Dartmouth Authors
Leslie M. Geller '52, North Cape and Other Poems. Publication Arts, 1982. 58 pp., cloth and paper. Attorney and professor of law, Leslie Geller has written a volume of poems, for the most part short and narrow, which deal principally with issues confronting men at midlife. Of special interest to Dartmouth readers are a set of verses inspired by recollections of Robert Frost and by some of his best-loved poems. "North Cape" itself, much the longest and densest piece of work, offers a vision of the northland as a special focus of the Almighty's attention.
Craig Pritchett and Danny Kopec '75, Best Games of the Young Grandmasters. Bell Chess Books, 1980. 217 pp., paper. Danny Kopec was making a name for himself as a chess player while still an undergraduate; he is now a highly-regarded tournament player on both sides of the Atlantic. For this survey of the most formidable of the new generation of grandmasters of chess, he has written four chapters, chapters which introduce, in a lively style, each player's career and personality, and present a thoroughly-annotated selection of his finest and most characteristic games.
Priscilla Sears, A Pillar of Fire to follow:American Indian Dramas, 1808—1859. Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1982. 141 pp., cloth. After the depredations visited upon the native populations of this continent in the first three centuries of exploration and settlement, they had to suffer the further indignity of being made the subjects of distorted dramas exceedingly popular when they were written which depicted stereotypes based upon the view that Indians occupied the lowliest place in the scheme of things. In this volume, Priscilla Sears of the Dartmouth English Department analyzes many of the extant texts of these dramas, sets them in their historic context, and reflects upon their meaning for American civilization.
William R. Cogswell '61 is co-author of Exercises in Calculus (Independent School Press, 1981. 146 pp.), a well-received text designed to provide supplementary material for studies based on the Advanced Placement Course curriculum. Carla A. Montgomery, M.A. '74 is co-editor of and a contributor to Isotope Studies in HydrologicProcesses (Northern Illinois University Press, 1982, 118 pp.), the proceedings of an international symposium held in 1980 in conjunction with a meeting of the American Geophysical Union. And Harry Sangree '79 is a contributor to CommunitySelf-Help Housing Manual (Intermediate Technology Development Group of North America, 1982, 72 pp.), a book which describes the work of "Habitat for Humanity." an organization dedicated to selfhelp housing construction for people in need.
