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2162. WAGER, WALTER HERMAN, 1924-
Death Hits the Jackpot, [by] John Tiger, [pseud.] New York: Avon Publications, Inc.; 575 Madison Avenue, [1954.] 189p.2163. WAKEFIELD, DAN, 1932-Ten years after World War II, money belonging to the Allied underground begins to show up in Chicago's gambling casinos. This prompts the CIA to investigate the source of the money and the deaths that lead to its disappearance.
2164. WALKER, DAVID J.Under the Apple Tree, A Novel by Dan Wakefield. [New York:] Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, [1982.] 342p.
Artie Garber is ten years old when the United States joins in World War II. Although he is too young to enlist, he supports the war effort enthusiastically, plays at protecting the home front, and experiences the war vicariously through his older brother Roy. Artie begins to understand the grim realities of war as he approaches maturity, but the full impact does not hit him until Roy returns home wounded and emotionally scarred. Under the Apple Tree is a nostalgic view of World War II America set in north central Illinois.
Book Review Digest, 1982, p. 1395.
Fixed in His Folly, [by] David J. Walker. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1995.] 262p.
When Malachy Foley helps a powerful Chicago attorney find the son she gave up for adoption thirty-one years earlier, he opens up a case that powerful Chicago politicians want kept secret. Murder reigns, with Foley and others providing targets, until the child's father is also identified.
Publishers Weekly, 4/17/1995, p. 42.
2165. WALKER, ROBERT W.
2166. WALLACE, IRVING, 1916-1990.Sub-Zero! [by] Robert W. Walker. New York City: Belmont Tower Books, [1979.] 189p.
The author combines qualities of science fiction and the suspense novel in this futuristic mystery set in Chicago in 2020. The plot focuses on the lives of several people, employees of the Fieldcrest communications conglomerate, who are trapped in the Fieldcrest Tower by a paralyzing snow storm in mid-April. The storm rages outside marking the beginning of a new ice age, and suspense builds among the employees trapped within the building as two murders are discovered, and Mark Wertman, TV weatherman for FBC, is stalked by the unknown assailant.
Publishers Weekly, 5/28/1979, p. 54.
The Golden Room, [by] Irving Wallace. [New York:] A Dell Book, [1989.] 365p.
The Everleigh Club, Chicago's most elegant and famous house of prostitution, is the setting for this semi-biographical novel of its proprietors, Minna and Aida Everleigh. Encounters with Dr. Herman H. Holmes, a psychopathic killer, William Pinkerton, famous Chicago-based detective, and other turn-of-the-century celebrities add interest if not credulity to the tale.
2167. WALLIS, JAMES HAROLD.
The Woman He Chose, by J. H. Wallis. Author of "Cries in the Night," "The Mystery of Vancluse," "The Servant of Death," "The Capitol City Mystery," etc. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., Publishers, [1934.] 314p.2168. WALTON, TODD, 1949-The woman he chose is an accused murderess, but attorney Will Drake of Martinique, Iowa, is convinced of her innocence throughout the investigation leading up to her arrest and the trial in which he defends her. Indeed, he doesn't learn the truth until after their courtship, marriage, and honeymoon spent entirely in Chicago. Knowledge of the murder plays devastating tricks on Will's mind and strains the bonds of trust between the hapless pair, until the marriage is destroyed and the lives of both partners nearly so. The setting is Chicago and a thinly disguised Dubuque, Iowa, during the 1920s.
Book Review Digest, 1934, p. 981.
2169. WALZ, AUDREY BOYERS, 1907-1983.Forgotten Impulses, [by] Todd Walton. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1980.] 253p.
A beautiful, introspective novel of family relationships, Forgotten Impulses deals with the problems encountered when a married child returns home to live after several years of independence. Mackie, the oldest son, loses his teaching position at the University of Chicago and returns to his mother's home in Tamaroa to contemplate his failure. The event provides occasion for family members to recall their former life together; but more important, it alters current relationships and the future of each individual. Although set in Tamaroa, the setting is not well defined except for a general aura of small town living. The strength of the novel lies in its excellent character development and flawless style.
Kirkus, 5/15/1980, p. 675. New Yorker, 8/25/1980, p 110. N. Y. Times Book Review, 8/17/1980, p. 11. Publishers Weekly, 6/6/1980, p. 73.
Death by Appointment, by Francis Bonnamy, [pseud.] New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company, [1931.] 317p. (Front Page Mysteries--The Fourth Series)2170. WARMAN, CY, 1855-1914.Chicago's bootleg liquor barons are being killed off systematically, and no one can figure who is doing it until Dr. Peter Shane of the University of Chicago's Department of Criminology gives the police a hand. The year is 1931.
N. Y. Herald Tribune Books, 8/23/1931, p. 9. N. Y. Times Book Review, 8/23/1931, p. 16.
Short Rails, by Cy Warman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. 310p.2171. WARMAN, CY, 1855-1914.The nineteen short stories that make up this entertaining little volume present the romance and adventure of early railroading. Five of the nineteen stories have Illinois connections.
CONTENTS: The New Ticket Agent.--Jack Farley's Flying Switch.--Out on the Road.--The Engineer's White Hair.--A Running Switch.--A Perpendicular Railroad.--The Wreck at Roubideau.--The Black Fliers.--The Fighting Manager.--The Passing of McIvor.--A Sympathy Strike.--A Railway Emergency.--Railroading in France.--"Ar' Ye Woth It?--A Roumanian Romance.--Opening of the Alpine Tunnel.--On the Black-List.--The First Train Over the Bridge.--Fanny and the Fireman.
Critic, 2/1901, p. 183. Independent, 11/22/1900, p. 2813.
Snow on the Headlight; A Story of the Great Burlington Strike, by Cy Warman. Author of The Story of the Railroad, The Express Messenger, Tales of an Engineer, Frontier Stories, etc. New York: D. Appleton and Company, MDCCCXCIX. 249p.2172. WARMAN, CY, 1855-1914.The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers' strike against the Burlington Railroad in 1888 is the subject of this brief novel set in Chicago. Focusing on events rather than on a hero, the author demonstrates the hardship and suffering of individuals who get caught up in strike actions. Strike breakers, blacklists, union politics, union-company negotiations, and other topics are dealt with on philosophical and personal levels, demonstrating much that is right and wrong with union activities.
Critic, 11/1899, p. 1055. Independent, 8/17/1899, p. 2230. Literary World, 8/19/1899, p. 267. Outlook, 8/19/1899, p. 732.
The White Mail, by Cy Warman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. 197p.2173. WARREN, G. M.Tommy McGuire's rise from lowly beginnings to president of the Intermountain Air Railroad is chronicled in this tale of industry and good fortune which begins when Tommy is just a lad taking over his father' former position as watchman of the Vandalia Line's West Silver Creek Bridge at Lick Skillet, Illinois, and ends when he returns home, a man of position and power. Tommy's valor in stopping the White Mail train when the railroad bridge washes away; his experiences with wolves and Indians as a stationmaster on the Nebraska plains; his professionalism as a conductor; and his business acumen in management positions document his deserved promotions and provide reinforcement to the hard-work-leads-to-just-rewards theme of this turn-of-the-century novel.
