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October 12, 1947

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HISTORY ON A TEN-LEAGUE CANVAS; ORDEAL OF THE UNION. By Allan Nevins. 2 vols. Illustrated. 593 + 590 pp. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. $10.

By J.g. Randall

THIS major work -- It received the $10,000 Scribner Prize in American History awarded for a book "of major importance" that would at the same time "make history readable" -- is history painted on a ten-league canvas. One is impressed first of all with the ambitious design. We suspect that Allan Nevins, Professor of American History at Columbia University, has started out to rewrite James Ford Rhodes.

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Chris Wallace

1947Chris Wallace, American journalist[โ€ ]

Christopher Wallace is an American broadcast journalist. He is known for his tough and wide-ranging interviews, for which he is often compared to his father, 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace. Over his 60-year career in journalism he has been a correspondent, moderator, or anchor on CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox News, and CNN. In 2018, he was ranked one of America's most trusted television news anchors. He has won three Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a George Polk Award, the duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award.