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April 15, 1939

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Featured Pick

books

American Revolution

Clifton Fadiman

Clifton Fadiman reviews John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” and George R. Leighton’s “Five Cities.”

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a reporter at large

ALL YOU CAN HOLD FOR FIVE BUCKS.

Joseph Mitchell

profiles

HERE COME THE CLOWNS

A. J. Liebling