Independent, 10/19/1899, p. 2829. Independent, 11/23/1899, p. 3171. Nation, 10/19/1899, p. 300. Outlook, 9/23/1899, p. 216. Picayune, 10/1/1899, p. II4.
2174. WARREN, ROBERT PENN, 1905-1989.Destiny's Children, [by] G. M. Warren. New York: Published by Pocket Books, [1979.] 404p.
The events of the summer of 1844 shook the very foundations of the Mormon Church in Nauvoo, and G. M. Warren's novel portrays the full impact of those unsettling times. Although the plot focuses on the activities of three fictional characters, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Willard Richard, Thomas Ford, and other historical figures who were deeply involved in the Church and in Illinois state politics play active roles in moving the plot along. Starting shortly after the destruction of the anti-Mormon newspaper, The Expositor, and including the imprisonment and murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith and the internal struggle for leadership of the Church which followed,Destiny's Children presents a thorough picture of the social and political affairs of the Mormon community in its time of greatest turmoil. Historians have written conflicting accounts of the Mormon affair, many of them based on private prejudices; however, Warren has chosen the version that he thinks is most accurate, and he has been meticulous in presenting his point of view.
West Coast Review of Books, 3/1979, p. 54.
2175. CHAPMAN, GEORGE WARREN, VERNON, 1925-A Place to Come To; A Novel by Robert Penn Warren. New York: Random House, [1977.] 401p.
Among Jediah Tewkesbury's earliest recollections are his mother's admonitions to get out of Claxford County, Alabama, since it holds no future for him. Taking her at her word, Jed abandons home to attend Blackwell College, then moves on to graduate study at the University of Chicago and teaching positions at Vanderbilt and the University of Chicago. Jed's professional success seems preordained, but his personal adjustment is always marginal, as he longs for but avoid relationships and buries himself in his work. As he ages, his search for happiness becomes a passion that cannot be ignored, and it haunts him until he returns to his home and reconciles his present life with his roots. The novel is set in Chicago, Nashville, and rural Alabama between 1930 and 1970.
Book Review Digest, 1977, p. 1388.
The Blue Mauritius, by Vernon Warren [pseud.] London: John Gifford, Ltd.; 125 Charing Cross Road, [1954.] 189p.2176. CHAPMAN, GEORGE WARREN, VERNON, 1925-Chicago detective Mark Brandon becomes a suspect in a murder case when an unknown client offers him $250,000 to steal a rare postage stamp and the owner is found dead soon after.
Brandon Returns, by Vernon Warren [pseud. London:] John Gifford, Ltd.; 125 Charing Cross Road, W.C.2, [1954.] 191p.2177. CHAPMAN, GEORGE WARREN, VERNON, 1925-When hired by millionaire Edgar J. Sparks to protect him from would-be assassins, Chicago p.i. Mark Brandon takes the assignment lightly until the old man is murdered.
Brandon Takes Over, by Vernon Warren [pseud. London:] John Gifford, Ltd.; 125 Charing Cross Road, W.C.2., [1953.] 192p.2178. WASHBURNE, MARION FOSTER, b. 1863.Mark Brandon, Chicago private eye, goes after the local drug czar after his partner is gunned down by racketeers.
The House on the North Shore, by Marion Foster Washburne. Author of "Family Secrets," etc. Illustrated by Walter J. & Maginal Wright Enright. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1909. 287p.2179. WATERLOO, STANLEY.While Bob Warfield is indulging his interest concerning a haunted house near his own Chicago north shore home, he becomes involved with the people living there, but is sworn to secrecy about what he has seen. Curiosity piqued, Bob and his sister Beth probe further into their neighbors' secrets only to discover that the secret is a skeleton from their own family closet. In addition to a good suspense story, The House on the North Shore, contains some interesting turn-of-the-century theorizing on hereditary mental illness.
Book Review Digest, 1909, p. 459.
Armageddon; A Tale of Love, War, and Invention, by Stanley Waterloo. Author of "The Story of Ab," "A Man and a Woman," "An Odd Situation," etc. Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company, Publishers, [1898.] 259p.2180. WATSON, VIRGINIA CRUSE, b. 1872.Armageddon, a novel of prophecy published in 1898 but set in the future, concerns two major accomplishments of science and engineering, and how they impact upon one another. David Appleton, a young scientist and engineer, develops and tests a flying machine on the Illinois prairies west of Chicago. At approximately the same time, the Nicaraguan Canal Project, that has been a worldwide dream since the time of Napoleon, is completed, and that link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans becomes the most important issue in the world war that follows. At the outbreak of hostilities, David and his associates recognize the potential for destruction that the flying machine holds, and contributes it to the war effort, with drastic but effective results. Waterloo's style is verbose, but his perception is acute in this novel of the world situation as it might have been.
Independent, 1/19/1899, p. 209. Picayune, 11/7/1898, p. 8.
2181. WAUGH, CAROL-LYNN ROSSEL; McSHERRY, FRANK D, JR.; and GREENBERG, MARTIN H., EDITORS.With LaSalle the Explorer, by Virginia Watson. Illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1922. 366p.
The story of LaSalle's quest for an inland waterway across the new world to China and his exploration of the Mississippi River as a possible link to the Orient is told through the adventures of Raoul de Larnac, a youth who first encounters LaSalle in France, then abandons his religious vocation to accompany the explorer on his adventures. The story begins with LaSalle on a fundraising mission for his venture into the Illinois territory, briefly relates the building of the Griffin and his first abortive expedition into the wilderness, tell of his later success in exploring the Mississippi, and recounts his death attempting to colonize the area. LaSalle's character never comes to life, but his exploits provide a convenient vehicle for the fictional adventures of Raoul, mostly among the Indians of the Iroquois and the Illinois tribes.
Book Review Digest, 1922, p. 559.
2182. WAUGH, HILLARY BALDWIN, 1920-Murder and Mystery in Chicago, Edited by Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., and Martin H. Greenberg. New York: Dembner Books, [1987.] 258p.
This collection of eleven classic mystery stories by some of the best mystery writers of the 20th century presents Chicago murder and mayhem at its best.
CONTENTS: At the Old Swimming Hole, by Sara Paretsky.--I'll Cut Your Throat Again, Kathleen, by Fredric Brown.--So Dark for April, by Howard Browne.--The Theft of the Overdue Library Book, by Edward D. Hoch. The Play's the Thing, by Robert Bloch.--His Heart Could Break, by Craig Rice.--Dead Ringer, by James M. Ullman.--Malice at the Mike, by Jon L. Breen.--Before He Kills, by Ray Russell.--Brother Orchid, by Richard Connell.--The Spotted Pup, by Dorothy B. Hughes.
