Harper's Magazine: April 1968

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April 1968

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Illustration [Cover art] By Lawrence Ratzkin PDF IMAGES
4-12	Letters/Department Letters On The road to Miami Beach, from January 1968: Letter By Al Hormel Letter By Comdr. Robert H. Barnes On Autobiography, from January 1968: Letter By Prof. Louise E. Rorabacher On Persia on the Hudson, from February 1965: Note/correction On A special hell for children in Washington, from November 1965: Note/correction On Over the edge of the universe, from March 1967: Note/correction On The consequences of peace, from February 1968: Letter By Wayne Gordon Letter By C. Fayette Taylor Letter By M.D. and Thomas N. Rusk On The future of Anglo-American, from February 1968: Letter By Anthony Burgess On The new morals, from February 1968: Letter By William A. Lane Letter By Charles DeLacy On What's in the package? Lessons in practical detective work for supermarket shoppers, from August 1963: Note/correction PDF IMAGES
14-22	The easy chair/Article An epitaph for LBJ By Larry L. King SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. president; King, Larry L.; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines); 1963-1969; Political and social views; Public opinion; Views on Lyndon B. Johnson PDF IMAGES
19	Cartoon “It's spring again . . .” SEE ALSO: Birds; Prehistoric peoples PDF IMAGES
24-34	After hours/Article Five million documents By Russell Lynes SEE ALSO: Archival resources; Archives; Art, American; Artists; Collectors and collecting PDF IMAGES
34	Cartoon “Stick around. I turn into a butterfly.” SEE ALSO: Caterpillars PDF IMAGES
39-48	Article Anti-Americanism in America By Midge Decter SEE ALSO: Intellectuals; 1963-1969; Nineteen sixties; Protest movements; Radicalism; Subversive activities PDF IMAGES
42	Cartoon “Nice, huh? It's plastic.” SEE ALSO: Suburban life; Trees PDF IMAGES
47	Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: City and town life; Rats; Wrecking PDF IMAGES
49-56	Article Portraits from Moscow U. By Ivan Epstein SEE ALSO: Moscow; Moscow (Russia); Moscow University; 1945-1991; Students, Foreign; Youth PDF IMAGES
55	Poem City lovers By J. Edgar Simmons PDF IMAGES
57-62	Article Getting ready for peace By Walter W. Heller SEE ALSO: Defense industries; 1961-1971; Peace; War PDF IMAGES
67-73	Fiction Tourist and pilgrim By George P. Elliott PDF IMAGES
74-81	Article Vietnam notebook By Ward S. Just SEE ALSO: Experience in Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Generals; Vietnam; Just, Ward S. PDF IMAGES
82-90	Article Confessions of a washed-up sportswriter By Gary Cartwright SEE ALSO: Career as sportswriter; Cartwright, Gary; Reporters and reporting; Sports journalism; Sportswriters PDF IMAGES
85	Poem Academic business By James Steel Smith PDF IMAGES
91	Poem The place By Robert Wallace PDF IMAGES Status report/Article All too mortal remains SEE ALSO: Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. PDF IMAGES Status report/Article Rescuing children SEE ALSO: Foster home care; Institutional care PDF IMAGES
92-93	Status report/Article Giant economy law SEE ALSO: Consumer protection; Deceptive advertising; Packaging PDF IMAGES
93-94	Status report/Article Phoenix on the Hudson SEE ALSO: Church, Frederick Edwin; Historic preservation; Homes and haunts PDF IMAGES
94	[Coming in Harper's]/Department [Coming in Harper's] PDF IMAGES Status report/Article Stars in science SEE ALSO: Awards; Asimov, Isaac PDF IMAGES
96-104	Books/Review The shade of Thomas Wolfe By William Styron SEE ALSO: Turnbull, Andrew; Biography—Book rrevies; Wolfe, Thomas; Thomas Wolfe (Book) PDF IMAGES
105-108	Books in brief/Review Books in brief By Katherine Gauss Jackson SEE ALSO: Binkley, Anne; Taylor, Elizabeth; Gipsy moth circles the world (Book); Child, Julia; West, Morris L.; Jullian, Philippe; Prince of aesthetes: Count Robert de Montesquiou 1855-1921 (Book); Jones, Richard; Chichester, Francis, Sir; The French chef cookbook (Book); The three suitors (Book); The tower of Babel (Book); The wedding group (Book); What shall I cry (Book) PDF IMAGES
109-110	Music in the round/Review Seven pianists By Discus SEE ALSO: Weissenberg, Alexis; Brendel, Alfred; Rubinstein, Artur; Beethoven: Variations and vignettes (Sound recording); Brahms: Paganini variations; Ballades (Op. 10). Paganini: Etude no. 2 in E flat (Sound recording); Chopin: B minor sonata; Scherzos in B minor and B flat minor (Sound recording); Chopin: Nocturnes (Sound recording); Wild, Earl; Chopin, Frédéric; Szell, George; Brahms, Johannes; Bernstein, Leonard; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Mozart: Piano concerto no. 15 in B flat (K. 450); Linz symphony (Sound recording); Mozart: Piano quartets in G minor and E flat (Sound recording); Vienna Philharmonic; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus PDF IMAGES
110	Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Automobile driving; Patriotic music PDF IMAGES
112-114	Performing arts/Review From the fourth row: American types By Robert Kotlowitz SEE ALSO: Ballet; Career as set designer; Rabb, Ellis; Ionesco, Eugène; Le Gallienne, Eva; Kelly, George; Hayes, Helen; Xenakis, Iannis; Hayden, Melissa; Ghelderode, Michel de; Paul, Mimi; New York City Ballet; Bailey, Pearl; Performances; Ter-Arutunian, Rouben; Farrell, Suzanne; The show-off (Play); Verdy, Violette PDF IMAGES
114	Cartoon “I saw this day coming ten years ago.” SEE ALSO: Commuters; Railroad conductors; Women white collar workers PDF IMAGES