EDITOR’S PICKS

EDITOR’S PICKS

PURSUITS

alumni books

THEODOR GEISEL ’25 Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum Penguin Random House

Horton, the Grinch, and the Cat in the Hat pop up in this seventh posthumous book by the grandmaster of children’s literature. Based on a partial manuscript found in Geisel’s “Noble Failures” file, this tale of a horse leading an art museum tour features Seusslike illustrations by Andrew Joyner and photos of equine art by Picasso, Pollock, and others.

HAROLD H. LEICH ’29 Alone on the Colorado University of Utah Press

“I was drugged—bewitched—by a roaring golden river,” writes Leich, who in 1933 became the first person to run the upper Colorado River in a kayak and a hand-built boat, the Dirty Devil. His narrative recounts the perils he faced when his boat sank in the forbidding 1,500-foot deep Cataract Canyon and he hiked shoeless out of the wilderness—with little more than onions to eat.

MICHAEL LASSER ’57 City Songs and American Life, 1900-1950 University of Rochester Press

The history of Tin Pan Alley and the Great American Songbook is told with panache by the host of the public radio show, Fascinatin' Rhythm. He explains how Jewish immigrants, Harlem artists, and flappers during the Depression used new technology, such as cars and radio, to create some of America’s most memorable music.

MATTHEW DANIELS ’85 Human Liberty 2.0 Post Hill Press

"A new era of human freedom is upon us,” thanks to digital and social media, according to Professor Daniels, who teaches law in South Korea, London, and Washington, D.C. He tells more than 24 cyberspace-related human rights success stories from China, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere to show that the Internet is humanity’s “antidote to extremism.”

Additional titles and excerpts can be found on the DAM website.