2183. WEBSTER, HENRY KITCHELL, 1875-1932.The Secret Room of Morgate House, [by] Elissa Grandower, [pseud.] Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. 255p.
An invitation to join her uncle Walter's family following the death of her mother appears to be a godsend to Leslie Marsh. However, the rambling old house in a secluded area near Fletcher, Illinois, the peculiarities of the family, a haunting tale of murder, and the persistent howling of an animal referred to only as the beast cause Leslie misgivings until she discovers the answers to some pressing questions and solves a mystery in the bargain. A rather ordinary Gothic novel, The Secret Room of Morgate House, is entertaining if the reader is not too critical of plot and the author's concepts of natural human behavior.
Booklist, 12/15/1977, p. 666. Kirkus, 10/1/1977, p. 1061. Publishers Weekly, 10/17/1977, p. 71.
The Duke of Cameron Avenue, by Henry Kitchell Webster. Author of "Roger Drake"; Joint author of "Calumet 'K,'" etc. New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1904. . .133p.2184. WEBSTER, HENRY KITCHELL, 1875-1932.Albert Gollans, alderman for a Chicago ward consisting chiefly of tenements and brothels, has consistently misused his position for his own benefit. When Douglas Ramsay, warden of the Carter Hall settlement house, attempts to get a social reform bill passed by the city council to improve sanitary conditions in the ward, Gollans opposes the legislation, causing Ramsay to organize a campaign against him in the next election. Although the campaign fails through the incompetence of one candidate and the duplicity of the other, Ramsay is able to win Gollans' reluctant support for his legislation through coercion and threat of a later, more successful campaign. Although the locale is not distinctly drawn, a vague reference to Chicago identifies that city as the setting.
Philopena, by Henry Kitchell Webster. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, [1927.] 319p.2185. WEIR, HUGH C., b. 1884.When Cynthia Howard agrees to take her twin sister's place for a couple of days while Celia attends to some pressing personal affairs away from home, Cynthia becomes embroiled in a situation over which she has no control. Having often assumed her sister's identity as a child, Cynthia has little difficulty adapting to the role as an adult. However, when Celia doesn't return at the appointed time, and Cynthia is confronted with accusations and perils that she doesn't understand, suspense begins to mount. Set in Chicago during the early part of the 20th century, Philopena is a fine example of the early mystery/love story that is still popular today.
Book Review Digest, 1927, p. 792.
"Cinders"; The Young Apprentice of the Steel Mills, by Hugh C. Weir. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. Boston [and] Chicago: W. A. Wilde Company, [1914.] 309p. (Great American Industries Series)2186. WEIR, HUGH C., b. 1884.The story of Eric Raymond's entry into the steel mills of northern Illinois provides the author with a fictional vehicle to present factual information on the development of the steel industry and the Americans who were instrumental in making it great. Biographical sketches of Andrew Carnegie, William Kelly, William Richard Jones, and Philo M. Everett are linked together through Eric's attempts to obtain a job in the local steel mills, his adjustment to the work, and a rather contrived tale of intrigue and espionage at the mill. The story is set in a fictional northern Illinois community called Benton during the early 1900s.
The Young Wheat Scout; Being the Story of the Growth, Harvesting, and Distribution of the Great Wheat Crop of the United States, by Hugh C. Weir. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. Boston [and] Chicago: Wilde Company, [1915.] 288p.2187. WELLINGTON, A. A.The wheat industry is explored from planting through final marketing in a thinly disguised fictional piece involving Ronald North, son of a Chicago wheat dealer who is trying to learn his father's business. When Ronald loses a package he is carrying to a company researcher in Iowa, he is launched into a mildly entertaining adventure as he attempts to retrieve the lost item. In so doing he encounters authorities on wheat who tell him all he ever wants to know about the industry, tossing in mini-biographies of such men as Cyrus McCormick and the Marsh Brothers as a bonus. The setting is Chicago and Sheffield, Illinois, and Grand Forks, Iowa.
By A Way that They Knew Not, by A. A. Wellington. . Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., Printers; 148-154 Monroe St., 1885. 288p.2188. WHITE, BETTY, 1917-When Susie Keith invites Edna Byford, her best school friend, to visit during the summer, Edna soon becomes weary of the Keith's devout life style and chooses to return to her Chicago home where her family is among the social elite. Her father's financial failure and suicide, her own bout with scarlet fever, and the callousness of former friends eventually lead her back to the Keiths and to inner peace and happiness. At the same time, the Keith's home is put in order when a serious illness leads the unbelieving Mr. Keith to God. Religious hard sell is balanced by a good view of 1880s Chicago social life.
I Lived This Story, by Betty White. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. 308p.2189. WHITE, CURTIS, 1951-When Dorinda Clark begins college she anticipates her future in terms of football games and dates, dances and automobiles, sorority life and pledge pins. During her freshman year she pledges Gamma Theta sorority and experiences little difficulty acclimating to the life of which she has dreamed. After two years, Dorinda becomes disillusioned with college as she knows it and begins to seek something more meaningful. This she finds with a different social group--non-fraternity types and intellectuals--who precipitate a crisis in her life and cause her to see the shallowness of her former life and friends. I Lived This Story debates an old theme, but in a manner that makes it timeless in its appeal. Although the college is never named, references to Chicago and descriptions of locale lead the reader to conclude that the setting is Northwestern, the author's alma mater. The time is the 1920s.
Book Review Digest, 1930, p. 1110.
2190. WHITE, TEN EYCK.Metaphysics in the Midwest; Stories by Curtis White. Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, [1988.] 203p.
Nine short stories project a surreal view of life. Settings are Illinois, North Dakota, Kansas, and other real places.
CONTENTS: Metaphysics in the Midwest.--The Phantom Limb.--A Disciplined Life.--More Crimes Against the People of Illinois.--You've Changed.--Howdy Doody Is Dead.--Critical Theory.--The Order of Virility.--Malice.
Kirkus, 10/1/1988, p. 1431. N. Y. Times Book Review, 11/20/1988, p. 53. Publishers Weekly, 10/14/1988, p. 47.
The Lakeside Musings, by Ten Eyck White. Originally Published in the Chicago Tribune. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1884. 284p.2191. WHITEHEAD, JANE.Idealism versus reality is a prevailing theme running throughout this collection of 112 short stories and poems reprinted from the pages of the Chicago Tribune.
