nebraska.
He was floor leader for the dem
ocratic forces back in 19S2, and
was responsible for the appoint
ment of Secretaries Hull and
Ickes, in his book he expresses re
gret of that latter appointment.
Mullen, a lawyer, was thoroly de
voted to the principles of individ
ual freedom. Incidentally, he
speaks of Lincoln as a snob town.
Completing the list of books
on display Is "The Home Place"
by Dorothy Thomas and "Capi
tal City," by Mari Sandoi
what collection would be com
plete without her? Dorothy
Thomas' book, like all her
others, Is a story about women
in the midwest setting. Of
course, men are included as a
bit necessary to . the plot but
women compose the leading
characters. The author, tho born
m Boons, Kas., attended high
school at Bethany and college at
Cotner and this university where
she studied to be a teacher.
Miss Sandoz's general history is
well known to everyone as is the
content of her book, "Capital
City," a story m which this fair
city provides the setting for her
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street intersection according to
deed recorded Tuesday in Register
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courthouse.
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