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I books 4-A The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tennessee, Sunday, June 5, 1977 fill 1111 Wo I Wa 1 1, Put I Modern i etn am Lig ht i Gordon H. Turner Sr. wrote book about a community's roots. and complex, often more nationalistic than anti-nazi in philosophy, combining altruism with practical considerations for the post-war world. It is not enough to appreciate the labyrinth which provided allied aviators a 50-50 chance of survival by 1943.

The story of Tito and Malraux, and the countless others who took up arms against tyranny for whatever motives it's fascinating and eminently readable in this book. Equally readable is Britisher Ronald Bassett's novel of his own experiences aboard a British destroyer convoying on the Murmansk run. Sure, other works have appeared, but seldom have we been able to appreciate the Limey lingo, the fears and triumphs of the Brits on that dangerous mission. His protagonist is young Ordinary Signalman Ludd, and there can be little doubt the kid grows up on the deadly duels with German U-boats in the frozen Arctic waters. It may be all you really want to read of World War II this summer, come to think of Jumping to Vietnam, an American reader might well start with Heinemann's novel based on his own experiences with the 25th Division.

The language and tone, like Bassett's naval novel, are distinctly tough and rough sensitive readers beware. But, it was hardly pretty war, and American soldiers were hardly pretty in it. Moreover, the language and the aura which are created will be disturbing to the generation who suffered through the misguided crusade. It will hardly provide the best step to take on Terzani's book about the ultimate liberation of Saigon by the North Vietnamese. But, I suppose we must begin somewhere and it appears Vietnam books are about to descend in increasing umbers.

Terzani was a veteran reporter and photographer and he slipped back into Saigon on April 27, 1975 can it be only two years ago, really? only days before the Communist takeover. He chronicles what really took place after the collapse of American-South Vietnamese power in a capital city after 30 years of war. Perhaps we are not yet ready to concur with Terzani's final conclusion "Vietnam was theirs, and they had every right to it." In fact, are we ready yet to acknowledge that the vast expenditure in national wealth not the least of which was gasoline and oil has got us to the mess we are in today? have appeared in their wake. Of course, Lash confines himself to the analysis of the period 1939-1941, after Britain's entry into World War and before America's joining the crusade. The reader will enjoy trying to determine if Roosevelt led us into" that war, if it could have been avoided and, as the publisher suggests, if there are- parallels with the road to Vietnam.

Undoubtedly, there are not the era was different, even if statesmen in the 1950s-1960s thought that avoidance of another Munich was all important. Lash at least shows the manipulative game that Winston and Franklin played with one another supposedly within a common interest. Even more interesting will be a comparative reading of Lash's book with David Irving's discursive, provocative and disturbing analysis of the other side of World War II in 'War makes good history but peace is poor Europe. Most scholars from John Toland to Stephen Ambrose and Harold Deutsch have already dispensed with Irving's contribution wonderful material, poorly handled, they contend! Indeed, it is shocking to find an Englishman (albeit Irving is really Anglo-German in origin) telling us that Hitler was something of a "good ole boy," or just another harassed ruler of his age. It is absurd to think that Hitler knew nothing or felt so little about the ultimate solution to the Jews.

But, if you work around the bunk in the book, and literally stick to the superb quotations from close intimates (not just the generals, but secretaries, aides a fascinating portrait of Adolf Hitler as Warlord emerges. Bounce him off against the others in the drama that Lash tells us about that will keep you busy all summer. M.R.D. Foot offers something of an antidote to Irving in that his book on European resistance movements will go far to help explain the mysteries of that phenomenon. Legends and glories, myths and truths shroud the true story, and Foot has taken the business apart literally country by country.

Resistance to Nazism was varied Roosevelt and Churchill 1939-1941; The Partnership That Saved the West. By Joseph P. Lash. W.W.Norton: $12.95. The Tinfish Run.