CONTENTS: A Daughter's Sacrifice.--A Foiled Editor.--A Medieval Romance.--A Modern Parable.--A New England Romance.--An Iconoclastic Papa.--An Ohio Romance.--A Parisian Romance.--A Sacred Relic.--A Safe Proposition.--A Sea Tale.--A Social Question Settled.--Assisting the Deserving.--A Woman's Speech.--A Yule-Tied Tale.--Bertha's Sacrifice.--Better than Working.--Blanks Between the Stars.--Boston Extremities.--Boston Voluptuousness.--Camille.--Couldn't Back.--Couldn't Lose Him.--Croquet Problem.--Deathless Devotion.--Didn't Figure on Papa.--Didn't Get In.--East Lynne Reconstructed.--Entering Journalism.--Exposing His Weakness.--Far in the Future.--Fifine's Marriage.--Fishing and Matrimony.--Forgave Her Parent.--Girls do not Sweep.--Haunted by the Speech.--Herbert's Death.--He Bluffed and Won.--Her Dearest Wish.--Her Fatal Foot.--Her Sensitive Soul.--Her Tender Voice.--Hiawatha's Wooing.--His Chilly Blood.--How Harold Died.--How He Won Her.--How She Saved Him.--Hot to Regain Him.--How to Write a Christmas Story.--Humor to Order.--Improved Poetry.--Improved Undergarments.--Increased Her Value.--"L'Assommoir".--Long on Dogs.--Love and Cooking.--Love's Stratagem.--Love's Test.--Meet the Dog.--More Precious than Ever.--Myrtle Got There.--Myrtle's Reward.--Naming the Baby.--Not Wise Enough.--Obituary Gems.--On the Brink.--On the Eve of Matrimony.--Our Girls.--Overwhelming Odds.--Poetry on Tap.--Points of Etiquette.--Saved by a Jack-Pot.--She Got the Hat.--Social Romance.--Social Topics.--Songs for the Fireside.--Sunrise and Sealskin Sacques.--Tender and True.--The Beautiful Snow.--The Broken Vow.--The Bud of Promise Racket.--The Daughter's Resolve.--The Fatal Dream.--The Loves of the Mulcaheys.--The Maiden's Gift.--The Modern Balaklava.--The Modern Obituary.--The Old, Old Story.--The Other Mozart.--The Perils of Oratory.--The Poet's Fate.--The Pork-Packer's Awakening.--The Power of Poetry.--The Result of a Raise.--The Siren and the Sucker.--The Society Reporter.--The Story of Atalanta.--The Story of Charles.--The Story of Lucy.--The Test of Love.--The True Saxon Spirit.--Under Different Circumstances.--Views of Art.--What He Could Stand.--What Rupert Wanted.--What Shall We Do With Our Pianos?--What She Neglected.--Why He Wept.--Why She Grieved.--Why She Loved Him.--Why They Parted.--Wooed but Not Won.
The House on the Hill, [by] Jane Whitehead. New York: Prestige Books, [1967.] 192p.2192. WHITLOCK, BRAND, 1869-1934.The untimely death of Lynn Malin soon after her marriage prompts her sister to look into the mysterious circumstances in this modern gothic novel set in a southern Illinois river town.
2193. WHITLOCK, BRAND, 1869-1934.The Gold Brick, by Brand Whitlock. Author of The Thirteenth District, Her Infinite Variety, The Happy Average, [and] The Turn of the Balance. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, [1910.] 342p.
A dozen short stories by a turn-of-the-century author and politician deal with the trials of decent people in a less-than-perfect political arena. All but two stories have Illinois settings, mostly Chicago or Springfield.
CONTENTS: The Gold Brick.--The Has-Been.--What Will Become of Annie?--The Vindication of Henderson of Greene.--Senate Bill 578.--Macochee's First Campaign Fund.--A Secret of State.--The Colonel's Last Campaign.--Reform in The First.--Malachi Nolan.--The Pardon of Thomas Whalen.--That Boy.
Book Review Digest, 1910, p. 430.
The Happy Average, by Brand Whitlock. Author of "The 13th District," [and] "Her Infinite Variety." Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, [1904.] 347p.2194. WHITNEY, PHYLLIS AYAME, 1903-Glenn Marley is determined to study law, until his resolve is shaken and his future altered by an overpowering love. Unwilling to spend the necessary years preparing for the bar and building a practice after meeting Lavinia, Marley leaves his study and goes to Chicago seeking work. Adversity and failure seem at first to dog his steps as he applies in law firms, business offices, and finally a railroad freight dock. Indeed success does not come until his chance reporting of a railroad strike earns him a position on a Chicago newspaper, which leads him to realize the value of his original goal. The Happy Average is a simple but effective story chronicling one young man's move from adolescence into maturity. Set at the turn of the century, the novel draws sharp contrasts between the quality of life in the village and the city during that period.
Bookman (NY), 12/1904, p. 365. Critic, 1/1905, p. 94. Overland, 12/1904, p. 636.
The Silver Inkwell, [by] Phyllis A. Whitney. Illustrated by Hilda Frommholz. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.; The Riverside Press, Cambridge, [1945.] 272p.2195. WHITNEY, PHYLLIS AYAME, 1903-Lynn Sheridan wants desperately to be a writer, and the silver inkwell of the title represents success in her chosen profession and provides inspiration when faced with lack of inspiration and rejection slips. A new job in a publishing company, new friends, and new interests increase her prospects, but maturity and an altered perspective prove to be the real keys to success. Set in Chicago during World War II, The Silver Inkwell describes a slow-paced city by today's standards.
Book Review Digest, 1945, p. 766.
Willow Hill, [by] Phyllis A. Whitney. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1947.] 243p.2196. WHITTINGHAM, RICHARD, 1939-A new industrial plan and federally subsidized housing come to Willow Hill, Illinois, at the same time, and the people of the town are slow to accept the changes that these developments bring. When black families begin to move into the new housing project, friction builds between the town's old and new families, and a confrontation seems eminent. Problems that cannot be solved through law and legislation at the municipal level are dealt with effectively in the schools by a progressive principal, a popular coach, and a group of conscious teenagers. Focusing on Valerie Coleman, a senior at Willow High School, the author relates the students' attempts to integrate the school, while developing enough of Val's other interests and activities to make her a believable character. Set in a Chicago suburb during the 1940s, the novel exposes the problem of racism in Illinois and proposes a plan for a long-range solution, although 1940s terminology and slang date the novel somewhat for general reading.
Book Review Digest, 1947, p. 966.
2197. WIGHT, NATALIE.State Street, by Richard Whittingham. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., [1991.] 291p.
Joe Morrison, retired homicide detective from Chicago's Sixth Precinct, unofficially returns to the life he loved best when the death of a close friend gives him an excuse to do some detective work on his own. Unfortunately, he gets in deeper than he had anticipated when he blunders into a rape case involving the daughter of a Mafia boss. State Street and other areas of Chicago are well drawn by this Chicago sports writer turned mystery novelist.
Booklist, 9/1/1991, p. 34. Kirkus, 7/15/1991, p. 890. Library Journal, 9/1/1991, p. 235. Publishers Weekly, 7/25/1991, p. 40.
