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AOMATHOAYY ) Sam | HORIZON CARAVEL BOOKS “ms | by The Editors of Horizon Magazine RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION Author: E, M, Hauupay. Consultant: Cyrn E. Biacx. “Clearly outlines the root causes of discontent Russia of fr ry o 1917, The complex causes and events leading up to the Bolshevik Revolution are accurately explained. . . . High- lighting the book are many contemporary photographs, car- toons, and prints of the revolutionary leaders and activities which together with the excellent text will help provide the necessary understanding of these developments.” ~ — (starred) Library Journal Prremrre mene The way the West was | THE CATTLE TOWNS. By Rob- ert R. Dykstra. Illustrated. Knopl, 386 pp. $7.95. By Don Russell H | Anyone who turns on a tele- vision set more than occasion- cow towns of the great gun- fighters. They were the setting for thousands of Western dime novels and movies, long before they fell into the untender hands of the TV quickie dramatists. of this as fiction, we continue to regard these towns, or some of them, as existing in a never- never land that embodies the frontier tr: n. Now, in this important book, one that may well set off a good deal of rethinking by writers on the West, Professor Dykstra has put the towns of Abilene, Ells- worth, Wichita, Dodge City and Caldwell under the microscope. He has run them through a com- puter and analyzed the chemis- try of their politics. And they emerge from this process no more romantic historically than Lima, Ohio. That there was some vialence in these cattle towns cannot be denied, and serious historians have generally assumed’ that these communities deserved their reputations. Professor Dykstra’s computer, however, comes up with this startling statement: “The average num- toon rte ally is familiar with the Kansas | While we readily recognize most | “A welcome addition to historical fiction....a well- written novel that brings history alive.”* MY LORD BROTHER THE LION HEART ANOVELBY MOLLY COSTAIN iuiN HAYCRAFT The twelfth-century Kings’ Cru- sade is the background for this novel about Joan, daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and favorite sister of Richard Coeur de Lion. This fascinating story tells of Joan’s adventures and misadven- tures during the Crusade, ending with her journey across Europe with Raimond, the man she loves, in search of the kidnapped Richard. By the author of THE LADY ROYAL and THE RELUCTANT QUEEN $5.95 at your bookstore Library Journal