By Ronald Bas-sett. Harper and Row: $8.95. Resistance; European Resistance to Nazism 1940-45. By M.R.D. Foot.

McGraw-Hill: $15. Hitler's-War. vBy David Irving. Viking: $15. i Giai Phong! The Fall and Liberation of Saigon.

By Tiziano Terzani. Ballantine: $2.25 paperback. Close Quarters. By Larry Hein-cmann. Farrar Straus Giroux: $10.

By B. FRANKLIN COOLING It was Thomas Hardy who contended "My Argument is that War Makes Good History But Peace is Poor Reading." Obviously, the publishers of the books under review here are banking on this, adage. -The prices are generally steep, and the products spotty in places. If the students at the Army War College in Carlisle, are not talking about their war experiences in Vietnam this year, they are most certainly turned on with World War II. Perhaps it's because it was the last good war we had, the last time the populace ostensibly stood shoulder-to-shoulder behind its fighting men, or perhaps it's just the wave of nostalgia which has the Anglo-American community in its coils.

"Apres mois le deluge," murmured one French king, and surely that fits either World War II, or Vietnam take your pick! It was inevitable that. Joseph 1 ash, author of "Eleanor and Franklin" and other works on FDR or his family, would turn to the intriguing partnership of "Winston and Franklin." Whether this partnership really saved the west may be debatable. The theme is not new and between the re-analysis of the Grand Alliance through dissection of Roosevelt, Churchill or the breaking of the German code via Ultra, we have a full run of books about the whole business. I suppose Franklin and Winston will never cease to amaze us as we suffer through mediocrities from Number 10 Downing Street to the White House today: Where, oh where are the Augustus-figures when only Caligula et al. Heritage Colorful Story Of Scotts Hill Recounted The History of Scotts mil, Tennessee.

By Gordon H. Turner, Sr. Carter Publishing Company: $16.50. By LOUIS ALLEN This is a volume mainly for residents of the Scotts Hill area or persons whose "roots" are there, but anyone interested in history and accounts of how life was in bygone days might find The History of Scotts Hill interesting. It's done in folk history style, with former Scotts Hill mayor Gordon H.

Turner Sr. relying considerably on his own remembrances and the memories of other area residents, plus stories handed down from generation to generation. However, a great deal of research no doubt went into the genealogy tables for several Scotts Hill family names, including Austin, Duck, Eason, Scott, Swift, Stanfill, Woody, Wylie, Turner. Turner provides great detail on the descendants of Charles and Phoebe Ellen Woodward Austin, the first settlers in the Scotts Hill area, who came here from Anson County, N. C.

More than 50 pages are devoted to the 12 children and their offspring. Besides the tables, the book has page after page "of pictures, beginning with Charles Austin and continuing through some current Scotts Hillians. The pictures are one of the main attractions of the book. Not only are hundreds of area people, old and recent, pictured, but buildings and even steamboats with some relation to Scotts Hill are included. A person with Scotts Hill connections could spend hours examining the photos for friends or relatives.

Individual and group pictures are used. Reproduction of most of the old photos is surprisingly good. The pictures, interesting as they are, would be better if they were bigger. Several are frequently crowded onto a page resulting in confusion and, in the case of group shots, in sizes too small to be useful. A more careful editing job could have left room for the better pictures.

From time to time, Turner provides glimpses of life in the "good old days." He notes that, to the best of anyone's knowledge, Scotts Hill had no restaurants before World War but grocery stores filled the need by offering canned goods for consumption on the premises. These meals were "straight" or "fixed up." The straight dinner consisted of the canned food and a tin. spoon to eat it with. More well-to-do diners could have their meal "fixed up." This entitled the customer to sit down in a homemade, straight back chair and have the merchant open the can and empty the contents into a bowl. Crackers, salt, pepper, mustard and pepper saur-were served with the main dish.