Death in the Inner Office, by Natalie Wight. New York: Phoenix Press Publishers, [1938.] 246p.2198. WILCOX, WENDELL.Lieutenant Clancy of Chicago's Homicide Bureau gets more leads than he wants when Mrs. Root, hated manager of Loring, Jobi, and Epstein's Corporate Office, is found murdered.
Everything Is Quite All Right, [by] Wendell Wilcox. New York: Bernard Ackerman, Incorporated, [1945.] 184p.2199. WILKIE, FRANC BANGS, 1832-1892.Elsie Singer's story is one of such simplicity that it appears hardly worth the telling; yet, its theme is universal. The eldest daughter of a large Michigan farm family is sent to Chicago to work and live with a widowed aunt in order to ease the financial burden at home. An uncomfortable relationship with her Aunt Norah and difficulties with the lady for whom she works increase Elsie's feelings of rejection, so that she feels compelled to seek love and understanding outside the home. Her return to Michigan, her eventual marriage, and a return visit to Chicago complete the story. There is little evidence of a Chicago background in the novel, but the universality of the story raises it above dependence on place and time.
Book Review Digest, 1945, p. 769.
The Gambler; A Story of Chicago Life, by Franc B. Wilkie (Poliuto). Author of "Sketches Beyond the Sea," "The Great Inventions and Their Influence on Civilization," "The Chicago Bar," "Walks About Chicago," and "Army and Miscellaneous Sketches," etc. Chicago: T. S. Denison, Publisher; 163 Randolph Street, [1888.] 328p.2200. WILKIE, FRANC BANGS, 1832-1892.When Paul Calkins arrives in Chicago he posses youth, integrity, and a small legacy from his father that he uses to his advantage in the booming Chicago business world. His marriage to a beautiful secretary completes the idyllic scene, which might have remained ideal had John Lafarge not set out to destroy him. It is Lafarge who introduces him to Chicago's night life, and under his expert tutelage Paul cultivates a passion for gambling, liquor, and women which become his ruination. The Gambler is a social tract that describes graphically the degradation wrought by imprudent living, written in such a heavy-handed style that most readers will find it disagreeable and difficult to finish.
"Walks About Chicago," and Army and Miscellaneous Sketches, by F. B. Wilkie (Poliuto). Chicago: Press of Church, Goodman and Donnelley, 1869. 307p.2201. WILLIAMS, PAUL OSBORNE, 1935-A combination of stories and essays make up this often satiric volume from the post-Civil War era. Based largely on the author's experiences as a war correspondent for the New York Times and later as assistant editor for the Chicago Times, the items provide valuable descriptions of the city and humorous views of war and civilian life during the 1860s.
CONTENTS: A Triangular Walk.--Nord Seite.--Southside.--Westside.--Water-Works and Water-Falls.--Court-House Ghost.--A Walk in the Fall.--Orpheus in Hades.--The Male Sorosis.--How to Quit Smoking.--Mill on the Prairie.--Going to the Matinee.--The Old Man's Smoke.--The Drop Curtain at Aiken's Theatre.--The Cold Victuals Contest.--Mackinaw.--Sault Ste. Marie.--Lake Superior.--Niagara.--In the Country.--Saratoga.--Green Mountains.--A Bohemian Among the Rebels.--Pap Fuller's Game of Poker.--Recollections of Gen. Fred. Steele.--Some People I Have Met.--Some Remembered Faces.--A Reminiscence of the War.--A Desperado Who Would Not Stay Killed.--Among the Guerrillas.--Some Recollections of Allatoona.--The Revelations of a Window.--A Revelation of Clairvoyance.--A Leap-Year Romance.--The Horrors of Masonry.--A Dream and How It Was Fulfilled.--Getting a Drink Under Difficulties.--A Moral Country Place and Its People.--Bicycular Affection.--All About a Woman.--A Ride to Death.--The Most Beautiful Woman I Have Known.
2202. WILLIAMS, PAUL OSBORNE, 1935-An Ambush of Shadows, [by] Paul O. Williams. New York: Ballantine Books; A Del Rey Book, [1983.] 248p.
The time is the 10th century after the big fire. Civilization as we know it has been destroyed, and the few remaining inhabitants of America have banded together into tribes. Some tribes have assumed life styles similar to American Indians, others have built walled cities similar to European cities of the Dark Ages. Pelbarigan is such a city situated on the Heart (Mississippi) River, near the Alton area. Book five of the Pelbar Cycle, An Ambush of Shadows finds the Pelbar trying to organize the Heart River people into a federation for trade, cultural exchange, and advancement, but they are being harassed by the warlike Tantal from the north. While Ahroe is occupied with organizing the Federation, Stel and a Pelbar guard force attempt to help Iver, the northernmost Pelbar city, turn back invading Tantal raiders. Stel's adventures make exciting fantasy reading, but of equal importance to the plot are the reconciliation of the marital problems that Stel and Ahroe are experiencing, the negotiations to finalize the agreements of the Federation, and Stel's discovery of a Bible which has survived the ravages of the great fire 2000 years earlier, and stands to have a major impact on the Pelbar religion. An Ambush of Shadows is book five of The Pelbar Cycle.
Fantasy Review, 4/1984, p. 29. Kliatt, Winter/1984, p. 26.
2203. WILLIAMS, PAUL OSBORNE, 1935-The Breaking of Northwall, [by] Paul O. Williams. New York: Ballantine Books; A Del Rey Book, [1981.] 280p.
This first book in a fantasy series called The Pelbar Cycle is set in the Midwest some ten centuries in the future and focuses on Jestak, a Pelbar who befriends the Sentani and Shumai tribes and organizes them for battle when invading Tantal raiders from the north threaten Northwall, Pelbarigan's sister city. The locale is unidentifiable by place name, but a map of the area indicates that the Heart River is the Mississippi; Pelbarigan is in the Alton area; and Northwall is in the Quincy area of Illinois.
Christian Science Monitor, 6/8/1981, p. 25. Kliatt, Fall/1981, p. 24. Publishers Weekly, 12/26/1980, p. 57. Science Fiction Review, 8/1981, p. 40. Voice of Youth Advocates, 6/1981, p. 55.
2204. WILLIAMS, PAUL OSBORNE, 1935-The Dome in the Forest, [by] Paul O. Williams. New York: Ballantine Books; A Del Rey Book, [1981.] 214p.
An advanced civilization is discovered living only a few miles from Pelbarigan on the west side of the Heart River. The Pelbar face a moral dilemma, since they want to help the dome people, but fear their advanced technology. This is book three of The Pelbar Cycle. The setting is the Alton-East St. Louis-St. Louis area, about ten years following the close of the volume 2, The Ends of the Circle.
