DARTMOUTH AUTHORS
Richard Eberhart '26, Maine Poems and Collected Poems 1930-1986 (Oxford University Press)—The latest offerings of the prolific Dartmouth poet-in-residence scan New England and more.
Leonard W. Doob '29, Inevitability:Determinism, Fatalism, and Destiny (Greenwood Press)—Doob, the Sterling Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale, examines and assesses the ways in which humans try to cope with uncertainty by means of doctrinesfrom natural science, social science, philosophy, and religion—that postulate degrees of inevitability.
L. Ronald Scheman '53, The Inter- American Dilemma: The Search for Inter- American Cooperation at the Centennial of the Inter-American System (Praeger)—Focusing on the Organization of American States, Scheman demonstrates how this agency has become unmanageable and unresponsive to the interests of its fellow nations; he also discusses remedies. Scheman is a former executive director of the Center for Advanced Studies of the Americas.
Alan Cooke '55, Arcana Poli (Hochelaga Research Institute, 1200 Atwater Avenue, Montreal H3Z 1X4, Canada) Cooke, a historical geographer specializing in arctic studies, started this new journal of polar studies and serves as editor and contributor. From 1959 to 1962 Cooke was assistant librarian of the Stefansson Collection of arctic materials at Dartmouth.
Juan Goytisolo, The Countryside ofNijar and La Chanca (Alembic Press)—These innovative early '60s non-fictional narratives critical of social conditions in Franco's Spain have been translated by Luigi Luccarelli '71, who currently lives in Madrid.
Richard A. Groeneveld '56, Introductory Statistical Methods: An IntegratedApproach Using Minitab (PWS-Kent Publishing Company) Groeneveld, who teaches at lowa State University, has written an introductory textbook.
Richard Shaw '70, My Dad Sells Insurance (Shaw and Company) Connecticut-based insurance executive Shaw has written a picture book that tells children just what it is that insurers do.
Russell L. Caplan '72, ConstitutionalBrinksmanship: Amending the Constitution by National Convention (Oxford University Press)—Caplan, an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, examines the history and operating principles of amending the Constitution by national convention rather than through proposals by Congress. The author, who was a Fulbright Scholar at Oxford and earned his J.D. at Yale Law School, also discusses the politics of confrontation between Congress and the states on the convention issue.
Scott E. Hastings Jr. MALS '73,Goodbye Highland Yankee: Stories of aNorth Country Boyhood (Chelsea Green)—Through such tales as "Inland Yankee Working Boats," "Pigeon Pie," and "The Ewie wi' the Crookit Horn," Hastings reveals real Vermont culture. Hastings, a teacher and folklorist, directed the Vermont Folklife Research Project, which became the Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock, Vermont.
Sarah Kozloff '78, Invisible Storytellers: Voice-over Narration in AmericanFiction Film (University of California Press)—Kozloff examines prejudices against voice-overs and refutes the view that words should play a minimal role in film. Currently teaching film studies at Vassar College, Kozloff was a visiting professor at Dartmouth last summer.