The merchants took good care of the bowls. rhv always wiped them out with a cloth before using again Perhaps the sanitation left something to be desired, but you couldn't beat the price, a can of sardines "straight" cost 5 cents or three for a dime. "Fixed up," the price went to 10 cents each. If you've ever wondered how stagecoach travelers managed comfort stops in- the days before gas stations. Turner has the answer in his book.

Drivers would stop the stages at springs along the way and advise the passengers that good drinking water was available and that a walk in the beautiful woods would be "restful," but ladies should walk this way and gentlemen that way. Other sections of the 435-page book include Scotts Hill activities through the years, describing molasses making, water-powered grist mills, the world's biggest man, show boats and home canning factories. There is a collection of short stories and remembrances by the persons who witnessed the event described. This has an unedited" account of life at Andersonville Prison and the explosion of the steamboat Sultana. The relationship of some of the material to Scotts Hill is tenuous, but adds flavor and interest to the book.

Turner's writing style might not be described as highly polished, but it certainly isn't baa. In a word, the book is readable, not a dry textbook presentation. The History of Scotts Hill is available from Turner. It costs $16.50 if picked up at Scotts Hill, or $17.50 if mailed. The address is Gordon H.

Turner, Scotts Hill, Tenn. 38374. More Mysteries About The Triangle Several new areas of thought are explored, though: the incredible manner in which time distortion occurs, the unexplained presence of huge underwater animals long thought extinct, the remains of civilization on the ocean floor, electromagnetic distortions, UFO sightings, the disappearance of records and ship's logs into the government vaults. Without A Trace is not the story of just disasters; it is also a question. With all the information available to us, why have we not solved the riddle of an area just off our own coastline? Or have we? As usual, Berlitz weaves his facts well.

Careful attention is paid to relating the story in an entertaining manner to hold the reader's interest. No dry, dull reports from this author. Instead, there is a wealth of information placed at our disposal; information that will once again make Without A Trace sought after by those who insist on asking Without A Trace. By Charles Berlitz. Doubleday: $7.95.

By RIMA L. FIRRONE Once again, Charles Berlitz has ventured into the strange area known as the Bermuda Triangle. While there is a small amount of rehashed material from his prior book, "The Bermuda Triangle," this effort is filled with large amounts of new information including some rather recent unexplained happenings. He has chronicled all the unexplained mysteries through -April 1976 and included some fascinating information about previously secret Navy experiments that are literally shattering. One of the best things about this book is that no conjecture is offered to explain why thousands of people and ships have been lost through the years.

A great deal of historical information is set forth along with eyewitness accounts of mayhem; photographs and drawings supplement the text. FOP KiOS" Titles Offer Inspiration And Instruction "Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow" by Dee Brown. "Agatha Christie, First Lady of Crime" by H.R.F. Keating. "More Than Two Aspirin: Hope For Your Headache Problem" by Seymour Diamond.

"Stroke" by Charles Clay Dahlberg. musings Malady When I was a young girl. The spring made me cry With a sweet sort of ache And I never knew why. I sobbed over violets. Wept at the rain The sweeter the blossom.

The sharper the pain. Now I am a woman; And the world has gone green And the ache is the same As when I was fifteen. Delores Ballard reviewers Reviewers on today's book page: Louis Allen is a Sun reporter. B. Franklin Cooling is a U.S.

Army military research historian at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Rima F'wrone is a Jackson housewife. Janette Gentry of Brownsville is a freelance writer of children's stories. best sellers Compiled by Publishers Weekly: FICTION "Falconer," Cheever "The Thorn Birds," McCullough "Oliver's Story," Segal "Crash of '79" Erdman "A Book of Common Prayer," Didion NONFICTION "Passages," Sheehy "Your Erroneous Zones," Dyer "Haywire," Hayward "Changing," Ullmann "Roots," Haley arrivals Among new books at Jackson-Madison County Library: FICTION "Oiildwold" by Joyce Carol Oates. "Kid Andrew Cody Julie Sparrow" by Tony Curtis.