Library Journal, 12/15/1981, p. 2409. Publishers Weekly, 1023/1981, p. 58. Science Fiction Review, 5/1982, p. 51. Voice of Youth Advocates, 6/1982, p. 41.
2205. WILLIAMS, PAUL OSBORNE, 1935-The Ends of the Circle, [by] Paul O. Williams. New York: Ballantine Books; A Del Rey Book, [1981.] 203p.
Book two of the Pelbar Cycle focuses on Stel and Ahroe, newlyweds whose marriage is jeopardized by family interference. When Stel abandons Ahroe in order to escape Pelbarigan's matriarchal society and Ahroe follows him into the western wilderness, they spend two years exploring new lands and learning to live together harmoniously. During the course of their two-year period of adjustment, they wander as far west as the Colorado River, discovering new peoples and new information about the culture of the ancients and the nuclear holocaust that destroyed civilization some ten centuries earlier.
The Fall of the Shell, [by] Paul O. Williams. New York: Ballantine Books; A Del Rey Book, [1982.] 214p.
Imprisonment of fourteen-year-old Brudoer and banishment of his twin brother Gamwyn causes revolt in Threerivers, the southernmost city of the Pelbar, located near the Chester, Illinois, area. This is book four of the Pelbar Cycle.
Christian Science Monitor, 2/16/1983, p. 15. School Library Journal, 2,1983, p. 96.
2206. WILLIAMS, PAUL OSBORNE, 1935-
2207. WILLIAMS, PAUL OSBORNE, 1935-The Song of the Axe; Book Six of the Pelbar Cycle, [by] Paul O. Williams. New York: Ballantine Books; A Del Rey Book, [1984.] 248p.
A coming-of-age novel, The Song of the Axe focuses on Tor and his nephew Tristal who spend seven years exploring the area from the Heart River west to the sea. Only minor portions of this novel are set in the Illinois area, butThe Song of the Axe is an integral part of the total Pelbar story.
Fantasy Review, 3/1985, p. 12. Kliatt, Fall/1984, p. 30. Publishers Weekly, 6/1/1984, p. 62.
The Sword of Forbearance; Book Seven of the Pelbar Cycle, [by] Paul O. Williams. New York: Ballantine Books; A Del Rey Book, [1985.] 245p.
The final volume of The Pelbar Cycle sees the tribes of North America unified for the first time since a nuclear accident all but destroyed the world nearly 2000 years earlier.
Fantasy Review, 12/1985, p. 25. Science Fiction Chronicle, 2/1986, p. 32.
2208. WILSON, DOROTHY CLARKE, 1904-
2209. WILSON, ROBERT, 1928-Lincoln's Mothers, [by] Dorothy Clarke Wilson. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981. 423p. (A Doubleday-Galilee Original)
The lives of Nancy Hanks and Sarah Bush Lincoln, mother and step-mother of Abraham Lincoln, are the focal points, of this well-documented biographical novel, although their stories are often eclipsed by that of their famous son. The novel begins with the Hanks family of Kentucky in the 1780s; tells of Nancy's marriage to Tom Lincoln; covers the birth of her children, including Abraham; details the family's move to Indiana, and Nancy's death from milk fever in 1918. It continues with the marriage of Tom Lincoln to Sarah Bush Johnston the following year, the family's adjustment to a new mother, the move to Coles County, Illinois, Abe's striving for an education, and his gradual rise to prominence in state and national government. Although fictionalized, the story is well researched and documented. It contains a wealth of Lincolniana, both fact and legend, told in a personal manner from a mother's point of view.
Booklist, 3/15/1981, p. 1014. Library Journal, 2/1/1981, p. 371. Publishers Weekly, 12/26/1980, p. 51.
2210. WINDSOR, WILLIAM, b. 1857-Young in Illinois, [by] Robert Wilson. Photographs by John Cisco. [Chicago:] December Press, [1975.] 112p. (A special issue of December Magazine, comprising vol. 17, no. 2, 1975)
Four short stories and an essay in honor of William Maxwell make up this special issue ofDecember Magazine. The stories, set in the 1950s and 1960s, concern growing up in Chicago and a small town that the author calls Elmsville, which is patterned after Lincoln, Illinois.
CONTENTS: Winner's Take.--Youth in Illinois.--The World Outside Illinois.--Life and Art in the Thirties.--Chicago.
Loma; A Citizen of Venus, by William Windsor, LL.B., Ph.D. Author of "The Science of Creation," "Phrenology, Choice of Professions, Matrimony," "Great Secrets of Happiness," "Health, Wealth and Sunshine," Etc. St. Paul, Minn.: The Windsor & Lewis Publishing Co., 1897. 429p.2211. WINSLOW, THYRA SAMTER, 1893-1961.Myrtle Burnham, disowned and friendless because of her out-of-wedlock pregnancy, casts herself into Lake Michigan in an attempt to commit suicide. However, she is miraculously rescued by Loma, a citizen of Venus sent to Earth to herald the coming of the millennium spoken of in the Bible. As the plot progresses, parallels are drawn between Myrtle's child and Jesus, the world's problems are considered, and solutions are worked out. Although a Chicago locale is indicated, the author is obviously more concerned with developing his religious views than with a setting. Appended to the fictional work is a lengthy treatise on phrenology.
Picture Frames, [by] Thyra Samter Winslow. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. 324p.2212. WINSLOW, THYRA SAMTER, 1893-1961.Winslow displays adeptness at dissecting character and family relationships, particularly when she focuses on youth and the elderly and their relationship to the family in these eleven short stories set in the Chicago and Belleville areas.
CONTENTS: Little Emma.--Grandma.--Mamie Carpenter.--A Cycle of Manhattan.--Amy's Story.--City Folks.--Indian Summer.--A Love Affair.--Birthday.--Corinna and Her Man.--The End of Anna.
Book Review Digest, 1923, p. 567.
Show Business, [by] Thyra Samter Winslow. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. 321p.2213. WISE, JOHN.Helen Taylor grows up in the shabbiest house on Medina, Missouri's best street, not fitting in with either the wealthy neighborhood children or the poorer girls across town, so she feels no remorse when, at eighteen she departs Medina for Chicago to become a show girl. A season in a road show, a stint in vaudeville, and a summer with a carnival give Helen the professional background she needs to succeed on the Chicago stage, and the people she meets during that period give her the experience and education she needs to achieve her ultimate goals in New York. Show Business is an entertaining novel with a heroine who is bold and assertive, but more than a little naïve by today's standards.
Book Review Digest, 1926, p. 763.
