On Broadway: Dec. 3, 1965

(4 of 4)

THE SEA YEARS, by Jerry Allen. Everybody knows that Joseph Conrad spent his youth before the mast and his middle years composing some of the finest sea stories in the language. What nobody knew, until Author Allen documented it in this sober but fascinating monograph, is that Conrad's stories are fact-for-fact, act-for-act transcriptions of the hairy adventures of his youth.

THE MAN WHO ROBBED THE ROBBER BARONS, by Andy Logan. The shoddy story of Colonel William d'Alton Mann, a courtly Manhattan publisher who looked like Santa Claus but carried a sackful of hush money, is told with skill and glee in this brisk biography.

AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD, by Peter Matthiessen. A splendid novel that is a compelling parable of religious rebirth as well as a superior adventure story about a primitive South American tribe and an American soldier of fortune.

THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS AND THE OPENING OF THE NORTHWEST, by Alvin M. Josephy Jr. From 1805 to 1877, Oregon's Nez Perce Indians were engaged in an epic struggle to preserve their identity; 750 of them retreated across four states until they were surrounded by U.S. troops and forced onto reservations. Author Josephy has written a big, thoroughly researched account of the trek.

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