"Parson's House" by Elizabeth Cadell. "North Sea Mistress" by Katrinka Blickle. "The Blade of Castlemayne" by Anthony Esler. "The Three Crowns" by Jean Plaidy. "Coma" by Robin Cook.

NONFICTION "Growing Old in America" by David Hackett Fischer. how to live peace with one another. 1. After many months, the old man feels it is time for him to go into the outside world and investigate its condition. He does not return to the valley.

The children must remember and practice all the things he has taught them. Will they do this without adult guidance? Or will they become enemies and bring about their own destruction. This is Mrs. Hooker's third book for young readers, and I feel that along with the exciting adventure, it teaches a marvelous lesson one that will not be quickly forgotten by the young reader. It is rare to find a child who does not like horses, and stories about horses are always in demand, favor-- ites of both boys and girls.

The Flint Hills Foal by Dorothy Brenner Francis is certain to be one of those books which will be read and re-read. It is a family-type story with a happy ending which just has to be if there is a horse involved. When Kathy's dad gets married, life changes drastically for the little girl. She not only acquires a step- mother but a stepbrother, too. Because of Flora and Jay, Kathy no longer feels as close to her father and spends most of her time at nearby Bluestem Stables Kennaquhair.

By Ruth Hooker The Flint Hills By Dorothy Brenner Francis Getting Along in Your Family. By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor All published by Abingdon Press. By JANETTE GENTRY Kennaquhair by Ruth Hooker is science fiction for children 8-12. And when I especially like a book for youngsters in this age group the age group I write for) I find myself moaning, "Now why couldn't I have thought of that plot!" That is what I did when I read Kennaquhair. The story begins with three girls and three boys in silvery protective suits walking robot-like through a landscape stripped of life.

The earth has experienced a great holocaust, and these children have As they wander along, they are joined by "the girl with the wild eyes" who leads them to a mountain valley, Kennaquhair, which means "don't know where." The valley is green, with water, animals and the basic things needed for survival. The old man who lives there must teach the children how to survive First, he gives them new names and helps them overcome much of their fear He teaches them to plant, harvest and make their own clothes, but most important -of all, The stable-manager, Hank Henry, is a special friend and has taught' Kathy just about everything there is to know about horses. And when Flash is born, her owner puts the young girl in charge of the valuable foal. Jay is aggravating. He says he dislikes horse, yet follows Kathy around.

And Flora makes it plain that she does not want her stepdaughter coming home in dirty clothes that smell of the stables. And then Flash, only two weeks old, becomes lost in the tall grass of the rolling Kansas Flint Hills. Unless Kathy can find her quickly, the foal will surely die. Jay offers to help. Even when Flash is found, Kathy still needs her step-brother's help to save the foal's life.

During the days that follow the two work together to save the foal, and Kathy learns much that helps her to understand and accept her new family. It is really rough growing up, trying to conform to society and becoming the adult people expect you to be. A little book offering insight into problems kids experience in their everyday environments is Getting Along in Your Family by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor It is a psychological handbook promoting better understanding among family members, helping the child who feels inadequate in his role. Four chapters discuss in simple, direct, author-to-child language topics such as fighting, sharing tasks, understanding pet peeves between generations and loyalty. The problem presented is discussed from several angles with suggestions on how to cope with emotions in order to gain the solution best for everyone.

The fifth chapter, "When Troubles are Terrible," digs a little deeper, touching on such problems as having parents who are alcoholics or gamblers, parents who are mentally ill or losing a parent in death. On physical mistreatment or sexual molestation, Mrs. Naylor tells the child: "If this is happening in your family, you do not have to accept it just because you are a child." Then she tells the child what to do about these things and whom to go to for help. Getting Along in Your Family is a wonderful book for the beginning reader. Librarians and teachers will do well to make it available for children who might come to them for help.

It will also be valuable as a book to be used by church groups or to be read aloud and discussed by the family.