The Fate of Donaldson and Grimwood, In a Balloon voyage from Chicago; Written from the Facts as Developed During the Preparations and Departure of the Balloon, and From the Notes of Grimwood, as Well as From the Fact of the Balloon Floundering on Midlake, as Seen by the Men Anderssen and Rasmussen, the Captain and Mate of the Little Schooner Guide, and From the Experience of Falling Into the Sea and Into Lakes by the Writer of This Narrative. Philadelphia: John Wise, 1875. 22p.2214. WOIWODE, LARRY ALFRED, 1941-The disastrous events of an attempted crossing of Lake Michigan by two men in a hot-air balloon are recounted with more pathos than suspense. July 15, 1875, Donaldson and Grimwood leave Chicago in a non-airworthy balloon, floating eastward toward Michigan. Since the voyage is a publicity stunt, and Donaldson is aware that the craft is incapable of making the trip safely, there is considerable soul searching and remorse expressed as the two men come to the full realization of their plight, scan the lake for a rescue vessel, and draw straws to determine who should take to the water in a life boat and which should stay with the balloon and attempt to maneuver it to land.
2215. WOIWODE, LARRY ALFRED, 1941-Born Brothers, [by] Larry Woiwode. New York: Michael di Capua Books; Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [1988.] 611p.
Jerome and Charles Neumiller, brothers first introduced in Beyond the Bedroom Wall, are the focus of this coming-of-age novel that spans thirty years and analyzes the disintegration of a perfect sibling relationship. The setting is North Dakota, Illinois, and New York from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Book Review Digest, 1989, p. 1797.
2216. WOLFE, GENE RODMAN, 1931-The Neumiller Stories, [by] Larry Woiwode. New York: Michael di Capua Books; Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [1989.] 289p.
These thirteen short stories depicting family life in small town South Dakota and Illinois provided background for Woiwode's Beyond the Bedroom Wall.
CONTENTS: Deathless Lovers.--Beyond the Bedroom Wall.--The Visitation.--Pheasants.--The Beginning of Grief.--The Suitor.--Pneumonia.--The Old Halvorson Place.--Marie.--Burial.--Firstborn.--A Brief Fall.--She.
Chicago Tribune Books, 12/17/1989, p. 3. Hudson Review, Summer/1990, p. 314. Kirkus, 11/1/1989, p. 1562. N. Y. Times Book Review, 12/17/1989, p. 7. Publishers Weekly, 11/10/1989, p. 48. Wall Street Journal, 12/28/1989, p. A7. Washington Post Book World, 12/24/1989, p. 3.
Pandora by Holly Hollander, a novel by Gene Wolfe. New York: TOR; A Tom Doherty Associates Book, [1990.] 198p.2217. WOOLFOLK, JOSIAH PITTS, 1894-1971.A mystery set in modern day Chicago takes on a gothic twist when an antique trunk dubbed Pandora's Box by its donor explodes at a charity bazaar injuring two people and killing one man. An accident? One might assume so until the next death occurs.
Analog, 6/1991, p. 178. Booklist, 11/15/1990, p. 604. Kirkus, 11/15/1990, p. 1575. Library Journal, 11/15/1990, p. 95. Publishers Weekly, 10/26/1990, p. 58.
Evangelical Cockroach, by Jack Woodford, [pseud.] New York, Montreal, [and] London, 1929. 309p.2218. WOOLFOLK, JOSIAH PITTS, 1894-1971.In an introductory statement the author lists several topics considered taboo by America's leading magazines in the 1920s. In the thirty-nine short stories that constitute the remainder of the volume he deals with these topics in a manner intended to shock. Many of the stories are set in Chicago or have Chicago associations.
CONTENTS: The Evangelical Cockroach.--The Fourth Estate.--It Never Happened.--The Story's the Thing.--The Perfect Approach.--An Untrue Story.--A True Story.--Faith.--The Happier Ending.--Enoch Ardent.--Why Be Virtuous for Eighteen Years.--Whoduhspoz?.--Beyond Arbitration.--Turn About's Fair Play.--A Confession Story.--The Missing Emotion.--Nancy Nearly.--Two Souls Empirically Bent.--Tale Incredible.--An Entirely Earnest Young Man.--Mighty Minds Conceive.--Mary, Mary, Quite Obstreperous.--The Fate of Empires.--The Damsel and the Demiurge.--Acute Afflatus.--Allegro.--As One Moron to Another.--Portrait of a Haughty Maiden.--A Martyr to Luck.--The Cutting of a Throat.--The Face or the Figure.--Pretty Girl's Progress.--The Second Biggest Ass.--Pasquinade.--Salesmanship.--The Test.--Coda.--Testimonial.--The Book.
Book Review Digest, 1929, p. 1051.
Find the Motive, by Jack Woodford [pseud.] New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932. 280p.2219. WOOLFOLK, JOSIAH PITTS, 1894-1971.Attorney Leonard Buchanan announces his own death at a dinner party and is then murdered the same evening. Each of the dinner guests assumes a role in the trial as the attorney's grandson is tried for the murder. The character of the attorney is patterned after Clarence Darrow of Chicago.
Book Review Digest, 1932, p. 1044.
Mirage of Marriage, by Gordon Sayre [pseud.] New York: Godwin, Publishers, [1935.] 286p.2220. WOOLFOLK, JOSIAH PITTS, 1894-1971.A slice-of-life novel set in Chicago during the 1930s, Mirage of Marriage concerns a brief but critical period in the lives of Elmer and Marie Thayer. After fifteen years of marriage they still love each other, but fail to display it to one another. Instead, they bicker, tease, whine, accuse, strike out, and place blame, causing Elmer to contemplate how their life together developed. In the course of the novel Elmer is unfaithful to Marie. His guilt and contrition as he tries to justify his action and insure that it will not happen again, create the story's major conflict, and gives rise to flashbacks to the couple's courtship and early marriage, as Elmer comes to grips with his feelings toward his wife and family and his reasons for seeking outside diversion.
Sin and Such, by Jack Woodford, [pseud.] New York: Privately printed by the Panurge Press, [1930.] 281p.2221. WREN, PERCIVAL CHRISTOPHER, 1885-1941.The domestication of a 1930s roué provides plot and theme for this privately printed, mildly risqué novel. Arnold Godchaus is a rich young man about town who regularly has his way with the females of his acquaintance. When he picks up Alice Marvin off the streets of Chicago, he realizes that she is different from the rest of the women he knows, and he immediately begins to avoid rather than press for her favors. However, each ploy only involves him deeper and makes him more certain of his love for her. This item is representative of the pulp novels of the 1920s and 1930s. The author depends heavily on suggestion and innuendo to tell his story, unlike current writers who sprinkle popular literature liberally with explicit scenes and four-letter words.
Mysterious Waye; The Story of "The Unsetting Sun," by Percival Christopher Wren. . .New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, MCMXXX. 351p.2222. YANDELL, ENID; LOUGHBOROUGH, JEAN; and HAYES, LAURA.The curse accompanying possession of "The Setting Sun," a diamond of enormous size and value, may have been the ultimate cause of the St. Clair family's misfortunes, but Marjorie St. Clair's kidnappers are four easily identifiable men against whom John St. Clair can vow and carry out immediate revenge. Wren details the stalking and dispatch of each kidnapper individually, until all have been dealt with, and St. Clair's revenge is complete. Although the author and the setting are British, flashbacks and references to earlier events in Chicago justify the novel's inclusion here.
Book Review Digest, 1930, p. 1147.
2223. YARIV, FRAN POKRAS.Three Girls in a Flat, by Enid Yandell, of Kentucky; Jean Loughborough, of Arkansas; [and] Laura Hayes, of Illinois. Illustrated by Helen M. Armstrong, A. B. Wenzell, C. Graham, True Williams, J. H. Vanderpael, A. F. Brooks, Hugh Tallant, [and] Walter Tallant Owen. [Chicago: Press of Knight, Leonard & Co., 1892.] 154p.
Three young women who have grown weary of life in a Chicago boardinghouse move into a seven room flat and begin the adjustment to apartment living. Meddlesome neighbors, bothersome children, and an attempted robbery make the living arrangement less than perfect, but the problems are treated with humor, and the comradeship, freedom of movement, maturity gained by the experiment far outweigh the disadvantages. Especially interesting are chapters that describe the formation and activities of the Board of Lady Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition, which was instrumental in the planning and construction of the Women's Building; and a visit to the home of Mrs. Potter Palmer, which included an encounter with Julia Dent Grant, widow of President Ulysses S. Grant.
2224. YASTROW, SHELBY.The Hallowing; A novel by Pokras Yariv, based on an original screenplay by Elizabeth Patton Gill. [New York:] A Jove Book, [1980.] 255p.
Sharon Jenner is a typical Glencoe, Illinois, housewife and mother until a series of mystic phenomena causes family and friends to question her sanity. After a period of doubt, Sharon comes to recognize the phenomena as divine miracles for which she is the catalyst and alters her life to make the best use of her gift. The author has developed believable characters in the Jenner family, and has caused them to react naturally to occurrences that they consider unnatural. However, most of the phenomena fail to rise above the level of theatrics staged to convince Sharon of her power, and seem trivial in comparison to the ultimate power of their source.
2225. YASTROW, SHELBY.Under Oath, [by] Shelby Yastrow. New York: Diamond Books; A Bernard Geis Associates Book, [1994.] 340p.
A medical malpractice suit pits a mother of a child born with Down's Syndrome against a large Boston insurance company, with the attending doctor as a pawn in the proceedings--at least until his lawyer digs up some startling evidence. The setting is contemporary Chicago.
Booklist, 5/15/1994, p. 1666. Kliatt, 7/1994, p. 12. Publishers Weekly, 3/21/1994, p. 68.
2226. ZUBRO, MARK RICHARD.Undue Influence, A Novel [by] Shelby Yastrow. Chicago: Contemporary Books; A Bernard Geis Associates Books, [1990.] 353p.
When a Chicago accountant dies and leaves an eight million dollar estate to a neighborhood synagogue, several claimants contest the will.
Booklist, 9/15/1990, p. 142. Kirkus, 8/1/1990, p. 1044. Library Journal, 9/15/1990, p. 104. Publishers Weekly, 8/31/1990, p. 48.
2227. ZUBRO, MARK RICHARD.Another Dead Teenager, A Paul Turner Mystery, by Mark Richard Zubro. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1995.] 194p.
The murder of two teenaged sports heroes in a wealthy Chicago suburb draws lots of media attention and pressure to solve the case quickly. Despite the pressure, gay police detective Paul Turner and his partner Buck Fenwick make little progress in the case until a link is found that suggests it is the work of a serial murderer.
Booklist, 7/1995, p. 1865. Kirkus, 7/15/1995, p. 989. Publishers Weekly, 7/10/1995, p. 119.
An Echo of Death, [by] Mark Richard Zubro. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1994.] 194p.
When Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter find a corpse in their Michigan Avenue penthouse apartment, trouble brews between them until concern for their safety makes them put aside personal differences.
Booklist, 10/1/1994, p. 244. Kirkus, 9/1/1994, p. 1172. Library Journal, 6/1/1995, p. S22. Publishers Weekly, 9/19/1994, p. 55.
2228. ZUBRO, MARK RICHARD.
The Only Good Priest, [by] Mark Richard Zubro. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1991.] 182p.
Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter refuse to get involved in the investigation of the death of a gay Chicago priest until Tom's nephew is kidnapped in a related incident.
Kirkus, 2/15/1991, p. 218. Library Journal, 3/1/1991, p. 119. Publishers Weekly, 2/8/1991, p. 50.
2229. ZUBRO, MARK RICHARD.
2230. ZUBRO, MARK RICHARD.Political Poison; A Paul Turner Mystery, by Mark Richard Zubro. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1993.] 194p.
Gay police detective Paul Turner investigates the murder of a Chicago alderman and University of Chicago English professor, but spend most of his time following blind leads.
Armchair Detective, Winter/1994, p. 103. Booklist, 6/1/1993, p. 1799. Kirkus, 5/15/1993, p. 628. Publishers Weekly, 5/10/1993, p. 57.
The Principal Cause of Death, [by] Mark Richard Zubro. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1992.] 182p.
In the fourth volume of the Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter mystery series the new principal at Grover Cleveland High School is found murdered in his office and Tom becomes the prime suspect.
Booklist, 4/15/1992, p. 1509. Kirkus, 3/1/1992, p. 290.
2231. ZUBRO, MARK RICHARD.
2232. ZUBRO, MARK RICHARD.A Simple Suburban Murder, [by] Mark Richard Zubro. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1989.] 215p.
Tom Mason, an English teacher in a southwest suburban Chicago high school, discovers the dead body of a fellow teacher and becomes involved in the investigation by trying to help the murdered man's son. When the boy disappears on the night of the murder, police assume that he is involved. Convinced that he had not killed his father, Tom and his gay lover, Scott Carpenter, follow the boy's trail into Chicago's gay underworld, where male prostitution and pornography abound. Zubro's first novel is a thriller that lays bare a seldom talked about segment of Chicago life.
Chicago Tribune Books, 6/11/1989, p. 6. Kirkus, 1/15/1989, p. 91. Publishers Weekly, 12/2/1988, p. 47.
Sorry Now? [by] Mark Richard Zubro. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1991.] 179p.
Gay police detective Paul Turner investigates the murder of a popular television evangelist's daughter and discovers a likely conspiracy against right-wing and fundamentalist groups.
Kirkus, 7/15/1991, p. 895. Publishers Weekly, 7/25/1991, p. 40.
2233. ZUBRO, MARK RICHARD.
Why Isn't Becky Twitchell Dead? [by] Mark Richard Zubro. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1990.] 189p.
Tom Mason and Scott Carpenter launch a private investigation when one of Tom's high school students is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Kirkus, 2/1/1990, p. 145. Publishers Weekly, 1/12/1990, p. 50.
